Lincoln and Politics of 1850

Southern states that left the Union formed a new nation called

• The United States of America

• The Confederate States of America

• The Southern American States

• The New United States

The Confederacy was made of states that ______ from The United States.

• admitted

• seceded

• territory

• federal government

The Missouri Compromise was important because..

• It ended slavery in all territories in the West

• It was important to keep the balance of free states and slave states equal

• It prevented the Civil War

• It ended the Emancipation Proclamation

According to the Missouri Compromise ...

• Missouri would enter the country as a slave state, and Maine as a free state

• Missouri was not allowed to join the United States as a slave state

• Maine and Missouri would vote if they would have slavery

• Slavery was not allowed in any western territory

The Compromise of 1850 stated that ...

• California would enter as a free state,

• California would enter as a slave state

• All slavery was prohibited in the West

• Slavery was not allowed in Missouri

The Compromise of 1850 angered the North because of...

• California being a free state

• slavery was illegal in the West

• The Fugitive Slave Act was added and forced the North to help return escaped slaves to the South

• All of the Compromise helped the North- they did not feel angry at all

The Kansas- Nebraska Act led to...

• A solution that finally worked and solved the issues between the North and South

• Violence in Kansas- it became known as Bleeding

  (Bloody) Kansas

• Lincoln being elected. He was from Kansas and it made him popular

• It made the Underground Railroad popular

The states that did not secede were called The ____ during the Civil War.

• Confederacy

• Union

• Compromise of 1850

• Abolitionists States of America

Lincoln's experience prior to being President of the United States was:

• Lawyer, State Senator, member of The House of Representatives

• Lawyer, Vice President, and Senator

• Lawyer, General in the U.S. Army, Judge

• he had no government experience

The 1860 election of Lincoln as President was important because:

• It triggered the Southern States to leave the Union

• It ended The Civil War

• He ended slavery as soon as he was President

• It was the first time a Northerner was President