This compromise occurred in 1820 and lasted for almost 30 years.
What is The Missouri Compromise
100
The period of time before the Civil War
What is the Antebellum period
100
This region of the country believed in States' Rights.
What is the South?
100
This party nominated two candidates for the office of President in the election of 1860
What is the Democratic Party?
100
This is the act of pulling out of the Union
What is secession
200
Many Georgians were not in favor of this compromise, but after meeting in Milledgeville to discuss and debate, the Georgia Platform voted to accept it.
What is the Compromise of 1850
200
This machine helped to ease the work of the cotton field workers, but also created a greater need for slaves to produce cotton.
What is the Cotton Gin?
200
This is the belief that states can choose not to obey a law passed by the federal government.
What is nullification?
200
This candidate was against the spread of slavery, in favor of protective tarriffs and wanted to build a transcontinental railroad
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
The gentleman from Georgia who spoke against secession and later became vice president of the confederacy.
Who is Alexander Stephens?
300
This compromise allowed two states to decide the issue of slavery for themselves by popular vote.
What is The Kansas-Nebraska Act?
300
It was illegal for slaves to learn this
What is reading and writing
300
Politicians from this region believed that all states should abide by the laws created by the Congress and signed by our President
What is the North
300
This region believed the winner of the election was "for" everything they were "against"
What is the South
300
The purpose of this act was to require that run away slaves be returned to their owners.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
400
This compromise created the territory known as "Bleeding Kansas"
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
400
As cotton production increased in the United States, so did this.
What is the number of slaves in the United States
400
People from this region believed lawmakers from states like Maine or New York could not possibly understand or care about their wants and needs.
What is the South
400
These two candidate split the democratic vote in the election of 1860
Who are Stephen Douglas and John Breckenridge
400
A statement supporting the Compromise of 1850 from Georgia lawmakers.
What is the Georgia Platform?
500
Under this compromise the Fugitive Slave Law was passed
What is the Compromise of 1850
500
This is the one thing that was working for the South economically, which meant an increased need for slavery.
What is agriculture?
500
When a state's government has more political powers than the federal government.
What is States' Rights?
500
Almost all of this candidates electoral votes came from free states
Who is Abraham Lincoln
500
The belief that states can ignore national laws if they are harmful to the state.