People
The first Republican President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
Many leaders in the abolition movement and in forming the new Republican party were from which state?
Maine
Name three parts of the Missouri Compromise of 1820
1. Missouri became a slave state
2. Maine became a free state
3. Any new state added above the 36'30ยบ line of latitude would be free; below would have a choice
The primary cause of the American Civil War
Slavery
Eli Whitney invented this device in the hope of reducing the reliance on slavery. Instead, it had the opposite effect.
The cotton gin
He led massacres in Kansas in the name of abolition, and led a raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, VA
John Brown
What made Missouri, Maryland, Kentucky, and Delaware unique in the US once southern states seceded?
The remained part of the US but were allowed to keep slaves.
This compromise was written into the Constitution in 1787 - What was it called and what did it do?
The Three-Fifths Compromise counted 3 out of every 5 enslaved people in the South as population for the purpose of taxation and representation.
Where you would find the greatest population of Republicans in 1860 - North or South
North
The name the South used for its "new country."
The Confederate States of America
He led an uprising of enslaved people who killed 55 white Southerners
Nat Turner
This state was created in 1863 when it seceded from a southern state and joined the United States
West Virginia
The Compromise of 1850 -- name four things that it did.
1. Made CA a free state. 2. Ended the slave trade in the nation's capital. 3. Allowed new territories in the west to vote on whether or not to allow slavery (popular sovereignty). 4. Enacted the Fugitive slave law.
Where you find the greatest number of Democrats in 1860 - North or South
South
A period in the early 1800s referring to reform movements, such as abolition, temperance, education, and women's rights.
The Second Great Awakening
He published an abolitionist newspaper in Illinois, where he was killed by a pro-slavery mob
Elijah P. Lovejoy
The first state to secede from the United States (December 1860)
South Carolina
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 do?
Allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on allowing slavery
What does popular sovereignty mean?
The power of the people to decide
This Supreme Court decision stated that "a slave has no rights which a white man is bound to respect." Who was suing for his freedom?
Dred Scott
This author wrote an influential novel to illustrate the evils of the Fugitive Slave Act
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Preston Brooks attacked Charles Sumner here
The floor of the Senate (tell me more about it)
What were some responses to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Pro-slavery "border ruffians" crossed from Missouri to Kansas to use violent tactics to convince voters to vote for slavery. Abolitionist John Brown led a violent massacre at Pottawatomie Creek. There was a beat-down in the US Senate. Kansas became known as "Bleeding Kansas."
What was the important message in Lincoln's Inaugural Address?
If there is a civil war, it is because the South starts it.
Bonus: Abraham Lincoln's first vice-president was Hannibal Hamlin. Which state was Hamlin from?
Maine