Vocabulary
People
Acts and Compromises
Secession
Election of 1860
100
The idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there
What is popular sovereignty?
100
This fervent abolitionist led a raid on Harper's Ferry in the hopes of starting a slave rebellion. 
Who is John Brown?
100
This act of 1850 required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves. 
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
100
This southern state was the first to leave the union on December 20, 1860. 
What is South Carolina?
100
This man won the presidential election of 1860. 
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
These armed groups crossed the border from Missouri into Kansas just to vote in the Kansas elections of 1855.
What were border ruffians?
200
This female author wrote a book about the evils of slavery in 1852... it became a best seller. 
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
200
This act passed in 1854 approved the creation of two territories west of Missouri and Iowa. 
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
200
This term means to withdraw from the Union. 
What is secession?
300
A runaway slave, or someone trying to escape from the law. 
What is a fugitive?
300
This man became a national figure following a series of debates with Stephen Douglas in 1858.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
This five part compromise included the abolition of the slave trade in D.C. and the admission of California as a free state. 
What is the Compromise of 1850?
300
The southern states that seceded from the Union formed their own government on February 4, 1861, calling themselves this? 
What are the Confederate States of America?
400
Loyalty to a region.
What is sectionalism?
400
This man beat abolitionist senator Charles Sumner over the head with his cane in the Senate chamber. 
Who is Preston Brooks?
400
This senator from Mississippi was chosen to be the president of the Confederate States of America. 
Who is Jefferson Davis?
500
A storage place for weapons and ammunition. 
What is an arsenal? 
500
This slave sued for his freedom after having lived in free states for many years. 
Who is Dred Scott?
500
This fort in South Carolina was fired upon on April 12, 1861... starting the Civil War. 
What is Fort Sumter?
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