The rush of people, both slave supporters and abolitionists, to Kansas to decide whether it was a slave state or free state that involved much fighting and violence.
What is "Bleeding Kansas"
100
The ruling from the Supreme Court that threw the country into another crisis.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
100
The raid on a federal arsenal in Virginia to supply slaves for a county wide slave uprising.
What is the Raid on Harpers Ferry?
100
The act of formally withdrawing from the Union.
What is Secession?
200
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
200
The slave supporting representative who beat Charles Sumner unconscious in the senate chamber.
Who is Preston Brooks.
200
The slave who sued for freedom, which was what the Supreme Court case was about.
Who is Dred Scott?
200
The man who orchestrated the raid on the federal arsenal.
Who is John Brown?
200
The first state to secede.
What is South Carolina?
300
The main character in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who is Uncle Tom?
300
The number of people that died in the Pottawatomie Massacre.
What is 5 people?
300
The year the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
What is 1856?
300
The day when the raid on Harpers Ferry began.
What is October 16, 1859?
300
The event that was the final straw for the Southern States that caused them to secede.
What is the election of Lincoln.
400
The amount of copies sold for Uncle Tom's Cabin in 10 years?
What is 2 million?
400
The name of the person who gave the "The Crime Against Kansas" speech.
Who is Charles Sumner?
400
The reason the Dred Scott Decision was biased.
What is a majority of Southern Justices?
400
The river that was adjacent to the town.
What is the Potomac River?
400
The senator who proposed the series of constitutional amendments that would hopefully please the South into rejoining the Union.
Who is John J. Crittenden?
500
The year Uncle Tom's Cabin was published.
What is 1852?
500
The abolitionist who helped raise money to send weapons to abolitionist settlers in Kansas.
Who is Henry Ward?
500
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time.
Who is Roger B. Taney?
500
The name of the U.S. Marine Colonel who took back the federal arsenal.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
500
The president of the new Confederate States of America.