People
Lost a Senate election in Illinois after debating with Stephen Douglas.
Abraham Lincoln
This novel helped create a huge rift between the North and the South
Uncle Toms Cabin
Winner of the election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln
This escaped slave help create the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
This state was split into two by the Civil War
Virginia
Gave orders to prevent all efforts to resupply Fort Sumter
Jefferson Davis
This state was the first to leave the Union
South Carolina
This state WAS in the Union until they decided to secede from the Union
Tennessee
This black abolitionist traveled and gave lectures against slavery
Frederick Douglas
This man was the President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act with its affirmation of popular sovereignty
Stephen Douglas
Manufacturing, wealth and industry were all characteristics of this region
The North
Who were two democrats that ran in the election of 1860?
John Breckenridge, Stephen Douglas
A word for "freeing the slaves"
Emancipation
Who won the 1856 election
James Buchanan
Ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
Roger Taney
An action advocated by the "fire-eaters"
succession
Who did the Confederates choose to run their government. Radicals or Moderates?
Moderates
True or False:
Most Southerners owned slaves before the Civil War
False
What new political party opposing slavery was formed in the 1850's?
Republicans
Led Federal troops to Harpers Ferry and captured John Brown
Robert E Lee
Lincoln sent supplies to this fort and it was fired upon by the South to start the war
Fort Sumter
Which Southern state did Lincoln carry in the election of 1860
(Trick question... ). NONE - he was not on the ballot.
Dred Scott
The nickname that was given to this incident after the 1854 act allowing settlers to decide on slavery for themselves.
Bleeding Kansas