Civil War
Created the states of Missouri and Maine. One was a free state, the other was a slave state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
He proposed the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
Someone who runs from lawful captivity.
He led the army of northern Virginia and the Marines that arrested John Brown at Harpers Ferry.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This controversial decision by the Supreme Court allowed slavery to go nationwide.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This law proposed to ban slavery in the Mexican Cession.
Men who moved to Kansas to vote for slavery and fought against the antislavery forces.
Who are the Border Ruffians?
This amendment banned slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
A style of warfare that uses hit-and-run tactics and the element of surprise.
What is guerrilla warfare?
This law forced northerners to act as slave catchers.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
The ability to vote on proposed laws.
What is popular sovereignty?
This amendment allowed anyone to vote, regardless of race or condition of previous servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
A place where guns are stored.
What is an arsenal?
Actions against one's country.
What is treason?
This US Senator spoke out against slavery.
Who is Daniel Webster?
This party wanted to stop the spread of slavery so that whites that moved west would be able to find jobs.
What is the Free-Soil Party?
This law created the state of Kansas as a slave state, and created Nebraska as a free state.
What is Nebraska?
A war between the members of the same country.
An action raised in court.
What is a lawsuit?
He was elected President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
To leave, or separate, from a nation.
What is secede?
Someone who is killed for his or her beliefs.
What is a martyr?
This party nominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency in 1860.
What is the Republican Party?
Proslavery Senator who had been Andrew Jackson's Vice President.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
This novel, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, turned northern sentiment against slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?