Compromises
This compromise allowed California to come into the Union as a free state
Compromise of 1850
Abolitionists wanted to outlaw this
slavery
How many candidates were there in the 1860 election
4
What color were the Union Army's uniforms
Blue
This state voted to secede first
South Carolina
This law about slavery was added to a compromise that said it was required to return all runway slaves
Fugitive Slave Act
He was a violent abolitionists
John Brown
Who won the 1860 Election and what party was he from
Lincoln/ Republican
This side (north or south) had a much larger population at the start of the war
North
This was the place where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
Fort Sumter
This compromise was supposed to be about a railroad
Kansas Nebraska Act
She was born Elizabeth Baumfree but later changed her name. Had a famous speech Aint I a Women
Sojourner Truth
Name one of the two democrats who ran for president in 1860
Stephen Douglas
John Breckinridge
South
How many militiamen did Lincoln call for after the attack at one of the Forts
75,000 men
This Senator from Illinois was the primary backer and writer of the Kansas Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas
Wrote the liberator and founded the American Anti Slavery society. He wore glasses
William Llyod Garrison
The candidate who won received only this percentage of the total popular vote?
40%
Very briefly explain what a blockade is
A strategy where an army/ navy surround a geographic area and do not let any supplies in or let anything out
The South relied heavily on the production of this product
Cotton
The border wars between Missouri and Kansas over slavery led to this violent massacre in 1856
The massacre at Pottawatomie Creek
She wrote Uncle Toms Cabin (need full name since it is a 500 point question)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who was the Constitutional Unionist Party candidate in 1860
John Bell
This is the month and year the Civil War began
April 1861
Name 4 of the 5 border states during the civil war
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and later West Virginia