Vocab
Define Transcontinental
Crossing multiple continents.
What was Stephen Douglas the political figure of.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Why were states threatening to secede from the union?
The question of where enslavement borders should be.
Define Republican
A member or supporter of the Republican Party
How did Douglas win over the south.
He proposed the formation of a Southern state that would be likely to support slavery (Kansas).
What were the two main problems of slavery.
It was a moral atrocity, but it also influenced political power.
To withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
What kind of railroad did Douglas want.
Transcontinental
What did Northerners believe about slavery vs Southerns?
Northerners believed that slavery should not expand into the new territories being added to the union, while Southerners disagreed.
Define a Whig
A member of the British reforming and constitutional party that sought the supremacy of Parliament and was eventually succeeded in the 19th century by the Liberal Party.
The rail road that Douglas wanted crossed(blank and blank)
Fill in the blanks
Chicago and Illinois
How many people died in the battle?
55 people.
Define Popular Sovereignty
Government based on the consent of the people.
Douglas wanted to make Nebraska into a (Blank) not a state. Fill in the blank.
A territory
What did this battle start?
The Civil War.