Compromises & Laws
🔥 TRIPLE POINTS
What compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
🔥 TRIPLE POINTS
What compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
Answer: The Missouri Compromise
Why were Southern senators worried about more free states entering the Union?
Why were Southern senators worried about more free states entering the Union?
Answer: They feared losing voting power in Congress.
Which president was elected in 1860 and caused many Southern states to secede?
Which president was elected in 1860 and caused many Southern states to secede?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
What book helped turn many Northerners against slavery?
What book helped turn many Northerners against slavery?
Answer: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What issue divided the nation more than any other in the mid-1800s?
What issue divided the nation more than any other in the mid-1800s?
Answer: Slavery
What line showed where slavery would be allowed or banned in the Louisiana Territory?
What line showed where slavery would be allowed or banned in the Louisiana Territory?
Answer: The 36°30′ parallel
🎁 PRIZE BIN
According to the Wilmot Proviso, where would slavery be banned?
🎁 PRIZE BIN
According to the Wilmot Proviso, where would slavery be banned?
Answer: Land acquired from Mexico
Which two leaders worked together to create compromises between the North and South?
Which two leaders worked together to create compromises between the North and South?
Answer: Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
In the Dred Scott decision, what did the Supreme Court say African Americans could not do?
In the Dred Scott decision, what did the Supreme Court say African Americans could not do?
Answer: Sue in federal court or become American citizens
What did the election of 1860 show about the United States?
What did the election of 1860 show about the United States?
Answer: The nation was divided over slavery.
💥 DOUBLE POINTS
What law required escaped enslaved people to be returned to the South?
💥 DOUBLE POINTS
What law required escaped enslaved people to be returned to the South?
Answer: The Fugitive Slave Law
What violent conflict broke out after the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
What violent conflict broke out after the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Answer: Bleeding Kansas / violent struggle in Kansas
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe
🔄 SWITCH SEATS
Why did many Northerners refuse to obey the Fugitive Slave Law?
🔄 SWITCH SEATS
Why did many Northerners refuse to obey the Fugitive Slave Law?
Answer: They opposed slavery / believed the law was unfair
What state’s application for admission caused major conflict in 1819?
What state’s application for admission caused major conflict in 1819?
Answer: Missouri
What act allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide about slavery by popular sovereignty?
What act allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide about slavery by popular sovereignty?
Answer: The Kansas-Nebraska Act
🔥 TRIPLE POINTS
What event officially started the Civil War?
🔥 TRIPLE POINTS
What event officially started the Civil War?
Answer: South Carolina’s shelling of Fort Sumter
What abolitionist led a raid at Harpers Ferry hoping to start a rebellion against slavery?
What abolitionist led a raid at Harpers Ferry hoping to start a rebellion against slavery?
Answer: John Brown
Where did many formerly enslaved people flee to avoid being captured under the Fugitive Slave Law?
Where did many formerly enslaved people flee to avoid being captured under the Fugitive Slave Law?
Answer: Canada
💥 DOUBLE POINTS
What was one major effect of the Missouri Compromise?
💥 DOUBLE POINTS
What was one major effect of the Missouri Compromise?
Answer: It temporarily ended the slavery debate.
🔄 SWITCH SEATS
What rule prohibited Congress from discussing the expansion of slavery?
🔄 SWITCH SEATS
What rule prohibited Congress from discussing the expansion of slavery?
Answer: The Gag Rule
❌ LOSE 100
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?
❌ LOSE 100
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?
Answer: It allowed slavery in new Northern territories.
💥 DOUBLE POINTS
Who became nationally known after debating Stephen Douglas in 1858?
💥 DOUBLE POINTS
Who became nationally known after debating Stephen Douglas in 1858?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
🔥 TRIPLE POINTS
What did John Brown hope his raid at Harpers Ferry would accomplish?
🔥 TRIPLE POINTS
What did John Brown hope his raid at Harpers Ferry would accomplish?
Answer: A rebellion led by enslaved people to end slavery
What event made Abraham Lincoln famous throughout the nation before he became president?
What event made Abraham Lincoln famous throughout the nation before he became president?
Answer: The Lincoln-Douglas debates