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100
This person won the presdiental election in 1860.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
This was the office that Lincoln was running for in 1858?
What is Senate?
100
Who won the election of 1858?
What is Douglas
100
Both Lincoln and Douglas came from Illinois. Which one recieved the most votes there?
What is Abraham Lincoln.
100
Name one thing John Brown was guilty of?
What is murder, treason, and inciting slave in surrection?
200
These candiates (2) did not win in any states.
Who is Douglas and Lincoln.
200
This is what Douglas portrayed Lincoln as.
What is an Abolitionist?
200
What party did Lincoln belong to?
What is Republicans?
200
Why did Breckinridge and Bell recieve so many more votes than Lincoln and Doulas did in Virginia?
What is Virginia was a slave state, and Bell was from Virginia.
200
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act dictate?
What is That the people of each new state should vote whether it should be a slave-state or free soil.The principle was called 'Popular Sovereignty'.
300
This state was won by Breckinridge.
What is Maryland?
300
This is how Douglas felt the slavery issue should be decided in the territories? *****DAILY DOUBLE***** (Team may risk up to the amount they currently have)
What is Popular Sovernity?
300
In the following quote, "A house against itself cannot stand." what is Lincoln referring to as the house?
What is the Nation?
300
What was the term coined by Horace Greeley to describe the violence that racked the territory and turned it inot a battleground for pro and anti slavery adherents in the mid 1850's?
What is "Bleeding Kansas".
300
What is the main attack John Brown is known for?
What is attacking Harpers Ferry?
400
This canidate was in the Constitutonal Union Party.
Who is John Bell.
400
How did Lincoln feel about slavery in the territories?
What is he wanted to keep it out of western territories?
400
In the following quote, "A house divided against itself cannot stand.", what is dividing the house?
What is slavery?
400
This was the first battle of America's Civil War.
What is The Sack of Lawrence, Kansas?
400
What was the nickname given to John Brown in the town of Osawattomie?
What is Osawattomie Brown?
500
Name two states in which Bell won?
What is Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
500
This is what brought Lincoln back into slavery.
What is his opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
500
What is the meaning of the following quote said by Abraham Lincoln, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
What is Lincoln felt that the ideals of freedom for all and the institution of slavery could not coexist — morally, socially, or legally — under one nation. Slavery must ultimately be universally accepted or universally denied.
500
What were voter's positions on slavery and secession in differnt parts of the South?
What is the further south you go the more support there was for slavery and successsion.
500
How many children did John Brown father?
What is 20 children?
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