Compromise & Law
The state that was admitted as a free state in the Compromise of 1850
What is California?
The war that the United States engaged in because it wanted to take California
What was the Mexican-American War?
Idea that God planned for the United States to expand across the entire continent; inspired Americans to move westward
She helped hundreds of slaves escape through the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The party that Abraham Lincoln was ran with in the Election of 1860
What is the Republican party?
Prohibited the practice of slavery above the 36-30 line
What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
The debates between Lincoln and Douglas that pushed Lincoln into the national limelight
What are the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that helped people join the anti-slavery movement
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The President of the Confederate States of America
Who was Jefferson Davis?
What is secede?
A stricter slave law that was enforced as a part of the Compromise of 1850; made it more dangerous for slaves to escape and dangerous for people helping slaves escape
What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
This event caused South Carolina to secede from the Union
What was the Election of 1860? (or Election of Abraham Lincoln as president)
Idea that focused on ending the practice of slavery
What was abolitionism?
A slave who sued for his freedom based on the fact that he lived on free soil territory
Who is Dred Scott?
The party that Stephen Douglas ran with in the Election of 1860
What is the (northern) Democratic party?
This law created two new states; was controversial because it defied the Missouri Compromise of 1820
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Phrase referring to the violent events that occurred over the issue of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, as well as violent acts in Congress
What is "Bleeding Kansas"?
The idea that people living in the territory could vote for whether they want to allow the practice of slavery in the territory or not
What is popular sovereignty?
This member of Congress beat Senator Charles Sumner with the cane because of his criticism of South Carolina
Who is Preston Brooks?
The party that dissolved (ended) after the election of 1852
In the Compromise of 1850, the North received these two important advantages
California admitted as a state and abolition of slave trade in DC
The total number of states that seceded from the Union
What is 11?
The ultimate decision in the Dred Scott case
Congress has no power to ban slavery from the territories
The Senator of Illinois who fiercely debated Abraham Lincoln and author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who is Stephen Douglas?
The total number of people who ran in the Election of 1860
What is four?