Kansas
What does Bleeding Kansas mean?
Bleeding Kansas is the term used to describe the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory
Who played a big role in the cause of Bleeding Kansas?
John Brown
What did Northerners think about slavery?
They didn't know much about the horrors of slavery and thought it was alright
What is the main cause of the Civil War?
What political party ended and what political party began?
The Whig party ended and the Republican party began
What is the year of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
1854
Who was a tall lawyer and President?
Abraham Lincoln
What did Southerners think about slavery?
Slavery was a necessary evil
Why did Westward Expansion make the problem of slavery worsen?
What was Lincoln's original political party?
The Whig party
Why did violence break out in Kansas?
People flooded Kansas to influence the vote for or against slavery
Who was beaten with a cane?
Senator Charles Sumner
What is the Missouri Compromise?
It was a compromise between states that said all states below the line could be slave states and all above it were free
What were the positives and negatives of the Transcontinental Railroad?
P - It connected the entire country
N - It created Bleeding Kansas
When was Lincoln inaugurated?
March 1861
How did Northerners feel about Bleeding Kansas?
They were outraged
Who was an African American who went to court to fight for his freedom, but lost?
Dred Scott
How did slaves fight back?
Families, religion, running away, and rebelling
What book was pivotal in alerting Northerners to the reality of slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
How many people died in the Civil War?
620,000
How many people died in Bleeding Kansas?
About 55
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What were some famous Abolitionists?
William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Tubman, and Fredrick Douglass
How many states seceded from the Union?
7
Who were the four candidates for the 1860 Presidential election?
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglass, John Bell, and John Breckinridge