Standard 3
Which passage would put an end to the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
How did John Brown die?
He was hung.
A plan that the union hoped to "squeeze" the confederacy into surrender.
The Anaconda plan
In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, they created what?
Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott did not have the right to sue because?
The supreme Court ruled that the slaves were not citizens.
What was the main cause of Lincoln winning?
Split votes in the south, north voted.
Emancipation Proclamation
Speech delivered during the American Civil War.
Gettysburg Address
What was considered the most important battle of the American civil war? And lead to the union winning?
Battle of Gettysburg
What document freed the slaves?
Emancipation Proclamation
Who sued his owners for freedom?
Dred Scott
These states established a confederation and upheld the rights of the states, especially the right to maintain slaves.
Confederate States of America
Who had hoped to seize weapons and give them to enslaved peoples to start an uprising?
John Brown
Did the Emancipation proclamation end slavery?
Yes or no?
No, it did not end slavery.
Who had a firm stance against the expansion of slavery?
Lincoln
The case involved the slave Dred Scott, who was suing his owners for his freedom.
Dred Scott case
Who supported the concept of popular sovereignty?
Douglas