Policy and Compromises
What is another name for the Compromise of 1820?
Missouri Compromise
Name of famous anti-slavery novel?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What town did pro-slavery settlers sack in Kansas?
Lawrence
Who won the election of 1860?
Abe Lincoln
What was the first state to secede?
South Carolina
What state was declared a free state in the Compromise of 1850?
California
Who was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Why was the Fugitive Slave Act so upsetting to Abolitionist?
Allowed the arrest of runaway slaves in Free – states to be sent back to the South
Federal crime to help a slave escape
Blacks had to carry paperwork proving free status
Name 3 of the 4 candidates of the election?
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Breckinridge
John Bell
How many southern states did NOT vote for Lincoln?
10
Who were the Pro-Slavery activist that went into Kansas to intimate voters?
Border Ruffians
Who founded the "Liberator", one of the first anti slavery newspapers?
William Lloyd Garrison
What were the 4 border slave states that stayed in the Union?
MO, KY, MD, DE
What party split and nominated two candidates?
Democratic Party
What was Lincoln's view on slavery when he ran for president in 1860?
Do not let it spread west into the new territories
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was centered on what policy/idea?
Popular Sovereignty
What laws did abolitionist help pass after the fugitive slave act?
Personal Liberty laws
What month and year did SC leave the Union?
November 1860
What parts of the government did the Republicans control after the election?
House of rep., Senate, Executive (President)
What 6 other states left the union in Feb. 1861?
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas
What major event in 1857 set the precedent that black Americans were not citizens and did not have protections under the Constitution.
Dred Scott Case
Who was a former slave, who became an author and activist against slavery?
Frederick Douglass
What was the reported mental illness that caused slaves to attempt to escape?
Drapetomania
What document did South Carolina write after the election?
SC Declaration of Independence
What was the name of Tom's master in Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Simon Legree