Slave State vs. Free State
Which compromise, signed by President Monroe in 1820, maintained the balance between free and slave states admitted to the Union?
Missouri Compromise
What was the Southern economy’s major strength
Agriculture
Abolitionists called for the end of what practice of bondage?
Slavery
What was the system of awarding political positions to close friends called?
Spoils System
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a best-selling abolitionist novel called what?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What act, passed in 1854, effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What was the Northern economy’s major strength?
Manufacturing
Before the Missouri Compromise, what was the northern limit of slavery referred to as?
Mason-Dixon Line
Andrew Jackson’s tactic of appealing to ordinary citizens to get elected is called what?
Populism
In response to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, what type of literature was explicitly against the abolition of slavery?
Anti-Tom literature
The fighting between pro- and anti-slavery that devolved into guerilla warfare was known as “Bleeding” this.
Kansas
Which European country was the South’s biggest importer of cotton?
England
What man led a raid on Harper’s Ferry in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt?
John Brown
What concept referred to Americans’ god-given right to expand ever westward?
Manifest Destiny
The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It was a rare piece of abolitionist nonfiction written by a man from which region of the United States?
The South
Stemming from a former slave wanting to know his status in a free state, which Supreme Court case declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Which technological innovation bolstered trade and commerce in the North, allowing goods to move freely across the country?
Railroads
What religious movement brought Americans’ closer to God, causing many to reconsider their views on slavery?
Second Great Awakening
Which group of people were most impacted by Americans moving west?
Indigenous peoples
Which children’s book by Philip J. Cozans displayed the fallacy of the benevolent slaveowner?
Little Eva: Flower of the South
Causing worry and outrage in the South, which political crisis saw South Carolina stand up to the federal government over tariffs?
Nullification Crisis
An artificial waterway constructed to allow for the movement of ships or irrigation is called what?
Canal
A single episode during Bleeding Kansas, what massacre, led by John Brown, caused the deaths of five pro-slavery settlers?
Pottawatomie Massacre
What contemporary American leader ran for president on a populist platform?
President Trump
What is the name of the only book that sold more copies than Uncle Tom’s Cabin in the 1800s?
The Bible