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Slavery and the West
A Nation Dividing
Challenges to Slavery
Secession and the War
Vocabulary
100
This compromise prevented slavery from expanding north of 36°30'N latitude.
What is the Missouri Compromise
100
This town was burned to the ground by pro slavery forces.
What is Lawrence Kansas.
100
This president gained national attention during a series of famous debates against Stephen Douglas.
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
100
This political party had Abraham Lincoln as a presidential candidate in 1860.
What is the Republican Party
100
The name for a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country.
What is a "civil war"
200
In 1850, Henry Clay developed this compromise.
What is the Compromise of 1850.
200
This system helped slaves escape from the South, without the use of a locomotives.
What is the Underground Railroad.
200
This slave sued for his freedom in a landmark Supreme Court case.
Who is Dred Scott.
200
The Southern Democrats chose this candidate to run against Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860.
Who is John Breckinridge.
200
Pro-slavery activists who came to Kansas Territory from the neighboring slave state of Missouri.
What is "Border Ruffians"
300
This political party was created as an anti-slavery party for the presidential election of 1848.
What is the Free-Soil Party.
300
This is the name for the period of violence in the Kansas Territory before the Civil War.
What is Bleeding Kansas
300
This political party grew in popularity in 1854 when they began to challenge slavery.
What is the Republican Party.
300
The Year South Carolina seceded from the Union.
What is December 20th, 1860.
300
An inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there.
What is "Epitaph"
400
This gentleman was the presidential candidate for the Free-Soil Party.
Who is Martin Van Buren.
400
This man is viewed as a martyr by many for his actions against pro slavery forces in Kansas.
Who is John Brown.
400
The quote, "A house divided against itself cannot stand" was given by this man.
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
400
This fort was the sight of the first shots of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter
400
A person who sacrifices life for the sake of a principle or a cause.
What is "Martyr"
500
This politician was the author of many pre-Civil War compromises.
Who is Henry Clay.
500
This law required all citizens to aid in the return of all runaway slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act.
500
This Supreme Court Justice ruled that slaves were property and could not sue in U.S. Courts.
Who is Roger B. Taney
500
The President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis.
500
The right of the people living in a territory to decide by a vote whether or not slavery would be allowed there.
What is "Popular Sovereignty"