Leading up to Civil War

Led a raid at Harper's Ferry, VA in an attempt to rob the armory and steal weapons to incite a slave revolt

• Abraham Lincoln

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

In 1820, Missouri wanted to enter the country as a slave state. In order for this to happen, Maine was admitted as well, as a free state. WHY?

• The Constitution stated that states had to be admitted in pairs

• It made an equal number of slave and free states to protect the balance in Congress

• The population of Missouri was growing rapidly, so Maine would provide an alternate state for people.

• Southerners wanted to ensure slavery continued to spread west.

What led to events known as "Bleeding Kansas" from 1854-1861?

• Pro and Anti slavery supporters disagreed over the vote for slavery, leading to violence

• People voted for Kansas to be free, so Southerns burned down major cities

• People voted for Kansas to be a territory instead of a state.

• Nebraska was split into a pro and anti slave state.

Who became the president in the election of 1860?

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison

Following the Election of 1860, South Carolina seceded from the United States. Secede means to..

• join

• get rid of

• come together

• separate or leave

Popular Sovereignty was the idea that

• slavery would be banned in all future states.

• the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

• the people would vote whether or not their state would have slavery.

• slavery would be allowed in every future state.

Manifest Destiny was the belief that...

• It was the United States' God given right to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
• Native peoples in the United States should be treated with respect.
• The United States should respect the land claims of countries.
• All people in the United States should have the right to vote.

The Compromise of 1850, which allowed California to join the U.S. as a free state, made an attempt to appease Southern states by creating..

• the Southerns Freedom Act.

• the Emancipation Act.

• the Slaveowners Act.

• a stronger Fugitive Slave Act.

Which was not true of the new Fugitive Slave Act?

• "Required" policemen to arrest suspected runaways.

• Punished those aiding runaway slaves with prison and a large fine.

• Popular in the North.

• Forbid suspected slaves from testifying on their own behalf.

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what would decide whether the territories became free or slave?

• popular sovereignty
• the 36'30" parallel
• one would be a slave state, the other a free state
• Rock, Paper, Scissors