Bills and Laws
What dividing line did the Missouri Compromise set to separate free and slave states?
What crop was the most common on slave labor plantations?
Cotton
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What did the Fugitive Slave Act do?
Required northern states to return escaped slaves to their owners.
What year was the Kansas Nebraska act passed?
1854
What was the 3/5th compromise?
Every slave owned counts for 3/5th of a vote for the owner
Who is Stephen A. Douglas?
A senator from Illinois, ran against Lincoln in the Election of 1860
What occurred in the Pottowatomie Massacre?
5 pro slavery settlers were massacred by abolitionist settlers in Kansas
What was the "Dred Scott Decision?"
Slaves are not citizens, and therefore are not protected by laws of citizens.
How did the Cotton Gin impact slavery?
It increased the need for slaves to keep up with higher production rates
Which political party did Abraham Lincoln represent?
Republican
How did the publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin influence the Civil War?
Convinced many Northerners that slavery was wrong
What was controversial about the Compromise of 1850?
It admitted California as a free state despite being south of the 36°30' line.
What year was the Trans-Atlantic slave trade banned in the United States?
1808
Who was Charles Sumner?
A Senator and leading abolitionist.
Abraham Lincoln, John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas
What happened to the Missouri Compromise after the introduction of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Who was Dred Scott?
A slave who sued the United States for his freedom on the basis that slavery was unconstitutional.
What catastrophic event occurred in Kansas after the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska act?
Bleeding Kansas
What happened to Charles Sumner on the Senate floor in May, 1856?
He was savagely beat with a cane by a representative from South Carolina