Political Parties & Leaders
What was the name of the party that formed in 1848?
Free Soil Party
Where did the Confederates attack on April 12, 1861?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
What did the Free Soil Party support? (Slavery or Anti-slavery)
Who proposed the Missouri Compromise?
Henry Clay
Where was Abraham Lincoln from?
What political party did the Whigs and Free Soil Party turn into?
Republican Party
What was the outcome of the Supreme Court's decision on Dred Scott?
A. Dred Scott was granted his freedom because he had lived in a free state.
B. The Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott could file a lawsuit as a free man.
C. The Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott could not file a lawsuit because he was not a citizen.
D. The Supreme Court declared slavery unconstitutional in all U.S. territories.
C. The Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott could not file a lawsuit because he was not a citizen.
What does seceded mean?
Withdraw
Where would the slave trade end?
Washington, D.C.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
Who became the new president after the death of President Taylor in 1850?
Millard Fillmore
Who won the election of 1858?
Who wanted to block California's admission into the Union?
Henry Foote
Under the Compromise of 1850, what state entered the Union as a free state?
California
What is an arsenal?
Gun Warehouse
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850?
A. It convinced many Northerners that slavery was evil.
B. It encouraged Northerners to support slavery.
C. It prevented Southerners from capturing runaway slaves.
D. It allowed runaway slaves to gain automatic freedom in the North.
A. It convinced many Northerners that slavery was evil.
Americans began to take sides over the issue of slavery. What is this called?
Sectionalism
What was the name of the book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What was the first state to join the Union as a slave state?
Louisiana
Who proposed the bill that introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen Douglas
What states were a part of the Confederacy? (Northern or Southern)
What did Lincoln call for during his debate with Stephen Douglas?
To end slavery
Who believed that if the North and South could not agree on slavery, the country would break apart?
Henry Clay
What states were a part of the Union? (Northern or Southern)
Northern