Slavery
What did Mr. Haley do for a living?
a slave trader
What was John Brown trying to do at Harper’s Ferry?
start a slave uprising
What does GTT mean?
Gone to Texas
How did Abraham Lincoln win the election of 1860?
split Democratic Party
Which state was the first to secede?
What of train term best described Harriet Tubman?
conductor
Why was Jefferson Davis chosen to lead the Confederacy?
he had significant military and political experience
How did the Treaty of Fort Laramie deal with the problems between natives and settlers?
forced native to settle farther west
Dred Scott Case decided what about blacks?
they are not citizens and cannot sue
What did they call the group that rushed to California to find gold?
forty-niners
What was the symbolism of the drinking gourd in the song “Follow the Drinking Gourd”
Big Dipper
What position made Stephen Austin famous?
a Texan empresario
Why did the “border ruffians” invade Kansas?
to pass a pro-slavery constitution
What idea did the Know-Nothing Party support?
favored native born citizens over immigrants
Which state split in two after they could not agree on which side to take in the Civil War?
Virginia
What did the Fugitive Slave Law do?
required escaped slaves to be sent back to the south
Why was Senator Sumner caned by Representative Brooks?
for verbally attacking southern slavery
Why did people in Illinois attack the Mormons, pushing them to move west?
their belief in polygamy
What caused Buchanan to win the election of 1856?
a split Whig party
Which state did NOT separate from the Union by 1861 but still allowed slavery in their state?
Missouri
What was used when the residents vote to decide the issue of slavery in a territory?
popular sovereignty
What role did Zachary Taylor play in the Mexican American War?
invaded Mexico City
What was the importance of the Alamo?
it encouraged US support in Texan independence
Why was Lincoln called the rail candidate?
he would only prevent the spread of slavery, not abolish it
What was the first attack in Bleeding Kansas, began by proslavery settlers?
Sack of Lawrence