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Sued his owner for freedom.

Dred Scott  

100

Republican nominee for 1860 Presidential election.

Abraham Lincoln

100

What is the major cash crop for the Southern Economy during the time period?

Cotton

100

___________________ __________________________ is the term where citizens decide for themselves if slavery would be permitted.

Popular Sovereignty 

100

Who won the Presidential election of 1860?

Abraham Lincoln 

200

Confederate States of America President.

Jefferson Davis

200

leader of a raid on Harper’s Ferry, VA at the federal arsenal.

John Brown

200

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

South Carolina

200

List the three components of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. (Who became a slave state, who was a free state, what else did it to?

Missouri a Slave State

Maine a free state

Slavery legal above the 36-30 line

200

______________________ __________________________ came from Missouri to Kansas to illegally vote for a pro-slavery territory.

Border Rufians 

300

Democratic Senator from Illinois who wanted to open the Northern Great Plains to settlement so he called for the Missouri Compromise to be repealed.

Stephen Douglas

300

Famous Conductor who helped many enslaved people escape to safety and freedom.  

Harriet Tubman

300

What piece of legislation made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves?

Fugitive Slave Act

300

What piece of legislation Repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

Kansas-Nebraska Act

300

_______________________ _________________________ was the nickname for the mini civil war in the Kansas territory.

Bleeding Kansas

400

was the Vice President of the Confederate States of America

Alexander Stephens

400

was a lame duck President before Abraham Lincoln took office as states seceded from the Union.

James Buchanan

400

 helped aid slaves to safety with a series of passageways and trails.

Underground Railroad

400

List both components of the Compromise of 1850. Who became a free state? How did it appease the South?

California became a free state

stricter fugitive slave laws. 

500

List/describe the conditions and treatment of slaves during the time period.

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