Bands of proslavery and antislavery fighters roamed the countryside, terrorizing those who did not support their views. The violence was so bad this was the nickname given.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
100
An enslaved person who had once been owned by a US Army doctor. The doctor lived in places where slavery was illegal and went to court arguing for his freedom.
Who is Dred Scott?
100
Southerners that were dissatisfied by the Presidential Election, when Lincoln won.
Who are Southeners in the Confederacy?
200
People in each new territory or state decide for themselves whether to allow slavery.
What is popular sovereignty?
200
Used popular sovereignty to decide whether their territory would allow slavery.
What is Kansas?
200
Said, "If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
The attack on Fort Sumter marked its beginning.
What is the Civil War?
300
Withdraw from the union.
What is secede?
300
Wrote a book that shocked thousands of people who previously had been unconcerned about slavery.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
300
Man who debated against Lincoln for the Senate election and tried to convince people that Lincoln was a dangerous abolitionist who wanted equality for African Americans.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
300
Led to the breakup of the Union.
What was the election of 1860?
400
State that the bitter debate was about. Argued if should be a free or slave state since it lay north of the Missouri Compromise.
What is California?
400
Was designed to end the crisis by giving both sides what they wanted. It banned the slave trade in the nation's capital.
What is The Compromise of 1850?
400
Said slaves were property and not citizens, and the property owners rights were protected by the US Constitution.
What was the ruling in court by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney about Dred Scott?
400
In this speech, he gave assurances of friendship, but it was rejected by the south.
What was President Lincoln's inaugural address?
500
Whigs and Democrats against slavery joined forces and created a new political party.
What is The Free Soil Party?
500
Allowed special government officials to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave.
What is The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
500
Thought is he attacked Harpers Ferry he could seize guns the US Army had stored and give them to African Americans to lead a revolt.
What was John Brown's Plan?
500
The men would not surrender and had been cut off from supplies and could not hold out much longer.