Politics, as Usual
Cultural Events
Abraham Lincoln
The Confederacy
Election of 1860
100
Democrats and Whigs
What were the two political parties in 1850?
100
This former slave wrote a book about his experiences.
Who was Frederick Douglas?
100
He came from this state.
What is Kentucky?
100
They believed in the absolute right to own . . .
What are slaves?
100
This party ran two candidates for president, north & south.
What was the Democratic Party?
200
This "Compromise," in 1850, let California into the Union as a Free State.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
200
Harriett Beecher Stowe's book about a kindly slave changed how people thought about slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
200
When not a legislator, Lincoln worked as this.
What is a Lawyer?
200
This man's act of terror in Virginia started southerners on the road to secession.
Who was John Brown?
200
He won the election.
What was Abraham Lincoln?
300
This act led to "Bleeding Kansas," as well as the Republican Party.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
300
This Senator accused a southern senator of raping his slaves and was beaten on the senate floor for his troubles.
Who was Charles Sumner?
300
He was a member of this party, before he was a Republican.
What is the Whig Party?
300
The first states to secede grew the majority of this cash crop.
What is cotton?
300
This political party would never put up a candidate for president after 1860.
Who was the Whigs, or American Union party?
400
This decision said that Blacks weren't citizen's.
What was the Dred Scott decision.
400
Before he went to Harper's Ferry, he participated in "Bleeding Kansas."
Who was John Brown?
400
He did this as a young man, to help his family with money.
What is rail splitting?
400
This state was the first to secede.
What is South Carolina?
400
He debated Lincoln for senate, but used his presidential candidacy to warn about a war.
Who was Stephen Douglass?
500
This Party was created because of the Kansas-Nebraska act.
What is the Republican Party?
500
These debates on slavery propelled Lincoln into a national figure.
What were the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
500
Before he left the Whig's, Lincoln got a reputation as a . . .
What is an Abolitionist?
500
This fort, in Charleston Harbor, caused the start of the war.
What is Ft. Sumter?
500
Lincoln won the election without gaining one of these states.
What was a southern state?
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