Elections
Who won the Election of 1852?
Franklin Pierce
What was the Act that would divide the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories—Kansas and Nebraska?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What was the court case involving a slave?
Dred Scott case
What does secede mean?
to formally withdraw
What team is the best team in the NFL?
49ers
Who won the Election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Kansas-Nebraska Act gave voters the right to what?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave voters the right to allow or prohibit slavery.
What was the case about?
a slave who sued for his freedom, his owner passed away and was in the north territory, he argued he should no longer be a slave
What was the last thing that angered the south so much that they seceded?
Election of Abraham Lincoln as president
On May 22, 1856, Representative Brooks used his cane to beat up Senator Sumner unconscious in the Senate chambers. They were arguing about slavery. In what state did this happen?
Kansas
How did the Election of 1860 contribute to the tension of Slavery?
The outcome of the election divided the United States.
Pro-slavery and antislavery groups clashed violently in what became known as what?
Bleeding Kansas
Abraham Lincoln
How many states seceded?
11
11 years
How did the Election of 1852 contribute to the tension of Slavery?
Debate over the expansion of Slavery influenced the election of 1852.
What happened in the Kansas Elections?
5000 people from Missouri crossed the border into Kansas and voted in favor of Slavery. They cheated the outcome.
Won the lower court, it got appealed and lost, and went to supreme court.
When the South seceded they formed their own government called what?
The Confederate States of America
In the Election of 1860, there was 183 electoral votes, how many did Lincoln win?
180
How did the Southerners feel after the 1860 election results and what did it signal?
It angered them and signaled that the South was losing its national political power
What was the result of the Kansas' Election?
Kansas ended up with two opposing governments
Supreme Court voted against slave, he lost case, what was one reason the judges said why?
He was slave and didn't have a right to sue anyone
This new government guaranteed citizens the right to what?
The right to own slaves
Who is the best history teacher ever?
Mr Campos