This and That
The Dred Scott Decision
The Kansas/Nebraska Act
The Election of 1860
Miscellaneous
100
Bleeding Kansas was started when this was included in the Kansas/Nebraska Act.
What is Popular Sovereignty.
100
Why did Dred Scott think he should be free?
What is because he had lived in a free state.
100
The Transcontinental Railroad would start in this midwestern city.
What is Chicago.
100
Who was the most famous member of the Republican Party in 1860?
Who was Abraham Lincoln.
100
In the presidential election of 1860, Iowa voted overwelmingly for this candidate.
Who was Abraham Lincoln.
200
This Abolitionist went to Kansas to fight against slavery.
Who is John Brown.
200
What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott Decision?
What is that slaves are property and property can go anywhere.
200
What was Stephen A. Douglas' reason for wanting the Kansas /Nebraska Act passed.
What is to build a Transcontinental Railroad.
200
What did the Republican Party want to see done with Slavery?
What is limit it to the South. (or stop it from spreading.)
200
Who was president of the new Southern nation?
Who was Jefferson Davis.
300
Five pro-slavery settlers were murdered after a raid on this Kansas town, where the University of Kansas is located today.
What is Lawrence, Kansas.
300
Why did Southerners like the Dred Scott Decision?
What is because it would allow slavery to spread all over.
300
Why did Stephen A. Douglas need Southern support for the Kansas/Nebraska Act?
What is because the railroad was going to be very expensive.
300
Why did Douglas' support of Popular Sovereignty keep him from being elected president in 1860?
What is Southerners liked The Dred Scott Decision better.
300
What was the name of the new Southern nation?
What was The Confederate States of America.
400
What office were Lincoln and Douglas running for in 1858?
What is a U.S. Senator
400
Dred Scott's owner held this job. That's why he moved around so much.
What is army doctor.
400
How did Stephen A. Douglas get Southern support for the Kansas/Nebraska Act?
What is he allowed Popular Sovereignty in the Kansas/Nebraska Act.
400
Why did the split in the Democratic Party allow Lincoln to be elected president?
What is The Democratic vote was split between two candidates.
400
Did John Brown succeed in his mission to end slavery? What happened to him.
What is he failed and he was hanged.
500
What college located in Galesburg, Illinois was site of one of the Lincoln/Douglas Debates?
What is Knox College.
500
Dred Scott is buried in this city, where he was born.
What is St. Louis, Missouri
500
The Southern route of the Transcontinental Railroad was going to start in this city.
What is New Orleans.
500
Why did Lincoln's election cause South Carolina to secede from the Union?
What is because they thought Lincoln was an Abolitionist.
500
Why did John Brown attack the arsenal at Harper's Ferry?
What is to end slavery.
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