Crash Course US History: Election of 1860

The new Fugitive Slave Law required all people to do what?

• Pay Taxes

• Work in the factory

• Turn in escaped slaves into authorities

• Move to the South

Douglas supported the Kansas Nebraska Act because:

• He was a big fan of the Huskers

• He wanted to connect the country with a continental railroad

• He planned on moving to the new territories for farming

The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave slavery the opportunity to be legal in places that it had been illegal under the Missouri Compromise. because of what? Allowing citizens to decide on a free or slave state.

• Article Five of the Constitution

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Electoral College

• Popular Sovereignty

MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTION

Which statement about Bleeding Kansas is NOT true?

• • Border ruffians from Missouri and people from free states came to set up rival governments

• • Kansas eventually entered the Union as a slave state and seceded once the Civil War began.

• Kansas passed two constitutions, one supporting slavery and the other opposing slavery. 

• Pro- and anti-slavery supporters attacked each other and committed acts of violence.

Why was is it a surprise that Lincoln won the Election of 1860?

• He wasn't even running for president

• He was well liked in the deep south.

• He was nominated as vice president.

• He received 0 votes in nine states because he wasn't on the ballot.

What was one major event that caused the Civil War?