Kansas-Nebraska Act
Slavery was excluded from these territories.
What is north of the 36°30 parallel?
This act caused Bleeding Kansas.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
John Brown was against this common southern practice.
What is slavery?
This person was the candidate representing the Republican party.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The republican candidate for the 1860 election and one of the most well known and respected presidents.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
These factions fought against each other for the Kansas territory
What are pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups?
These were the three political groups in Kansas.
What is pro-slavery, free-staters, and abolitionists?
The number of John Brown's sons that were kidnapped.
What is 2?
This was the candidate representing the Democratic party.
Who is Stephen A. Douglas?
The Democratic candidate for the 1860 election who opposed slavery.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
This act that defined whether or not added states would allow slavery caused the South to oppose the addition of Kansas and Nebraska.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Bleeding Kansas involved these two regions.
What are Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri?
Brown attacked settlers near this city.
What is Pottawatomie?
This event was the 1858 State Election between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.
These three men ran against Abraham Lincoln as representatives of the Democratic and Constitutional Union Parties.
Who are Stephen Douglas, John Breckinridge, and John Bell?
The Kansas and Nebraska territory were organized in this way.
What is ruled by popular sovereignty?
Bleeding Kansas foreshadowed this major event in US history.
What is the Civil War?
Brown took this captain captive after winning the Battle of Black Jack.
This candidate lost the election but won acclaim for being an eloquent spokesman for the Republican cause.
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln won the electoral college with this many votes.
What is 180?
This was the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and influenced the Civil War.
What is the growing division between the North and South?
Kansas became a free state as a result of "Bleeding Kansas" in this year.
What is 1861?
The Massacre of Pottawamie Creek occured during this month of this year.
What is May 1856?
Each debate was this specific amount of time.
What is three hours?
Lincoln only managed to win this percentage of the popular vote.
What is 40%?