This man was wanted by President Lincoln as commander-in-chief of the Union armies
Who is Robert E. Lee?
100
This is the number of Democrat candidates in the 1860 presidential election.
What is 2?
100
This book, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was very influential in the abolitionist movement.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
100
This region was industrial, a destination for immigrants and had many large cities.
What is the North?
100
The statement of what a political party stands for on various issues,
What is a platform?
200
This man proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
200
The 2-word phrase describes the belief that settlers should decide the slavery issue for themselves.
What is popular sovereignty?
200
This man attacked a federal arsenal in an attempt to arm slaves for a slave uprising.
Who is John Brown?
200
This region was rural with an agricultural economy and was very anti-tariff.
What is the South?
200
This former slave lost a Supreme Court case regarding his rights.
Who is Dred Scott?
300
This man gave orders to prevent the resupply of Fort Sumter.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
300
In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected to this position.
What is President of the Confederate States of America?
300
This organization helped slaves escape by use of "conductors" and taught them to "follow the drinking gourd."
What is the Underground Railroad?
300
The 1854 act that allowed settlers in western land to decide the slavery issue themselves was responsible for bloodshed in this state.
What is Kansas?
300
This Democrat won the election of 1856.
Who is James Buchanan?
400
He lost the Illinois Senate election to Stephen Douglas.
Who is Abraham Loncoln?
400
This is the number of states that followed South Carolina by seceding from the union
What is 10?
400
William Garrison published this newspaper.
What is the Liberator?
400
This state was literally split in 2 by the Civil War.
What is Virginia?
400
This was the final destination of the Underground Railroad for many slaves.
What is Canada?
500
This Jackson appointee to the Supreme Court ruled that the Missouri Compromise was invalid,
Who is Roger B. Taney?
500
This political party was born in 1856 out of the remnants of the Whig Party.
What is the Republican Party?
500
This 2-word phrase describes a popular cause in the south expressed the idea of a weaker central government and a belief that states can ignore federal laws
What is state's rights?
500
This man was the candidate of the Southern Democrats in the election of 1860.
Who is John C. Breckenridge?
500
This group of Southerners threatened to secede if the Republicans won the election of 1860.