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Ch.13, Leading Up to the Civil War
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Who was Dred Scott?
a former slave who had to go the Supreme Court for his freedom
What state left the Union after the Civil War started with much debate?
Tennesee
What state was literally split in 2 by the Civil War?
Virginia
Why did the Confederates fire on Fort Sumter?
Lincoln sent supplies to the fort.
Why did the Confederates fire on Fort Sumter?
Lincoln sent supplies to the fort.
Name the 4 candidates of the 1860 election.
Northern Democrats-Stephen Douglas, Southern Democrats-John C. Breckenridge, Whig-John Bell, Republican-Abraham Lincoln
Who was vice president of the Confederacy?
Alexander Stephens
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What new political party opposing slavery was formed in the 1850s?
the Republican Party
Which was the 1st state to leave the Union?
South Carolina
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What novel published in 1852 helped create a great rift between the North and the South?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What leading black abolitionist traveled and gave lectures against slavery?
Frederick Douglass
What escaped slave returned to the South to help other on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What is the idea that settlers should decide the slavery issue for themselves?
popular sovereignty
What is the term that means "a state leaving the Union"?
secession
What is the term that means "the freeing of the slaves"?
emancipation
What is the term for "support for eliminating slavery"?
abolitionism
What is a statement of a what a political party stands for on various issues?
platform
Who led federal troops to Harpers Ferry to capture John Brown?
Robert E. Lee
Who ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional?
Roger B. Taney
What man pushed popular sovereignty?
Stephen Douglas
Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen Douglas
What two candidates split the Democratic Party in the election of 1850?
Stephen Douglas John C. Breckenridge
Which candidate of the 1860 election had absolutely no support from the Southern states?
Abraham Lincoln
What were extreme Southern Democrats who called for secession?
fire eaters
What was the end of the Underground Railroad?
Canada
Why did the South think secession was ok?
Because they believed the government was not holding up their side of the Constitution by taking away their property(slaves)
What Southern fort did Lincoln send an unarmed fleet with provision to?
Fort Sumter
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