A vote by a state's populace on whether slavery will be permitted in that state is known by this term.
What is popular sovereignty?
100
This was the first state to secede from the United States in 1860.
What is South Carolina?
100
She was the primary conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer an politician from this midwestern state.
What is Illinois?
200
This was the town in Virginia that was raided by Brown and his followers in October of 1859, with the hope that it would be the start of a large-scale slave rebellion.
What is Harpers Ferry?
200
This was the legislation that allowed California to enter the nation as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
200
He became the president of the Confederacy in February of 1861.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
He was the fiery South Carolina senator who served as the spokesman for interests of the pre-war slave-holding South.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
200
Despite performing well in a series of debates, Lincoln lost in his bid to become a U.S. senator to this Democrat incumbent.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
300
This future presidential assassin was present at John Brown's execution in December of 1859.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
300
This was the 1854 legislation backed by Stephen Douglas and President Franklin Pierce that created new criteria for Midwestern territories to become states.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
300
He was the sitting U.S. president when the first Southern states seceded from the Union.
Who is James Buchanan?
300
This person wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
300
Abraham Lincoln won the majority of the popular vote for presidency in 1860, with the runner-up being this well-known Northern Democrat.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
400
In addition to Robert E Lee, this future Confederate general was present at John Brown's execution in December of 1859.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
400
This major 1820 law was effectively nullified by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is The Missouri Compromise?
400
These are two of the four slave states (known as the border states) that did not secede from the Union.
What are Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware?
400
He was the chief justice of the Supreme Court that decided the Dred Scott case in 1857.
Who is Roger Taney?
400
The 1860 Republican convention took place in this frontier city.
What is Chicago?
500
This was the site in Kansas where Brown and his followers murdered five pro-slavery settlers in 1856.
What is Pottawatomie Creek?
500
This 1857 document, which was written by proslavery government in Kansas and supported by President Buchanan, sought to establish Kansas as a slave state.
What is the Lecompton Constitution?
500
This was the second state to secede from the United States in 1860.
What is Mississippi?
500
This New York Senator was considered the leading candidate to become the Republican presidential nominee in 1860, before that honor went to Abraham Lincoln.
Who is William Seward?
500
Lincoln's political career is associated with Illinois, but he was actually born in this state.