Vocab
to control
Regulate
Which law set up a balance of free states and slave states?
Missouri Compromise
Which Senator proposed both the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and 1850?
Henry Clay
What is an abolitionist?
Someone against slavery
Which territory was voted to be a pro-slavery state above the 36 30 line?
Kansas
Conflict between citizens of the same country is called what?
Civil War
California was added as a free state as part of which compromise?
the Compromise of 1850
Which Senator proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen Douglas
The nickname given to Kansas due to its pre-war conflicts
Bleeding Kansas
Stephen Douglas wanted the voters in each territory to decide if they would be free or slave territory. He called this what?
Popular Sovereignty
The prisoners who escaped the prison last week are on the run. They are what?
Fugitives
Which compromise allowed the unorganized territories to have no limits on slavery?
the Compromise of 1850
Who led an attack against pro-slavery supporters in a time called "bleeding Kansas?”
John Brown
The annexation of Texas was one of the main reasons for the start of which war?
Mexican-American War
The 36/30 north latitude line did what?
Separated free and slave states
In the lead-up to the American Civil War, several Southern states enacted this action, formally declaring their separation from the United States.
Which law organized two western territories which would allow the people to decide if slave or free?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Which President suddenly died and was replaced by Vice President Millard Fillmore?
General Zachery Taylor
Which political party was formed to combat slavery?
Free-Soil Party
Which law did northern juries refuse to convict people of breaking?
Fugitive Slave Act
What is a Border Ruffian?
armed pro-slavery supporter who crossed the border from Missouri to vote in Kansas
The Underground Railroad was created as a response to what law?
The Fugitive Slave Act
wrote 1849 essay “Civil Disobedience”
Henry David Thoreau
The Compromise of 1850 repealed what?
The Missouri Compromise
How did California becoming a free state break the balance between free states and slave states?
Gave free states more votes (power) in the senate