Differences
What is the term that describes growing economic and social differences?
Sectionalism
What was the compromise where slavery was not allowed out west above a specific line?
The Missouri Compromise
The event known as the ______ of Charles Sumner showed that tensions were reaching a boiling point.
Caning
Who was the prime presidential candidate for the abolitionist movement?
Abraham Lincoln
What court decision ruled that slaves were property and therefore had no right to sue in federal court?
The Dred Scott Decision
The Southern economy relied based upon the work of ________.
Slave labor
The idea that states could withdraw from the Union is called:
States' Rights
This abolitionist attempted to start a massive slave revolt in the Southern States, but failed.
John Brown
The winner of the 1860 election received how many electoral votes from the Southern states?
Zero
Who wrote the pro-abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Stowe
The Northern economy relied based upon _________.
Factories
This agreement admitted California as a free state and allowed the potential for slavery in the areas gained by the Mexican Cession.
The Compromise of 1850
This act overturned the Missouri Compromise, now allowing the potential for slavery anywhere out west.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
As a result of the election, states began to secede from the Union, starting with:
South Carolina
What is the term that means that the people govern themselves/power is given to the people?
Popular sovereignty
Which portion of the country had more people (not including slaves), the North or the South?
The North
This law allowed Southerners to recapture runaway slaves in the North.
Fugitive Slave Law
What was the name of the event where the anti and pro slavery groups fought in order to influence the vote of an upcoming state?
Bleeding Kansas
The states that seceded formed their own government called the: ________ States of America
Confederate
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
Abolitionists were mainly in the ________.
North
The main thing that both the Northern states and Southern states wanted to maintain was the _______ of power in the government.
Balance
This political party was formed in response to the overturning of the Missouri compromise, unifying abolitionists behind one party.
The seceded states chose _____ _____ as their president.
Jefferson Davis
What was the secret network that allowed slaves to flee to the North?
The Underground Railroad