People
He lost a Senate election in Illinois after debating with Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the leading black abolitionist who traveled and gave lectures against slavery?
Frederick Douglass
Why did Lincoln win the election of 1860?
The Democrat vote was divided among several candidates
For some slaves, the final destination of the Underground Railroad was _______.
Canada
Which state was the North unable to keep in the Union when war erupted?
Tennessee
He ruled that the Missouri Compromise was invalid
Roger B. Taney
What escaped slave repeatedly returned to the South to help other slaves escape along the Underground Railroad?
What was this person's nickname?
Harriet Tubman
"Moses" of her people
Lincoln ordered the resupplying of this location
Fort Sumter
Why did the Confederates fire on Fort Sumter?
Lincoln was sending supplies to the fort
(name of ship? Star of the West)
At the outset of the war, what advantage did the North have?
more industry
He proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act with its affirmation of popular sovereignty
Stephen Douglas
This region was not abolitionists and wanted equal rights for blacks
North (Northerners)
In the election of 1860, which region of states did Lincoln not carry?
Southern (South)
DAILY DOUBLE
Explain the Dred Scott decision and its effect on the nation.
Which side - north or south - tended to oppose a high protective tariff?
South
He was wanted by Lincoln as commander-in-chief of the Union armies
Robert E. Lee
Who wrote an influential novel depicting the lives of slaves?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who became president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Who is this:
became a martyr to the abolitionist cause
murdered pro-slavery men in Kansas
wanted to lead a great slave revolt
John Brown
Describe the North in the mid-1800s.
Industrial
Destination of Immigrants
Many Large Cities
Strong Central Government
He gave orders to prevent all efforts to resupply Fort Sumter
Jefferson Davis
What vocal abolitionist condemned slavery through the publication of a newspaper called the Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
Name all of the candidates and their respective parties in the 1860 election
John Bell - Constitutional Union Party
John C. Breckinridge - Southern Democrats
Abraham Lincoln - Republican
Stephen Douglas - Northern Democrats
What Democrat won the 1856 presidential election?
(hint: he was right before Lincoln)
James Buchanan
Name the advantages the South had at the beginning of the war
Hope of foreign assistance
Better military commanders
Concern for protecting its home and way of life
Coast was long (hard for North to block supplies)
Only had to defend its own territory and outlast the North's will to fight