Laws and Compromises
What Law admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
Missouri Compromise
What violent conflict happened when pro- and anti-slavery settlers fought in Kansas?
Bleeding Kansas
What were people called who wanted to end slavery?
Abolitionist or Abolitionist Movement
What debate focused on slavery and helped make Lincoln famous?
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
What system of forced labor was a big cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
What Compromise included California as a free state and a stricter fugitive slave law?
Compromise of 1850
Who led a raid to start a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
What book showed the harsh reality of slavery and influenced many Northerners?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who won the presidential election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What were the main economic differences between North and South
Industry vs Agriculture
Industrial vs Agrarian
What act allowed Popular Sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What rebellion was led by enslaved people in Virginia in 1831
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Who debated Stephen Douglas about Slavery Expansion?
Abraham Lincoln
What state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Why was slavery so important to the Southern Economy?
It provided labor for large farms/plantations
What law forced citizens to return escaped enslaved people?
Fugitive Slave Act
Which senator was beaten in Congress, showing national tension?
Charles Sumner
John Brown's violent actions caused Southerners to fear Slave Rebellions.
What political party did Lincoln run under during the Election of 1860
Republican
What idea of expansion increased tension over slavery?
Manifest Destiny
What is Popular Sovereignty?
People of a territory get to decide whether they want slavery or not.
How did Bleeding Kansas and John Brown's Raid show that compromise over slavery was failing?
People were using violence, proving peaceful solutions were breaking down.
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Why did the Election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 lead directly to states leaving the Union?
Southern states feared Lincoln would try and stop slavery and its expansion.
How many total states made up the Confederate States of America?
Eleven (11)