A House Dividing (1848-1861) U.S. History Study Guide

What is the term for radical Southerners who believed that secession was the only way to protect their way of life?

What rich region attracted so many people that it applied for statehood without becoming a territory?

What was the name for the escape route that fugitive slaves used to pass through the Northern states?

What was the name of the former slave who the Supreme Court denied was a citizen with rights?

What free-state town in Kansas was sacked by proslavery forces?

During what event did John Brown’s men kill five proslavery settlers?

During what infamous episode did a Southern representative beat an antislavery senator in the Senate chamber?

Where was the first shot of the Civil War fired?

What was the name for Stephen Douglas’s argument that a territory could still prohibit slavery by refusing to adopt laws establishing and protecting it?

Whose compromise measure failed in a final, desperate effort to save the Union?