Causes of the US Civil War part 1 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Missouri Compromise, Wilmot Proviso, Free Soil Party, Compromise of 1850, and Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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In the Compromise of 1850 a border dispute was settled between Texas and what territory?

New Mexico

The person who spoke for the south and was opposed to the Compromise of 1850?

John C. Calhoun

In the Compromise of 1850 how was the issue of slavery going to be decided in the Utah and New Mexico territories?

Popular Sovereignty (voting)

What was Henry Clay's nickname?

The Great Compromiser

Who came up with the idea and helped pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Stephen Douglas

The Kansas-Nebraska Act did away with what compromise passed in 1820?

Missouri Compromise

Who led a raid in Kansas and hacked pro-slavery people, leaving their mutilated bodies out for others to see.

John Brown

Who was the Senator from Massachusetts beaten with a cane for talking poorly about another Senator and about slavery.

Charles Sumner

People who crossed the border of Kansas and illegaly voted for slavery were called what?

Border Ruffians

What new political party was created as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Republican

Stephen Douglas wanted the transcontinental railroad to go through his home state of?

Illinois

The Dred Scott Case ruled what compromise unconstitutional?

Missouri Compromise

Did the Supreme Court decide to free Dred Scott?

Why did Dred Scott claim he should not be a slave?

He was brought into free states and territories and therefore should not have been a slave there.

Who would be seen as a hero in the North and a Villain

John Brown

Who won the election of 1860, which caused Southern states to secede?

Abraham Lincoln