I came up with both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 in order to save the union.
Who is Henry Clay?
100
Because of the violence here, Kansas got the nickname of ___________ Kansas.
What is Bleeding?
100
It was the desire of this state to come in as "free" that upset the South and led to the Compromise of 1850.
What is California?
100
The movement to end slavery.
What is abolition?
100
Immigrants coming to the United States in the 1840's settled in the ____.
What is the North?
200
I was a HUGE supporter of popular sovereignty, believing it was the most fair way to decide the issue of slavery in the territories. People think I resemble an oompah oomph.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
200
When the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, it repealed the ______ now making slavery legal, where it had once been abolished.
What is the Missouri Compromise Line?
200
The ____ originally proposed that slavery be banned from any territory we received from Mexico.
What is the Wilmot Provisio?
200
This "network" provided a way for slaves to escape North to freedom.
What is the Underground Railroad?
200
The South was promised this as a result of the Compromise of 1850.
What are stricter Fugitive Slave Laws?
300
I was vehemently opposed to the practice of slavery. God told me that it was my duty to get rid of slavery in the United States. I initiated a raid in Kansas in the pro-slavery town of Pottawatomie.
Who is John Brown?
300
People illegally came over from this territory to vote in the elections of Kansas - making an anti-slavery state become pro-slavery.
What is Missouri?
300
As a result of the Compromise of 1850, slavery would be decided by ___ in the Utah and New Mexico Territories.
What is popular sovereignty?
300
It was the publication of this book that made Northerners even MORE sympathetic to the issue of slavery. Making them see slaves as real people.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
300
The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union.
What is secession?
400
I was an urban slave who was educated. I escaped and moved up North where I went on to speak about my life as a slave, making Northerners more sympathetic to the abolition movement.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
400
Stephen Douglas proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, because he was trying to get support from the South for ___
What is the construction of a railroad starting in Chicago?
400
The US give Texas $10 million as part of the Compromise of 1850 in order for them to do this.
What is give up their claims to New Mexico?
400
This women was nicknamed "Moses" and helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
400
When Lincoln met me, he remarked "so you are the lady who started this war?"
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
500
I was both Vice-President and then a Senator. I was a passionate supporter of slavery and wanted secession. My dying words were "the South, the poor South."
Who is John C. Calhoun?
500
The reason why there was so much tension in Kansas.
What are 2 governments - a slave and a non-slave one coexisting in the same territory?
500
The Compromise of 1850 originally did NOT pass Congress, how was it able to finally pass?
What is Stephen Douglas introduced each part one at a time, instead of one giant bundle?
500
In order to get around stricter Fugitive Slave Laws, the North passed _________.
What are Personal Liberty Laws?
500
I was the Senator from MA who went on a tirade against the South and one of its Senators. I ended up being beaten over the head with a club until I lost consciousness.