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thousands of slaves escaped via the _______?
What is the underground railroad?
This group won the 1852 election by a landslide because they supported the Compromise of 1850
Who are the Democrats?
Former slave the Supreme Court denied was a citizen with rights
Who was Dred Scott?
The first shot of the Civil War was fired here
Where is Fort Sumpter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina?
War hero and the first Republican candidate for President
Who is John C. Fremont
this act was largely responsible for the virtual Civil War in bleeding Kansas
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
He was a Pennsylvania who was sympathetic to the South
Who is James Buchanan?
This powerful novel aroused public opinion against slavery
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin?
John Brown and his followers attacked a federal arsenal in 1859 in hopes of sparking a slave revolt here
What is Harper's Ferry?
Democrat who won the election of 1856
Who is James Buchanan?
this President did not advocate the abolition of slavery in the South
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Grittenden Compromise failed to pass the _____ controlled Congress
What is Republican?
These 2 Illinois politicians held 7 influential debates on the issue of slaverY
Who are Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas?
Who is John C Breckinridge?
Fanatical abolitionist
Who was John Brown?
Southern senators blocked this each time it passed in the House of Representatives
What is the Wilmont Proviso?
The Democratic Party appealed to these voters
What are Southern and Northern?
This provision of the Compromise of 1850 called for the return of runaway slaves to bondage.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Southern representative who caned a Northern senator in the Senate chamber
Who is Preston Brooks?
Supreme Court chief justice who denied that blacks had citizenship rights
Who is Roger Taney?
the discovery of gold here caused a large population influx into California
What is Sutter's Ranch?
He was Zachary Taylor's Vice President
Who was Millard Fillmore
This agreement was necessary before California could be admitted as free state.
Illinois Senator who was one of the major proponents of popular sovereignty
Who is Stephen Douglas?
Republican president
Abraham Lincoln