Conflicts & Compromises
What was the main debate caused by the Mexican Cession?
What is whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories?
8.2 Why did the South support the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
What is hope that Kansas would become a slave state?
Who was beaten unconscious in the Senate for speaking out against slavery?
Who is Charles Sumner?
What is it called when a state formally withdraws from the Union?
What is secede?
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to end the Civil War?
What is Appomattox Court House?
What party wanted to ban slavery in western lands?
What is the Free-Soil Party?)
8.1 What was the main goal of the Republican Party in the 1850s?
What is to stop the spread of slavery?
Who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Who is Stephen Douglas?
What heavily armored ships were used in the Civil War?
What are ironclads?
What battle featured a failed Confederate charge led by George Pickett?
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
OR
What is Pickett's Charge? (Day 3 of the Battle of Gettysburg)
What did John Calhoun threaten if California was admitted as a free state?
What is the secession of southern states?
8.2 What did the Dred Scott decision say about Congress’s power?
What is Congress could not outlaw slavery in the territories?
Democratic president elected in 1852?
Who is Franklin Pierce?
What war strategy involved destroying civilian and economic resources?
What is total war?
What document freed slaves in Confederate areas during the Civil War?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What was one key purpose of the Compromise of 1850?
What is to allow California to enter as a free state?
How did losing the Senate race help Lincoln?
What is it gave him national attention?
Who led the Confederate Army?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
What is the term for choosing to allow or ban slavery by vote?
What is popular sovereignty?
What speech renewed Lincoln’s commitment to winning the war?
What is the Gettysburg Address?
What book convinced Northerners of the moral issue of slavery?
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
How did people react to John Brown’s raid?
What is Northerners supported his cause, Southerners thought he was dangerous?
Who commanded the Union Army?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
What was the name of the new country formed by the seceded states?
What is the Confederate States of America?
What event in Kansas involved the killing of five proslavery men?
What is the Pottawatomie Massacre?