What is the definition of a border state during the Civil War?
A state that allowed slavery but never left the Union.
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What were the results of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
Missouri was accepted as a slave state, Maine was accepted as a free state. Only territories south of the invisible line would allow slavery.
100
Name two states that remained with the Union during the Civil War.
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas
100
Which region was angered and generally believed that the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency was awful?
The South
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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book called _____________________. This book described the cruelty of slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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What is a civil war?
A war fought between groups within the same country.
200
What were the results of the Compromise of 1850?
Congress allowed settlers in territories to make decisions for themselves (popular sovereignty.)
200
Name two states that were part of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas
200
True or False: Lincoln WANTED to go to war.
False
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During which compromise/act was Maine admitted to the Union as a free state, and Missouri was admitted as a slave state?
Missouri Compromise of 1820.
300
Define secession.
When a country leaves or breaks off from the rest.
300
In what year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?
1854
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Name one state that was a border state during the civil war
Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri (West Virginia)
300
True or False: Lincoln wanted to show the Confederacy that he would not give in to their demands.
True
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Which event in 1854 led to disagreements and violence, otherwise known as "Bleeding Kansas?"
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
400
Define fugitive.
A person running away.
400
The KN Act of 1854 granted popular sovereignty to what two states?
Kansas and Nebraska -Kansas eventually joined the Union as a free state.
400
Which was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina.
400
Name the person elected President of the Confederate States.
Jefferson Davis
400
The Fugitive Slave Law was part of what compromise?
Compromise of 1850
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Which term means, "the right of people to make political decisions for themselves?"
Popular Sovereignty
500
Which compromise applied to the Utah and New Mexico territories?
Compromise of 1850 - the decision on slavery was up to the territories.
500
The states who left the Union referred to themselves as ____________________________.
The Confederate States of America, or the Confederacy.
500
Explain the Fugitive Slave Law.
The FSL said that slaves who had escaped to the North had to be returned to slavery.
500
The invisible line drawn to divide free and slave states was part of what compromise/act?