People
Who's election sparked the beginning of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Voting
What was the law passed in the Compromise of 1850?
Fugitive Slave Act
What was Dred Scot's position in America during the court case?
Slave
What is an abolitionist?
Someone who opposes slavery?
Who led the raid on Harper's Ferry in Virginia?
John Brown
What did people from the South do to influence the vote in Kansas?
Cross the Border
What state was admitted to the Union in the Compromise of 1850?
California
Where did Dred Scot get taken which caused him to claim he was free?
Wisconsin Territory
What does secede mean?
To leave, to withdraw
Who did Abraham Lincoln debate for senate?
Stephen Douglas
According to the Missouri Compromise, should the land in Kansas and Nebraska be free or slave?
Free
Which region of America was angry about the Fugitive Slave Act?
North
Was Dred scot ruled free or slave by the Supreme Court?
Slave
What was the south called after they left the Union?
The Confederacy
Who said congress had no authority to ban or regulate slavery?
John C. Calhoun
In what state did pro-slavery and anti-slavery governments exist at the same time?
Kansas
Who orchestrated the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay
Which region was happy that the Supreme Court ruled that restricting slavery was unconstitutional?
South
What was the name of the plan that said the land obtained from Mexico should be free territory?
Who was the president of the Confederacy (The South)?
Jefferson Davis
What finally stopped the fighting in Kansas and Nebraska?
The Military
What was the name of the secret route slaves would take to escape to the north called?
This was in defiance of the Fugitive Slave Act
Underground Railroad
What law was overturned by the Dred Scot decision?
Missouri Compromise
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina