Abolitionists
He sued in court for his freedom and lost.
Who is Dred Scott?
The network of homes and people who helped slaves escape to the north
What is the Underground Railroad?
This South Carolina Senator declared that the South would not give up it's liberty to save the Union.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
Prior to the Civil War, this region of the country was more urban, more populated, had more immigrants, was more educated, and more industrial. Railroads and factories were commonplace here.
What was the North?
This law forced all Americans to assist in catching and returning escaped slaves
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Called the Moses of her people, she led more than 300 slaves to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
Gold miners who rushed to California after gold was discovered in 1848.
Who/What are the 49'ers?
This Mississippi Senator was elected President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This event is the official start of the Civil War.
What was the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter?
BONUS 100 points: What year did this occur?
This Senator introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act, defeated Abraham Lincoln in 1858, and lost to Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
This famous president elected in 1860 believed slavery was morally wrong but was not an abolitionist.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A devotion to regional customs and interests instead of the whole nation.
What is sectionalism?
In order to protect the rights of Southern states to own slaves, this was formed.
What was the Confederate States of America?
This event was the final straw that led Southern Secessionists to secede from the Union.
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln?
***BONUS***
100 points - What year was Abraham Lincoln elected?
When this Act was passed, it allowed 2 states popular sovereignty over slavery and broke the Missouri Compromise.
***DAILY DOUBLE***
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
When states have the right to reject congressional decisions and decide for themselves instead.
This "doctrine," or idea, of Stephen Douglas gave Southerners the idea that he wouldn't protect their right to own slaves, causing him to lose a presidential election.
What is the Freeport Doctrine?
Written in 1857, this Supreme Court decision said that African-Americans are not citizens, and that moving to a free state did not mean a slave was free.
What is the Dred Scott decision? or What is Dred Scott?
BONUS 200 points: Name the judge who wrote the opinion.
This was the proposal to admit California as a free state and allow New Mexico and Utah popular sovereignty.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
BONUS 200 pts: Who wrote the Compromise?
This religious abolitionist got violent in Kansas before attempting to start a slave revolt in Virginia
Who is John Brown?
Prejudice against immigrants, or those born outside of America.
What is Nativism?
BONUS 100 points: What political party campaigned on Nativism?
When 7 states seceded from the Union in 1860, this president did nothing.
Hint: Not Lincoln.
Who is James Buchanan (or Buchanan)?
A violent period in Kansas between 1854 and 1859, which included riots and murders between abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
This political group opposed the spread of slavery to western soil.
What is the Free-Soil(ers)?