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| 1061781793 | In what order did the states secede from the union? (hint: there were 11) | South Carolina: 12/20/1860 Mississippi: 1/9/1861 Florida: 1/10/1861 Alabama: 1/11/1861 Georgia: 1/19/1861 Louisiana: 1/26/1861 Texas: 2/1/1861 Virginia: 4/17/1861 Arkansas: 5/6/1861 North Carolina: 5/20/1861 Tennessee: 6/8/1861 | 0 | |
| 1061781794 | What was the first Union victory? | Shilo... or Pittsburgh Landing (Tennessee) | 1 | |
| 1061781795 | What were the boarder states? (hint: there are 5) | Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware (later West Virginia breaks away) | 2 | |
| 1061781796 | What was the name of the proposed law that would have banned slavery in all territories acquired during the Mexican War? It would really make the slavery debate heated. | The Wilmot Proviso | 3 | |
| 1061781797 | The Lincoln-Douglas debates that became a referendum on slavery were for this political seat... | Senator from Illinois | 4 | |
| 1061781798 | This Chief Justice presided over the Dred Scott case and presented a racist view on slaves' status as citizens and as humans... | Roger Taney | 5 | |
| 1061781799 | This year of the Dred Scott decision also saw a major economic depression occur... | 1857 | 6 | |
| 1061781800 | This proposal, although shot down, would have guaranteed the existence of slavery in Kansas... | The Lecompton Constitution | 7 | |
| 1061781801 | Through their actions, this antebellum law was effectively nullified by the NORTH... | Fugitive Slave Act | 8 | |
| 1061781802 | In 1850, this large territory became a free state and the only state to enter the union free. | California | 9 | |
| 1061781803 | From 1856-57, 'Border Ruffians' and abolitionists squared off here in violence that saw 200 die. | Kansas | 10 | |
| 1061781804 | In the Compromise of 1850, the Utah & _______ Territories were opened to Popular Sovereignty | New Mexico | 11 | |
| 1061781805 | During debates over the compromise of 1850, heated Southerners formed a convention in opposition here and threatened secession. | Tennessee | 12 | |
| 1061781806 | The attack at Harper's Ferry, led by John Brown, occurred in what state? | Virginia | 13 | |
| 1061781807 | The so-called 'Pottawatomie Massacre' took place where? | Kansas | 14 | |
| 1061781808 | Which was the first state to secede from the Union? | South Carolina | 15 | |
| 1061781809 | This 'Great Compromiser' was instrumental in the passage of the compromise of 1850. | Henry Clay | 16 | |
| 1061781810 | This person "started this great war," according to Lincoln, by writing a novel exposing the horrors of slavery. | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 17 | |
| 1061781811 | For dissing his uncle, Congressman Brookes beat this guy senseless. | Charles Sumner | 18 | |
| 1061781812 | This Democratic Presidential candidate in the election of 1848 is credited with popularizing the concept of 'Popular Sovereignty'. | Lewis Cass | 19 | |
| 1061781813 | A Mexican American War hero, this political virgin wouldn't accomplish much as President; he was the 2nd to die in office. | Zachary Taylor | 20 | |
| 1061781814 | This guy split the democratic Party with his 'Freeport Doctrine,' but would still be the Northern Democratic candidate in 1860. | Stephen A. Douglas | 21 | |
| 1061781815 | Who said legislation on slavery should be regulated by a 'higher law' than the constitution, during the Compromise of 1850 debates? | William Seward | 22 | |
| 1061781816 | This guy that some claimed was insane, led an attempt in 1859 at Harper's Ferry to free all the slaves of the South. He failed and was executed, becoming an icon for the North. | John Brown | 23 | |
| 1061781817 | Author of Impending Crisis of the South | Hinton Helper | 24 | |
| 1061781818 | Who became the first Presidential candidate of the newly-formed Republican party, running against (and losing) to James Buchanan in the Election of 1856? | John C. Freemont | 25 |
