Political Parties
This party was known for being comprised mostly of nativists...
"Know-Nothing Party"
Who came up with the compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay
This was created to ease tensions over the issue of slavery in the Nebraska territory...
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Man known for his auto-biography and publishing articles in the "North Star"
Frederick Douglass
What state was the first to secede after Lincoln's election in 1860?
South Carolina
What is the main effect that third parties have on elections?
Take votes away from other parties, and make them focus on a particular issue.
D.C.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act nullified what previous compromise?
Missouri
This man was known as being one of the first to publicly state that African Americans should receive full citizenship...
William Lloyd Garrison
“So this is the lady who started the Civil War.”
Harriet Beecher stowe
This party formed to over the idea that the west should be free...
Free-soil party
What was passed that led to a "revolting" attitude with northerners over the issue of slavery?
Fugitive Slave Act
"Enthusiastic" abolitionist known for his raid on Harper's Ferry.
John Brown
This event allowed for Abe Lincoln to become known across the country...
1858 Illinois Senate election
What is the official beginning of the Civil War?
Attack on Fort Sumter
This party formed in the 1850's and attracted many different groups in the United States like farmers, immigrants, abolitionists, etc...
Republican Party
What was used by the Compromise of 1850 to decide slavery in several territories in the west?
Popular Sovereignty
Man responsible for pushing the Kansas-Nebraska Act and a huge supporter of Popular Sovereignty...
Stephen Douglas
Name THREE candidates from the election of 1860..
Lincoln, Breckenridge, Bell, and Douglas
Who was the first and only president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Under what president did the Democratic-Republicans become known as simply Democrats?
Andrew Jackson
Explain which area of the country got the "better deal" with the compromise of 1850...
North
This stated that Slaves were property and could be used as slaves in territories...
Scott v. Sanford
This was a last ditch effort to save the union by a Know-Knowing from Kentucky...
Crittenden Compromise
What does Lincoln mean by this?
“No state, upon its own mere action, can lawfully get out of the union.”
It is not legal for the South to Secede...