Ran for President in 1860. Illinois lawyer. Opposed slavery. Republican.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
Political party that formed because they wanted all the land gained by the Mexican American war to be free.
What is Free Soil?
100
This is how the south reacted to Abraham Lincoln's election as president in 1860.
What is seven states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America?
100
First state to secede.
What is South Carolina?
200
Withdraw.
What is secede?
200
Proposed the Compromise of 1850.
Who is Henry Clay?
200
This is why California's request to join the union in 1850 caused controversy.
What is because it would have upset the balance of slave and free states in the Senate?
200
In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Abraham Lincoln took this position on slavery.
What is that the territories should not have slavery?
200
This Texas governor spoke out against secession.
Who is Sam Houston?
300
False or misleading information that is spread to further a cause.
What is propaganda?
300
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
300
Name 2 of the points made in the Dred Scott decision.
What is that slavery could not be prohibited in the territories, African Americans could not be citizens, and slaves were property, even if they had lived in a free territory?
300
This is why southerners attacked Fort Sumter.
What is that they believed that war was going to happen no matter what, so it might as well start on their terms.
300
He was attacked on the floor of the senate by Preston Brooks for making an anti-slavery speech that targeted his uncle.
Who is Charles Sumner?
400
Definition of civil war.
What is a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country?
400
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Wrote Dred Scott v. Sanford decision.
Who is Roger B. Taney?
400
This is why John Brown launched his raid on Harper's Ferry.
What is to capture the armory, acquire weapons, and use them to arm the slaves for a rebellion?
400
The southern party in 1860 that supported slavery, but also wanted the union to stay together.
What is the Constitutional Union Party?
400
This event caused seven nations of the south to secede.
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860?
500
Allowing the citizens of a territory to vote on issues and make decisions for themselves.
What is popular sovereignty?
500
Northern Democrat who promoted the idea of popular sovereignty.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
500
List 3 direct causes of the Civil War.
What is: the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, seven southern states seceded from the union in 1860, and Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter?
500
This was the significance of the Wilmot proviso?
What is that if left the issue of slavery in the territories undecided, it led to the formation of the Free Soil Party, and it left southerners convinced that the North was trying to end slavery?
500
This was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850 (to please the South) and forced Northerners to help return runaway slaves.