People
Who was elected president of the United States in 1860 which caused many in the south to be angry?
Abraham Lincoln
In 1854, Congress passed a law that allowed settlers in these territories to decide for themselves what to do about slavery. Which territories were these?
Kansas and Nebraska
This event took place after disagreements between pro-slavery and anti-slavery voters and popular sovereignty.
Bleeding Kansas
What was the North's economy MAINLY based on?
Business and manufacturing
What was the South's economy MAINLY based on?
Agriculture
Who was vehemently against slavery and tried to start a rebellion at Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
Which state was added as a free state in the compromise of 1850?
California
Which event caused South Carolina to secede from the Union?
Election of 1860
Which political party elected Abraham Lincoln as their presidential candidate in 1860?
Republican Party
What was one major piece of propaganda Southerners used to justify slavery to Northerners?
The Holy Bible.
Who debated Abraham Lincoln in the Illinois Senate race in 1858? (First and last name)
Stephen Douglas
Which part of the country felt that state governments should have more power than the federal government?
South
This event said California would be admitted as a free state and created the fugitive slave law:
Compromise of 1850
Which anti-slavery movement was created by white and black northerners?
The abolitionist movement
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Which political party wanted to restrict slavery in the west then make slavery disappear in the South?
Free Soil Party
Name at least two places that runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad headed to.
The North, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico.
Which event decided that slaves were property, no matter where their owners took them?
Dred Scott decision
Describe what popular sovereignty is.
The right of people to make political decisions for themselves.
Name at least four states that seceded from the Union.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
This law, passed in 1820, established Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also created an invisible line across the US; north of the line would be free, south would be slave.
The Missouri Compromise or the Compromise of 1820.
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 did Northerners primarily ignore?
The fugitive slave law
What was the formal name of the "New South" after seceding from the Union?
The Confederate States of America