Antebellum Compromises
Which problem did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act attempt to solve?
What is the extension of slavery into western territories.
Which section of the country opposed protective tariffs?
What is the south
Who won the Presidential Election of 1860?
Who was Abraham Lincoln
What does the term "abolition" refer to?
What is ending slavery.
Who were the two sides who fought in the American Civil War?
Who are North and South
Which term refers to the idea that settlers would be able to determine whether or not their territories would have slavery?
What is popular sovereignty
What effect did the Dred Scott decision have on slavery in the US?
What is it allowed slave owners to take slaves to free states.
What did Abraham Lincoln say his goal was if he was elected President?
What is To Preserve The Union
Where were most abolitionists from?
What is the north or northeast.
Where were the first shots fired of the Civil War?
Where is Fort Sumter, SC.
What was the name of the person who created many of the compromises during the Antebellum Period?
Who is Henry Clay
Before the Civil War, southern politicians supported what idea?
What is States' Rights
Why did Lincoln get 0 votes in most southern states?
What is because he was not even on the ballot in most southern states.
What abolitionist led the Raid on Harper's Ferry?
Who is John Brown.
What was the North's battle plan?
What is the Anaconda Plan - Strangle the South by blockading the ports and cutting off the Mississippi River.
What did the South gain from both the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
What is the use of popular sovereignty in making decisions about slavery in the territories
Bleeding Kansas refers to which two groups fighting in Kansas?
What is Pro Slavery versus Anti Slavery
What does the term "secession" refer to?
What is states leaving the union.
Name two abolitionists besides John Brown.
Who are Grimke Sisters, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, and William Lloyd Garrison.
What was the South's battle plan?
What is to fight a defensive war, wear down the north and wait for help from Britain.
What issue was central to the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833?
What is States' Rights
Who was the first state to secede from the union?
What is South Carolina.
What was the immediate result of Lincoln's election?
What is southern states started seceding from the union.
What document written by Lincoln attempted to end slavery in Confederate states?
What is The Emancipation Proclamation.
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to U.S. Grant and the Union army?
Where was the Appomattox Courthouse