Compromise of 1850
These two territories would get to decide for themselves if they would allow slavery.
What is New Mexico and Utah?
New law passed to help slave owners recover runaways.
What is Fugitive Slave Act?
Name for the project intended to connect the east and west coast.
What is Transcontinental Railroad?
Abolitionist who led the raid on Harper's Ferry
Who was John Brown?
Often considered the worst President in American history
Who was James Buchanan?
Under Compromise, California would be a _______ state.
What is free state?
This person was the most famous rescuer of slaves.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Abolitionist leader associated with the Pottawatomie Massacre
Who was John Brown?
He sued for his freedom, but was denied by the Supreme Court
Who was Dred Scott?
He famously said a house divided against itself cannot stand.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Main reason California was able to apply to become a state.
What is population rise from Gold Rush of 1849?
Name the invention that changed southern economy and make cotton king.
What is the Cotton Gin?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed this law.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who was Stephen Douglas?
The Compromise was needed as a result of the land obtained by the USA in this event.
What is Mexican War?
This is a name for people who wanted slavery banned nationwide.
What are Abolitionists?
Presumption of the Act when it came to slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories.
What is Kansas would become a slave state and Nebraska would be free state.
Politician most associated with the concept of Popular Soveriegnty
Who is Stephen Douglas?
Candidates for President in 1856
Who were James Buchanan, Millard Fillmore and John C. Fremont?
Name one of the two men who served as President during the negotiation of, and agreement to the Compromise of 1850
Who is Millard Fillmore or Zachary Taylor?
This is a term for allowing settlers to decide the slave issue for themselves.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Before this act created Nebraska and Kansas, the area of land was known as this
What is Unorganized Territory or Louisiana Purchase Territory?
Proposed a law banning slavery in all new territories
Who was James Wilmot?
He was caned by Preston Brooks
Who was Senator Charles Sumner?