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100
This republican won the election of 1860 though he lost the popular vote.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
This man proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in order to settle land for his transcontinental railroad.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
100

This state was entered as a free state as a part of the Compromise of 1850.

What is California?

100
These three aspects defined the way of life in the south.
What is honor, chivalry, and etiquette?
100
This slave tried to buy his own freedom from his master, and then sued for it.
Who is Dred Scott?
200
This famous general was the war hero who won the election of 1848.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
200
This man lead the raid at Harpers Ferry and was suggested to be a mad man.
Who is John Brown?
200

This particular document would have prohibited slavery in any of the territories obtained by Mexico in the Mexican-American war.

What is the Wilmot Proviso?

200
In fighting the Civil War, the south lacked what the north was abundant in with these three things.
What are factories, shipyards, and coal mines?
200
The slave who sued for his freedom offered this as his argument for freedom.
What is 'he had lived in a free territory and was therefore a free man'.
300
This democratic candidate coined the term 'popular sovereignty' in an attempt to keep politicians out of the debate on slavery.
Who is Lewis Cass?
300

Upon meeting this lady, Lincoln said "So you're the little lady that started this great war."

Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?

300

This book was written as a response to the Fugitive Slave Act.

What is 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'?

300
Northerners referred to southerners as this when referring to their way of life and use of slavery.
What is 'degraded'?
300
This man was a famous former slave, abolitionist, author, and newspaper editor.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
400

These candidates ran in the northern campaign for president in 1860. (Clue: they also ran for senate and took part in 7 debates against one another)

Who are Lincoln and Douglas?

400
This man was the president of the Confederate States of America following the secession of the southern states.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
400

These 3 men were involved in the debate surrounding the Compromise of 1850.

Who are Webster, Clay, and Calhoun?

400
These were the 6 causes of the Civil War.
What are states' rights, the growth of the abolition movement, Abraham Lincoln's election, slavery in the territories, secession, and social and economic differences.
400

The Fugitive Slave Act did this.

What is forced people to return runaway slaves?

500
This man was the Constitutional Union candidate in the Election of 1860.
Who is John Bell?
500

This man was the southern democrat chosen to run for president in the south in 1860 when he democratic party split sectionally.

Who is John Breckinridge?

500
These 2 penalties could be granted to someone going against the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is 6 months imprisonment or a fine?
500
This form of entertainment showed that many northerners still had some racist thoughts despite the popularity of abolition.
What is blackface/minstrelsy?
500
This was one of the black protection groups in the north created as a response to the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the League of Freedom/Liberty Association?