Causes of the Civil War

Agreement that divided the nation at the 36'30 parallel to equalize free and slave states

• Great Compromise

• Slave Trade Compromise

• Missouri Compromise (of 1820)

• Compromise of 1850

Agreement that added California as a free state, allowed Utah and New Mexico to use popular sovereignty, and created a stronger Fugitive Slave Law

• Great Compromise

• Slave Trade Compromise

• Missouri Compromise (of 1820)

• Compromise of 1850

Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that described the evils of slavery; turned millions of people against slavery

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• A Century of Dishonor

• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

• The Scarlet Letter

The idea that people in an individual state or territory should vote on whether or not they will be a slave or free state

• Popular Sovereignty

• Consent of the Governed

• Popular Vote

• Popular Mandate

All of the following territories used popular sovereignty EXCEPT

• Kansas.

• Nebraska.

• California.

The violent outbreak on the Senate floor between a Southern sectionalist and a northern Senator was known as

• the Sumner-Brooks Incident.

• Bleeding Kansas.

• John Brown's Raid.

• the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

This Supreme Court ruling held that black people were not citizens and that Congress cannot ban slavery.

• Dred Scott Decision

• Gibbons-Ogden Decision

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Worcester v. Georgia

This political party believed in stopping the WESTWARD expansion of slavery

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Constitutional Union Party

• Whig Party

The politiclal group that believed all states should be free states; they rushed west to "win" Kansas

• Copperheads

• Democrats

• Free-Soilers

• Freedom Riders

These were the 7 public arguments between the Republican and Democratic candidates for the Senate seat of Illinois

• Sumner-Brooks Incident

• John Brown's Raid

• Freeport Doctrine

• Lincoln-Douglas Debates