Slavery
Thousands of slaves escaped via this?
The Underground Railroad
True or False: The Democratic Party appealed only to the Southern voters.
False
Fanatical Abolitionist
John Brown
Republican President?
Abraham Lincoln
The discovery of gold on this ranch did not make him a millionaire?
Sutter's ranch
What was the name of the former slave who the Supreme Court denied was a citizen with rights?
Dred Scott
Southern senators blocked this amendment to a bill each time it passed in the House of Representatives?
Wilmot-Proviso
True or False: As a presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln advocated the abolition of slavery in the South?
What political party arose as a coalition of conservative Southerners and Northerners?
The Constitutional Union Party
What event was most responsible for the Lower South seceding?
The election of Lincoln
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This President was a Pennsylvanian who was sympathetic to the South?
James Buchanan
Which two Illinois politicians held seven influential debates on the issue of slavery?
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
Constitutional Union candidate in the election of 1860?
John Bell
What event was most responsible for the Upper South seceding?
Lincoln's call for troops
Where did John Brown and his followers attack a federal arsenal in 1859 in hopes of sparking a slave revolt?
Harpers Ferry
Southern representative who caned a Northern senator in the Senate Chamber?
Preston Brooks
War hero and the first Republican candidate for president?
John C. Fremont
What party became the real successor of the Whig Party?
Republican Party
Where was the first shot of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter, Charleston (SC) Harbor
Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 called for the return of runaway slaves to bondage?
Fugitive Slave Act
The Democrats won the 1852 election by a landslide because they supported this?
The Compromise of 1850
This Compromise failed to pass the Republican controlled Congress?
The Crittenden Compromise
Who was not among the candidates for president in the election of 1860?
James Buchanan
This act was largely responsible for the virtual civil war in "Bleeding Kansas"
Kansas-Nebraska Act