Details of Henry Clay's proposal for admitting Missouri to the Union.
What is admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. (Missouri Compromise 1820)
100
Violence erupted in Kansas due to this opinion.
What was rivalry between proslavery and antislavery settlers?
100
This political party formed for the purpose of banning slavery in western territories.
What was the Free-Soil party?
100
National unity was shattered due to several southern states seceded in protest to this.
What was election of Abraham Lincoln?
100
This act divided a territory into two parts.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
200
The Missouri Compromise applies to acquisition of these lands.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
Many northerners stated "We don't respect this law, and won't obey it" with regard to this law.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
200
This novel further heightened tensions between the North and the South.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
200
In the presidential election of 1860, this person won the election, though he did not carry a single southern state.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
This compromise declared Congress unable to ban the slave trade between slave states.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
300
California enters the Union as a free state, slave trade is banned in Washington DC, upholds popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah, settles Texas/ New Mexico border and Includes Fugitive Slave Act.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
300
Violence erupted on the Senate floor due to this Act.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
300
This act divided western lands into two separate territories.
What was the Kansas- Nebraska Act?
300
This was the location the Confederate troops attacked the Union troops and marks the beginning of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter, South Carolina?
300
These proslavery people rode from Missouri to Kansas to battle antislavery forces.
What is a Border Ruffian?
400
This issue led to the Compromise of 1850.
What was California was admitted to the Union as a free state in 1850?
400
Free African Americans condemned this court decision.
What was the Dred Scott decision?
400
In 1854 these two new territories were created.
What are Kansas and Nebraska?
400
This was the southern reaction to the election of Abraham Lincoln.
What was seven southern states seceded forming the Confederate States of America?
400
One who sacrifices his or her own life for beliefs.
What is a martyr?
500
Slavery was not permitted north of latitude 36 30' N, with the exception of Missouri.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
500
Due to this publication, many Northerners, in general, became more opposed to slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
500
This was an attempt to ban slavery in territories won from Mexico.
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
500
This is the historical significance of Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
What is where Confederate forces fired the first shots of the Civil War?