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Who fired the first shots of the Battle of Sumter?
The confederates
What was the name of the first battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Sumter
Who did the Constitutional Union Party choose to run for president against Abraham Lincoln?
John Bell
Who did the Confederates (the South) choose as their president?
Jefferson Davis
What did Douglas tell the southerners to do if Abraham Lincoln won the election?
Accept the results and stay with the Union
What did John Crittenden do to try to keep the United States together?
Proposed a compromise
Why did the North lose the Battle of Sumter?
They ran out of ammo
The South had what kind of economy?
Farming and agriculture
Name the first 6 states that seceded.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana
After all the violence, what were people calling Kansas?
Bleeding Kansas
What happened in the town of Lawrence?
The town was destroyed by pro-slavery forces
From which war or country did we get Utah and New Mexico?
Mexican- American War
What is sectionalism?
Loyalty to your region and beliefs over the country
Why were people moving to Kansas so fast?
To vote on slavery
Why were the Northerners unhappy with the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It allowed slavery in new states
Why was it important to balance free and slave states?
To keep peace in government
What did John Brown do?
Attacked a federal arsenal to start a slave revolt
Explain popular sovereignty.
People vote to decide
What was the main goal of the Free-Soil Party?
Stop slavery from spreading
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act say?
People in new states could vote on slavery
What would happen if someone refused to return a fugitive slave?
They were fined or jailed
What compromise controlled the Louisiana Purchase lands?
Missouri compromise
What compromise controlled the Mexican Cession?
The Compromise of 1850
What did the Wilmot Proviso say?
Slavery should be banned in land won from Mexico
What was the name of the bill Stephen Douglas introduced?
Kansas-Nebraksa Act