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1776-Missouri Comp
1820-1850
New States
Election of 1860
War Begins (BONUS)
100
Did the constitution give slaves rights?
no.
100
Who was Harriet Tubman?
Conductor of the Underground Railroad
100
What policy said that new states would determine whether or not if they would have slavery?
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act.
100
Who was the Republican candidate for President?
What is Abraham Lincoln.
100
What was the first state to secede?
What is South Carolina.
200
What kind of economy did the North have?
Industrial
200
In what two places was slavery banned due to the Compromise of 1850?
What is D.C. and California.
200
What is popular sovereignty?
When people living in a specific area are able to vote in order to make a decision about something
200
Who won the 1858 Senate Election?
What is Stephen Douglas.
200
What was the war known as in the South?
What is the War Between the States.
300
What kind of economy did the South have?
Agricultural
300
What was the name of the policy that forced people to turn in runaway slaves?
What is Fugitive Slave Act.
300
What controversial man was a hero in the North and a terrorist in the South?
What is John Brown.
300
What word means to "break away from the Union?"
What is secede.
300
Besides slavery, what were Southerners fighting for?
What is states rights over federal rights.
400
Name 5 Slave States
answers will vary
400
What were the Lincoln Douglas debates?
Debates for Illinois State Senate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglass
400
Where did John Brown attack and steal weapons from?
Harper's Ferry.
400
What body elects the President, based on popular votes from each state?
What is Electoral College.
400
What was the first Battle of the Civil War?
What is Fort Sumter.
500
Name 5 free states
answers will vary.
500
What is a compromise?
When two side give something up in order to agree on something
500
Describe what bleeding Kansas was
Violence that broke out in Kansas cause by the voting of free or slave states and elected officials who were for or against slavery.
500
From what party was John Breckinridge running for President?
What is Southern Democrats.
500
What were the two armies called?
Confederates and Union