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He was elected the 16th President of the United States in 1860.
Who was Abraham Lincoln.
Term that refers to states and/or territories give the provision to vote for themselves if they wished to be a free or slave state/territory.
What was popular sovereignty.
They won the first battle of the US Civil War at Fort Sumter.
Who is the Confederate States.
Which side had the following military strengths: a standing army, three times as many military-age men, and an established government.
Who was the North/Union.
Debates for Illinois US Senate race that made Abraham Lincoln a national celebrity and a Republican leader.
The Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Supreme Court decision that opened the door for slavery everywhere and denied the rights of citizenship to slaves by declaring that they were property.
What is the Dred Scott decision
Which side had the military advantage of more military colleges, highly motivated soldiers, and better experienced military officers.
Who was the South.
A radical abolitionist who seized the federal armory at Harpers Ferry with the objective of freeing slaves throughout the south.
Who is John Brown.
The first state to secede from the United States in after the election of 1860.
What is South Carolina.
In 1850, an attempt to preserve the Union by compromising over new territories free/slave status, California admitted as a free state, and the slave trade/use in Washington, DC.
What was the Compromise of 1850.
Which side had cotton to trade for weapons and manufactured goods.
Who is the South.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe.
These were the 4 border states that remained neutral during the US Civil War.
What were Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware
This law denied runaway slaves the right to a jury trial and required local law enforcement officials to assist in the arrest and recovery of fugitives in all states (North & South).
Which side had more miles of railroad tracks and established factories to manufacture shoes, cloth, and firearms?
Who was the North.