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100

During the election of ___________, Abraham Lincoln was elected president as the first ever candidate from the ______________ party.  

1860, Republican 

100
In 1854, Congress passed a law that allowed settlers in these territories to decide for themselves what to do about slavery, a concept known as popular sovereignty. What territories were these?
Kansas and Nebraska
100
The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act all tried to settle what problem?
Slavery
100

A person who dies for a cause 

What is a Martyr?  

100

armed pro-slavery supporter who crossed the border from Missouri to vote in Kansas

What is a Border Ruffian 


200
Who was vehemently against slavery and tried to start a rebellion at Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
200
What part of the country benefited from tariffs? How so?
The north; tariffs on imported goods made them more expensive to buy so more people would then buy American-made goods.
200

After the Mexican American war, the United States gained the territory that would eventually become which states?

California, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona

200
Though many farms still existed in the north, more and more of its economy was becoming based on what?
Manufacturing (or factories.)
200
What was much of the South's economy based upon?
Agriculture (or farming.)
300

Who was Stephen Douglas ? 

A democrat  opponent of Abraham Lincoln who promoted Popular Sovereignty

300
Which part of the country felt that state governments should have more power than the federal government?
South
300
The Fugitive Slave Law required people to do what (even if they disagreed with slavery)?
Return runaway slaves to their owners.
300
What did many from the North feel government's structure should be?
The Federal government should be strong.
300
What did many in the south feel the structure of government should be?
States should have equal or more power than the federal government.
400
Why would Harriet Tubman risk her life to return to the south nineteen times to help others escape to freedom?
She knew what it was like to be a slave and wanted to help others reach freedom.
400
Name at least two places that runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad headed to.
The North, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico.
400

The Dred Scott decision was a blow to the abolitionist movement. Why?

The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property, no matter where their owners took them.

400
Describe what popular sovereignty is.
The right of people to make political decisions for themselves.
400
Name at least four states that seceded from the Union.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas
500

The ___________   rebellion in 1831 struck fear in the hearts of the Virginia Slave society and resulted in ______ lives for enslaved .  

Nat Turner Rebellion, harsher/stricter/ tougher

500

Where were the first unofficial shots of the Civil War fired?  

Bonus:  Where were the official shots fired?  

Unofficial-  Kansas during Bleeding Kansas 1854-1856

Bonus: Fort Sumter, South Carolina

500

The Lincoln Douglas debates were significant for Lincoln and his Presidency because...

Lincoln's gained popularity on the national stage and became one of the likely Republican presidential candidate

500

Name the book and its author that convinced many in the North that slavery was wrong.

Extra:  Name the second title for this book

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Extra Credit- "Life Among the Lowly"

500
Which event would have made the South the happiest-the writing of Uncle Tom's Cabin, John Brown's Raid, or the Dred Scott Decision? Why?
Dred Scott. Now slave owners could take their slaves ANYWHERE they wanted as slaves were considered PROPERTY.