A law saying that it was a federal crime to help runaway slaves.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
100
John C. Breckenridge, John Bell, Abraham Lincoln, and Stephen Douglas
Who were the candidates of the Election of 1860?
100
October 16, 1859
When did John Brown's raid begin?
100
The plan to divide the rest of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories (Kansas and Nebraska)
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
200
Roger B. Taney
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when Dred Scott took his case to them?
200
6 months in jail and a $1000 fine
What was the punishment for not following this act?
200
Abraham Lincoln
Who won the election?
200
African Americans
Who, besides his sons and other white men, did Brown hope would join him in attacking Harper's Ferry?
200
Stephen Douglas
Who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
300
1. Whether Scott was a U.S. citizen
2. Whether or not the time he had spent on free soil made him free
3. Whether the ban on slavery in the Louisiana Purchase was constitutional
What were the three key issues that the Supreme Court had to decide about in the Dred Scott decision?
300
343 fugitive slave cases
After the law was passed, how many slave cases were reviewed in the North?
300
John Breckenridge
If Lincoln hadn't won the electoral votes of the election, who would have?
300
A town in Virginia near the Potomac River that held the federal arsenal where the South's weapons were stored.
What was Harper's Ferry?
300
Southerners in Congress
Who didn't support Stephen Douglas's plan?
400
The Fifth Amendment
What amendment did Taney use to support his claim?
400
$10 reward
What was the reward for returning a suspected fugitive to their slaveholder?
400
That they were losing political power
What did this election remind the South?
400
20 men
How many men did John Brown's raid include?
400
Because they didn't want to spread slavery to these new territories
Why were antislavery northerners outraged by this act?
500
Slavery north of the 36*30 line
(* means degrees)
What slavery did Taney claim was unconstitutional?
500
Anthony Burns
What is a name of a runaway slave who was caught in Boston?
500
The Constitutional Union Party
What political party was John Bell a part of?
500
Treason, murder, and conspiracy and he was sentenced to death
What what was John Brown charged for and what was his punishment?
500
"A gross violation of a sacred pledge"
How did the antislavery northerners describe this act?