Compromise of 1850
Breaking With the Union
The Election of 1860
The Fugitive Slave Act
Bleeding Kansas
100
Henry Clay called for an end to what kind of trading?
Slave trade
100
What is the act of formally withdrawing from the union?
Secession
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What was the first party to meet to nominate a presidential candidate in 1860?
The Democrats
100
What was the fine for anyone that helped runaway slaves?
$1,000 and 6 months in jail
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What massacre did John Brown and his son cause?
Pottawatomie Massacre
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What month did the Compromise of 1850 become a law?
September
200
What did John J. Crittenden, the senator of Kentucky propose to satisfy the south?
An series of constitutional amendments
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John C. Breckinridge, the vice president who was backed up by which party of democrats?
Southern democrats
200
Who was Anthony Burns?
The fugitive slave from Virginia that caught the nation's attention
200
What border did thousands of men cross to insure pro-slavery victory?
Missouri
300
Where did Henry Clay address to put a border?
Between Texas and Mexico
300
What president at the time did not agree with Crittenden's plan about preserving the union?
Abraham Lincoln
300
What city was the conventions for the Republicans held?
Chicago
300
How much money did commissioners who rejected a slaveholders claim receive?
$5
300
True or False: Charles Sumner was the senator of Massachusetts who gave the speech called "The Crime Against Kansas".
True
400
What happened to the Mexican Cession after California became a free state?
Mexican Cession was split into territories.
400
Where did the convention on December 17, 1860 take place?
Charlestown
400
Breckinridge and Bell split the electoral votes of slave states with the exception of what state?
Missouri
400
Where did thousands of African Americans go to escape potential prosecution under the Fugitive Slave Act?
Canada
400
True or False: Representative Preston Brooks was greatly upset with Charles Sumner's speech, criticizing pro-slavery.
True
500
Where did Henry Clay not want to end slavery?
The country's capital
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Why did each state have a special state convention when they entered the union?
To ratify the Constitution
500
How many electoral votes did Abraham Lincoln get out of 183?
180
500
How many fugitive slave cases came under the commissioners review in the North 10 years after congress passed a new slave law.
343
500
Where did a posse of 700 hundred men ride, to destroy buildings and printing presses?
Lawerence
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