Presidents
What was James Buchanan's views on slavery?
He was pro-slavery (sympathetic to the South).
What was the reaction of the South when Southerner Brooks beat Northerner Sumner with a cane?
They were supportive and hailed Brooks a hero.
What two Illinois politicians held seven debates on the issue of slavery?
Douglas/Lincoln
What rich region attracted so many people that it applied for statehood before becoming a territory?
California
What was the escape route called that thousands of fugitive slaves used to pass through the Northern states?
Underground Railroad
What was Presidental Candidate Lincoln's view on the abolition of slavery?
He did not believe in the expansion of slavery to other territories or states, but the states that already had slavery could keep it.
Why did Stephen Douglas oppose the proslavery constitution in Kansas?
It was against the will of the people.
What political party opposed slavery, supported tariffs, supported business, and supported internal improvements?
Republican
What territory was subjected to bloody fighting between antislavery "free-staters" and pro-slavery "border-ruffians"?
Kansas
Who became an abolitionist "martyr" when he was hanged for treason after a failed attempt to seize the arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
crazy John Brown
What factor was most responsible for Lincoln winning the Presidential election even though he only won 40% of the popular vote?
The split in the Democratic party gave more electoral votes to Lincoln.
Why did the Crittendon Compromise that would have reinstated the Missouri Compromise and protected slavery in states where it already existed fail to pass?
The Republican-controlled Congress refused to pass the law.
What political party included conservative Southerners and Northerners and many former Whigs?
Constitutional Union Party
Why did most forty-niners remain in California even though their search for instant wealth proved fruitless?
The trip home was too long, the beauty of the region too appealing
What is did popular sovereignty say about slavery?
Who were the Presidential candidates in the 1860 election? (List at least 3 out of the 4)
John Bell, Breckinridge, Douglas, Lincoln
What part of the Compromise of 1850 was most responsible for worsening tensions between the North and the South?
Fugitive Slave Act
What did the Supreme Court and Chief Justice Taney rule in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Slaves and free blacks were NOT citizens; slaves did not have the right to sue; repealed the Missouri Compromise theoretically making slavery legal in all states
What caused the border states of Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina to join the Confederate States of America? (specific incident/event)
When Lincoln recruited soldiers to invade the South after Fort Sumter.
What novel aroused public opinion against slavery and who wrote it?
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who quoted Christ's words, "a house divided against itself cannot stand"?
Abraham Lincoln
Where was the first shot of the Civil War? In what year?
Fort Sumter; 1861
What did the Wilmot Proviso provide for?
Which state was the first to secede from the Union? What document did they approve that led to this action?
South Carolina; Ordinance of Session (or South Carolina's Declaration of Independence)
Provisions of the Compromise of 1850: (List at least 3)
admission of CA as a free state; abolition of the slave trade in District of Columbia; organization of New Mexico and Utah as territories and the decision of slavery to be determined by popular sovereignty; Fugitive Slave Law; protection of slavery in District of Columbia