Geography
This had established a line (at 36 degrees 30 minutes) below which slavery was permitted and above which it was prohibited.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
Leader of the Democratic Party who debated Abraham Lincoln on a National tour
Stephen Douglas
The Kansas & Nebraska Act was passed in what year?
1854
A series of safe house meant to help navigate persons North and out of slavery.
The Underground Railroad
This state was admitted and allowed slavery with the Missouri Compromise of 1820
Missouri
The United States purchased the Florida Territory from what country?
Spain
This was nullified due to the Kansas & Nebraska Act
The Missouri Compromise
Battles and killings that resulted after extremists entered Kansas and falsified voting on slavery, creating two Kansas governments, one for and one against slavery.
Bleeding Kansas
Who did we acquire California from?
Mexico
Abolitionists who led an armed insurrection at Harper's Ferry, Kansas
John Brown
This was the political doctrine that the people who lived in a region should determine for themselves the nature of their government
Popular Sovereignty
The western boundry of Kansas territory expanded all the way to these mountains where gold was discovered.
The Rocky Mountains
Name 8 of the 15 states that came out of the Louisiana Purchase
Arkansas,Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming
The President at the time the Kansas Nebraska Act was passed
Franklin Pierce
This war immediately followed the bleeding Kansas conflict
The Civil War
During the debates surrounding the Kansas & Nebraska Act, what two political parties split the country in half?
Democratic and Republican
This state was admitted as a free state with the Missouri Compromise of 1820
Maine
Senator from Illinois who opposed popular sovereignty and won the 16th Presidency
Abraham Lincoln
The Missouri Compromise split the Louisiana Territory on the issue of slavery on what latitude?
What is 36.30 degrees
Name 7 of the 10 states the Mississippi River touches or flows through
Minnesota, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi, Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas