1. This man caned Charles Sumner in the Senate in 1856.
Preston Brooks.
100
1. This territory entered into the union as a Free state in this year.
California; 1850.
100
1. If you fail to study tonight and can’t remember anything about nativists, once you read the test tomorrow, you might exclaim at the top of your lungs: (three words)
"I KNOW-NOTHING!!!!!!"
200
2. This man ran on the platform that slavery was secondary to the Union staying together.
John Bell.
200
2. Lincoln faced these two problems, among others, after he was elected in November.
He received death threats and southern states were seceding.
200
2. This act was strengthened by the Compromise of 1850.
The Fugitive Slave Act.
200
2. This important piece of legislation involving popular sovereignty was passed in 1854.
Kansas-Nebraska Act.
200
2. If you really love jalapenos but hate the union, you’re probably a: (two words)
"Fire-eater!"
300
3. This party fared poorly during the election because it was divided over slavery.
The Democrats
300
3. Buchanan stated this in answer to the question of what he would do about secession.
"Secession is illegal, but it is illegal for me to do anything about it"
300
3. This man was in favor of expanding slavery in the election of 1860
John C. Breckinridge
300
3. Lincoln became president in this year.
1860
300
3. If you’re a girl scout who brings poisoned cookies to slaveholders, you’re probably a: (two words)
"John Brown-ie!"
400
4. Lincoln became famous by debating this man in the campaign for an Illinois senate seat in 1858.
Stephen Douglas.
400
4. These states had slaves, but stayed in the union.
Border States.
400
4. These two groups were coming to the US in large numbers in the 1840s and 1850s.
The Irish and the Germans.
400
4. South Carolina seceded from the Union in this year.
1860
400
If you were to sing a song about romance and a miniature civil war in Kansas, you would sing:
"Bleeding Love!"
500
5. This was the name of the compromise that proposed reestablishing the Missouri Compromise.
The Crittenden Compromise.
500
5. This fort was attacked by the South, thus starting the Civil War.
Fort Sumter
500
5. Nativists argued that immigrants could not participate in a democracy for at least these two reasons.
1. They were not from democratic traditions.
2. They were Catholics and thus loyal to the Pope.
3. They were violent and drunkards by nature.