Key Terms
Nativism is What?
Favoring of native-born Americans over immigrants
Who was the Supreme Court Judge that handed down the ruling on the Dred Scott case?
Roger B. Taney
The original writer of Clay's Compromise
Henry Clay
What year was Lincoln elected president of the United States?
1860
What was the ultimate goal of the Underground Railroad?
To get slaves to safety
the Wilmost Proviso was written by?
Horace Greenly was a former Whig, effected change in the national political scene and the edition of what major newspaper?
New York Times
Who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act which allowed popular sovereignty into the new territories?
Stephen A. Douglas
On what day was the city of Lawrence Kansas ruined by a pose of 800 men for being antislavery supporters?
May 12, 1856
How many men did Brown start with?
21
In the early 1850's California's population exploded because of what?
The Gold Rush
Who won the presidential election of 1856?
James Buchanan
Who led the rebellion in the town of Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
What year was a ruling given in the Dred Scott v Sandford case by the supreme court?
1857
What party was Lincoln a member of?
Republican Party
What three things were the slaves denied based on the Fugitive slave acts?
1. Right to council
2. Right to represent themselves
3. Right to a fair trial
Who was the first President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Harriet Tubman was a conductor in what railroad?
Underground Railroad
What day was the Confederate states of America founded on?
February 4th 1861
What was the final demise to the Whig Political Party?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Popular sovereignty is what?
the right for states to vote on whether slavery is legal in that state
The president who was elected in the 1860 election
Abraham Lincoln
He ran against and beat Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 senate race in the state of Illinois
Stephen A. Douglas
Kansas-Nebraska Act was made a in what month of what year?
May 1854
Which state was the first to leave the union?
South Carolina