Compromises & Laws
This proposal would have banned slavery in land gained from Mexico.
Answer: Wilmot Proviso
She led many to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Answer: Harriet Tubman
Balanced Senate by pairing Missouri with Maine.
Answer: Missouri Compromise
Violence between pro- and anti-slavery settlers here.
Answer: Kansas
This 1820 agreement balanced free and slave states.
Answer: Missouri Compromise
Supported popular sovereignty and debated Lincoln.
Answer: Stephen Douglas
Included stronger slave-catching law.
Answer: Compromise of 1850
Attack on Charles Sumner.
Answer: Caning of Charles Sumner
This 1850 law required Northerners to capture escapees.
Answer: Fugitive Slave Act
Led Harpers Ferry raid.
Answer: John Brown
Caused Bleeding Kansas.
Answer: Kansas–Nebraska Act
Secret escape network angering the South.
Answer: Underground Railroad
This act repealed the Missouri line and used popular sovereignty.
Answer: Kansas–Nebraska Act
Called the 'President' of the Underground Railroad.
Answer: Levi Coffin
Policy letting settlers vote on slavery.
Answer: Popular sovereignty
Lincoln’s election threatened expansion of this.
Answer: Slavery
This compromise admitted California free.
Answer: Compromise of 1850
President of the Confederacy.
Answer: Jefferson Davis
Core issue compromises avoided solving.
Answer: Slavery
Fort attacked to begin Civil War.
Answer: Fort Sumter