People
Who was Dred Scott?
Dred Scott was an enslaved man who lived in a free state and sued for his freedom.
The attack on this fort marked the start of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
What did the Free Soil party want?
To stop the extension of slavery into the territories.
Who did the U.S. buy the Louisiana Territory from?
France
4 People ran for president in 1860. Name 3 of them.
Lincoln, Breckenridge, Bell, Douglas
This was the nickname given to people who crossed the border from Missouri to Kansas in order to vote on whether Kansas would be a free state or slave state.
Border Ruffians
What part of the Compromise of 1850 were Northerners most upset about?
Fugitive Slave Law
What party was made up of anti-slavery Whigs, anti-slavery Democrats, and Free-soilers?
The Republican Party
What Native American group was forced to move west in an event that came to be known as the Trail of Tears?
Cherokee
Who went to Kansas to support anti-Slavery efforts during Bleeding Kansas, and later led a raid on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
During this event, John Brown crossed the border into Kansas and murdered 5 pro-slavery people in their home.
Bleeding Kansas
The act that said Kansas and Nebraska would use popular sovereignty to decide if they had slavery was called what?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who became the leader of the Republican Party?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the third president?
Thomas Jefferson
Who did Lincoln debate during the Senate race for Illinois in 1858?
Stephen Douglas
This goal of this event was to arm enslaved people and start a revolt.
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
Define popular sovereignty
The idea that the people have the power to determine their laws/government
What did the debates with Stephen Douglas do for Abraham Lincoln?
Gave him a positive, national reputation.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The idea that the US should expand and spread its democracy from Atlantic to Pacific.
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
South Carolina did this on December 20, 1860.
The compromise of 1850 outlawed what in Washington D.C.?
The slave trade
Why was the south so upset that Lincoln won the election of 1860?
They worried he would outlaw slavery and he wasn't even on the ballot in most southern states. They felt the government did not represent them.
Which region of the 13 colonies practiced subsistence farming, or only growing/producing what they needed to survive? (Hint: New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies)
New England