Henry Clay
president of the Confederacy
Stephen Douglas
Illinois senator who proposed the Kansas- Nebraska Act
Harriet Beecher Stowe
author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Henry Clay
the Great Composer
John Brown
abolitionist whose actions increased sectional conflict
Daniel Webster
spoke for the North-antislavery, but feared a civil war more
Abraham Lincoln
Republican presidential candidate in 1860
John Calhoun
spoke for the South-refused to compromise on the issue of slavery in the west
sectionalism
during the 1840's what became a serious problem in the US?
voters in a territory would decide whether or not to permit slavery
the principle o popular sovereignty meant that....
the major parties would not take a stand on the issue of slavery
the founders of the Free Soil Party decided they needed a new political party because...
stop slavery from spreading to the new territories
the Free Soil Party wanted to...
that it was used by many to support the instition of slavery
What is not true about Uncle Tom's Cabin?
a ban on slavery in new territories
the MIssouri compromise resulted in...
the Kansas-Nebraska act
what undid the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas
what was the first territory to shed blood over slavery?
proslavery and antislavery forces battled to control Kansas
what was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
voters in the territories would decide whether or not to permit slavery
under the Compromise of 1850...
required all citizens, in both the North and the South, to assist in capturing runaway slaves
the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was criticized because it...
a slave who filed a lawsuit to gain his freedom
Dred Scott was...
Congress did not have the authority to outlaw slavery in the territories
in the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court stated that...
Free-Soil
Which party endorsed the Wilmot Proviso?
start a slave revolt
John Brown attacked the arsenal at Harpers Ferry because he wanted to...
the Democratic party split in two and voted went to multiple candidates
one reason Lincoln was able to win the election of 1860 was because...
the South must secede from the Union to maintain their way of life
Lincoln's election led many southerners to believe that...
did not want to risk losing the support of the slave stated still in the Union
Lincoln did not use force against the seceding states because he...
constitutional rights
southerners justified secession with the theory of...
the bombing of Ft. Sumter by Confederate troops
the official start of the Civil War was....
the civial war was caused because of the problems the north and south had. the most of the north strongly believed in no slavery, they thought it was absolutly wrong. The south beleieved slavery was okay, and they needed it for their economy to function.
Discuss the origins of the Civil War. What were the issues/quarrels between the North and the South?