Compromises
Who created the Missouri Compromise and helped create the Compromise of 1850? He was known as the Great Compromiser.
Henry Clay
What act was passed that said that all citizens had to help catch runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
What compromise was overturned by the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Missouri Compromise
What book was published that made the North agrier about slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Name the four Hogwarts houses.
Slynerin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, & Gryffindor
Which compromise made an imaginary line across the country and allowed slavery below the line?
The Missouri Compromise
Why did the Fugitive Slave Law fail?
Northerners didn't obey it.
Who was the abolitionist who killed 5 pro-slavery people in Kansas?
John Brown
What was John Brown's plan when he raided the Harpers Ferry arsenal?
to arm slaves for rebellion
In The Maze Runner, what is the name of the protagonist?
Thomas
What two territories were created by the Compromise of 1850?
Utah and New Mexico
The Dred Scott case ruling stated that banning slavery in U.S. territories was _______________.
Unconstitutional
Why was the South so worried about the possibility of Kansas (and any new state) becoming a free state?
They didn't want to lose power in Congress.
How did Southerners react to the caning of Senator Sumner?
they sent his attacker a new cane
Which continent has the most countries?
Africa
What was one benefit for the North that came out of the Compromise of 1850?
California Became a free state.
The slave trade was ended in Washington, D.C.
What proposed law would have banned slavery in any territory gained from Mexico?
Wilmot Proviso
Who attacked Lawrence, Kansas?
proslavery settlers
What state is the first to leave the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln?
South Carolina
In what game do players compete to be the last person standing on an island?
Fortnite
What parallel was used as the line to determine where slavery would exists based on the Missouri Compromise?
36˚30'
What is the term that means people get to vote on issues to make new laws or decisions?
popular sovereignty
This man beat Senator Sumner into unconsciousness because Sumner was speaking out against the violence in Kansas and calling out the South for the brutality of slavery.
Preston Brooks
What is the location of the first battle of the Civil War?
What is the name of the kingdom where Shrek lives?
Far, Far Away