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| 142253286 | Popular Sovereignty | the idea that people living in a state or territory should decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery | |
| 142253287 | Compromise of 1850 | among other things it called for the admission of California as a free state and provided for the enforcement of the fugitive slave law | |
| 142253288 | Fugitive Slave Law | Required Northern states to return runaway slaves to the South | |
| 142253289 | underground railroad | Secret routes that runaway slaves followed to freedom in the North | |
| 142253290 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Dramatic novel by abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe that moved many people to call for an end to slavery | |
| 142253291 | Kansas-Nebraska Act | Created two new states, Kansas and Nebraska, with slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty | |
| 142253292 | Dred Scott Decision | Supreme Court decision that made the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and said that slaves had no constitutional rights (property) | |
| 142253293 | John Brown | Radical abolitionist who planned to raid a federal arsenal and lead a slave revolt at Harpers Ferry, Virginia | |
| 142253294 | Stephen Douglas | Promoter of the Kansas-Nebraska Act; debated Lincoln in the Illinois senatorial campaign of 1858. | |
| 142253295 | Abraham Lincoln | 1st Republican President 1861-1865, led the nation during the Civil War; assassinated beginning of second term. | |
| 142253296 | Harriet Tubman | Escaped slave who helped 300 slaves escape to freedom on the underground railroad. | |
| 142364200 | How did the "Free Soil Party" affect the election of 1848? | Van Buren's nomination split the Democrat vote, causing the Whig candidate , Zachary Taylor, to win the election | |
| 142364201 | Name one of the issues dividing the North and South ultimately leading to the Civil War. | Slavery, Kansas-Nebraska Act, John Brown at Harpers Ferry, "Bleeding Kansas", Fugitive Slave Law, Dred Scott Case, "Uncle Tom's Cabin", Lincoln's election | |
| 142364202 | Who became president when Zachary Taylor died, and what did he sign into law averting civil war? | Millard Fillmore. He signed the Compromise of 1850 to avoid war. | |
| 142364203 | What was the purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | To create 2 new territories, Kansas and Nebraska. | |
| 142364204 | Why did Dred Scott think he could sue for his freedom? | He had lived in the Wisconsin territory, where the Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery. He thought he had been a free man while in the territory. | |
| 142364205 | What was the purpose of John Brown's raid? | Brown hoped to capture stores of weapons from the federal arsenal and arm the slaves for a bloody rebellion. | |
| 142364206 | Name the first Republican president of the U.S. | Abraham Lincoln | |
| 142364207 | Why did President Lincoln stand to pray? | He felt if the officers stood when they entered in his office, he should stand for his "commander in chief." | |
| 142364208 | Who fired the first shot in the Civil War, and where did it begin? | The South fired the first shot at Ft. Sumter (S. Carolina) | |
| 142364209 | Why was the secession of Virginia important? | It guaranteed the loyalty of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson to the South as they were both from Virginia. | |
| 142364210 | How did General Lee feel about slavery? | He opposed slavery and freed the slaves he had. | |
| 142364455 | How did Stonewall Jackson get his name? | After seeing General Jackson rallying his troops amidst enemy fire, General Bee called out, "There stands Jackson like a stone wall -rally behind the Virginians." | |
| 142369844 | The advantages of the North. | Northern advantages: more manpower, more factories, more productive capabilities, more money, better rail system. | |
| 142369845 | The advantages of the South | South advantages: the South was defending home and family from an aggressor, the South had accumulated a small store of supplies, and the South had better generals. | |
| 142543405 | John C. Calhoun | Statesman from South Carolina who stood for state's rights | |
| 142543406 | Daniel Webster | Massachusetts statesman who called for a compromise between the states | |
| 142543407 | Kansas-Nebraska Act | Created 2 new states, Kansas and Nebraska, with slavery to be decided by popular soveriegnty | |
| 142543408 | Republican Party | Northern Whigs and Democrats who opposed the extension of slavery to Kansas met in Wisconsin and Michigan to form the Republican Party | |
| 142543409 | Lincoln-Douglas Debates | Lincoln challenged Douglas for a senate seat for Illinois. Douglas supported popular soveriegnty, and Lincoln warned nothing would stand in the way for the extension of slavery. The nation paid attention to this campaign because they thought the outcome and the candidates positions on the issue of slavery would foretell things to come in the rest of the nation. | |
| 142543410 | Harper's Ferry | A sleepy town nestled in the mountains of Virginia, where John Brown planned to overtake the federal arsenal and kill families who kept slaves in their homes | |
| 142543411 | 1st state to secede from the United States | South Carolina, December 20,1860 | |
| 142543412 | Jefferson Davis | Senator of Mississippi who took the oath of office on February 18,1861 and became the first and only president of the Confederate States of America. (Confederation) |
