Important People
This famous abolitionist led a raid against the federal arsenal in Virginia.
Who is John Brown?
He did not want to expand slavery into the west.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This admitted California as a free state and gave the Utah and New Mexico territories popular sovereignty.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This was the first state to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
This novel was used to turn people, especially Northerners, away from slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This president died of pneumonia while in office.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
He was a supporter of popular sovereignty and wanted the slavery issue to be decided by the people.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
This Virginian event led to the tightening of slavery laws and killing of about 200 black people.
What is Nat Turner's Revolt?
This person became the president of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
These two people had a series of debates in the hopes of gaining which political seat?
What is Illinois Senator?
He supported popular sovereignty in the territories.
Who is Lewis Cass?
He wanted unrestricted expansion of slavery and was afraid of popular sovereignty.
Who is John Breckinridge?
During the Nullification Crisis, this state declared federal tariffs null and void.
What is South Carolina?
Southerners were unhappy with the election of Lincoln because he wanted to do this.
What is end slavery?
By 1856, it was possible for a president to be elected without the votes from which region?
What is the south?
He believed it was more important to keep the Union together than expand slavery.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
He had no opinions on slavery, but wanted to preserve the Union and drive a wedge between other candidates.
Who is John Bell?
The Supreme Court decided that slaves were property in this case.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
An attack on this place was the start of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
This president supported excluding slavery from the territories.
Who is Martin Van Buren?
His motto was "Free soil, free labor, free speech, free man."
Who is John Fremont?
These three political parties joined together to form the Republican party.
What are the Free Soil, Whig, and Democrat parties?
This was a pro-slavery document written by Missourians to govern another state.
What is the Lecompton Constitution?
These states joined South Carolina in seceding from the Union.
What is Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas?
This president believed that states AND territories should be able to make their own decisions about slavery.
Who is James Buchanan?