Toward the Civil War

Missouri comes in as a slave state; Maine comes in as a free state,   banned slavery in lands north of 36 degrees, 30’ N latitude; supported by Henry Clay

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

California admitted as a free state; ban on all slave trade in D.C.; Utah and New Mexico would decide whether or not to allow slavery

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Introduced by Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois; dealt with organizing land into the Kansas and Nebraska territories; would allow slavery; repeals the Missouri Compromise

• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Popular Sovereignty allowed the people living in an area to decide whether or not to allow slavery

• True
• False

Won by Lincoln; Democrats were split

• Election of 1848
• Election of 1860
• Election of 1856

Republicans—John C. Fremont…Democrats---James Buchanan (he won by getting southern votes)…American/Know Nothing Party---Millard Fillmore

• Election of 1848
• Election of 1860
• Election of 1856

Slave that sued for his freedom because he once lived in free states

• Roger B. Taney
• Charles Sumner
• Dred Scott

Nickname for violence that occured in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters

• Bloody Kansas
• Bleeding Kansas
• Ugly Kansas

What state was added as part of the Compromise of 1850?

• California
• Texas
• Missouri
• Kansas

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• John Bell
• Preston Brooks