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Can we compromise?
Dred Scott
North and south
History is fun
100
The Compromise of 1850 admitted ___________ as a free state.
What is California
100
Why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?
What is because he once lived in free states
100
What was the main economic difference between the North and the South?
What is the North favored manufacturing and the South favored agriculture
100
What new political party had early success in the north and got Abraham Lincoln elected as president in 1860.
What is Republicans
200
The Compromise of 1850 admitted ___________ as a slave state.
What is New Mexico
200
The Supreme Court ruled that Scott was not a __________ and therefore could not file a lawsuit.
What is Citizen
200
Where were most American factories located?
What is The North
200
During the 1858 Illinois Senate race, what idea did Abraham Lincoln express in regards to slavery?
What is He wanted to ban it throughout the United States
300
Define the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is It made all Northern and Southern citizens responsible for returning runaway slaves
300
The Dred Scott decision ___________________ slavery in the United States.
What is protected
300
_______________ is loyalty to one’s region or area.
What is Sectionalism
300
During the 1858 Illinois Senate race, what idea did Stephen A. Douglas express?
What is He wanted states/areas to be able to vote if they wanted slavery or not
400
Before the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Kansas and Nebraska seemed likely to become _________ states since they were both above the 36’30 line.
What is free state
400
The Dred Scott decision _________________ Northerners.
What is outraged
400
Define popular sovereignty.
What is allowing each region/state to choose whether they have slavery or not
400
______________ was a white abolitionist led a raid on Harper’s Ferry hoping to start a slave rebellion
Who was John Brown?
500
The battle at ________________ was the battle that started the Civil war.
What is Fort Sumter
500
What is one other thing the supreme court said in the Dred Scott case?
What is no government can make laws agaisnt slavery
500
Why were Northerners angry with the Fugitive Slave Act?
What is because they were being forced to return runaway slaves, when they did not agree with slavery in the first place
500
Who won the 1860 Presidential election?
Who is Abraham Lincoln