Fugitive Slave Act,Congress would admit California as a Free State and the people of the territories in New Mexico and Utah would decide for themselves whether slavery would be legal. Were part of what copromise
What is Compromise of 1850
100
Seven debates on the issue of slavery were given by
What is Lincoln and Douglas
100
Mexican America war was fought over?
What is the border of Texas
100
Name the major advantages the north had during the civil war.
What is population and factories
100
Who shot Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth
200
This book considered to have increased the tensions between the North and South on the issue of slavery?
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
200
This encourage people to move west by giving them 160 acres of land for 10 dollars
What is Homestead Act
200
Was the first state to secede from the United States?
What is South Carolina
200
1863 Lincoln freed the slaves
What is emancipation proclamation
200
What battle marked the turning point in the Civil War?
What is Gettysburg
300
What was the purpose of John Brown's attack on the federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry?
What is slave rebellion
300
Which term did Americans use in the 1840s to describe the idea that the United States should possess the entire continent?
What is Manifest Destiny
300
Where was the capital of the Confederacy
What Richmond, VA
300
This battle showed the North they were in for a long tough war
What is Battle of Bull run
300
Where was the first shots fired in the civil war
What is Fort Sumter
400
All American citizens were required to assist in the return of enslaved people to their owners
What is the fugitive slave act
400
Which event was the immediate cause for the secession of several states in 1860?
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln
400
Who founded the American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton
400
South military strategy was called?
What is war of attrition
400
13,000 Americans were Jailed with out being charged of a crime. What did Lincoln suspend
What is Habeas Corpus
500
What treaty ended the Mexican America war?
What is a. Guadalupe Hidalgo
500
Who was the General for the Union Army
Who is Grant
500
Why was the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack historically important?
What is first battle between iron clad boats
500
Southern Democrats that were scared the republicans would free the slave were called