The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union is known as

The Compromise of 1850 was supported by

One of the most active conductors on the Underground Railroad was

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by

Members of the Know-Nothing Party were known for all of the following except their

One of the founders of the Republican Party was

The topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was

The Dred Scott decision did all of the following except

The Confederacy included all of the following states except

A provision of the Compromise of 1850 included _____, which allowed residents of the New Mexico and Utah territories to vote for or against slavery.

The _______ was a law enacted as part of the Compromise of 1850, designed to ensure that escaped slaves would be returned into bondage.

A system known as the ___________, helped runaway slaves to escape to Canada or to safe areas in the free sates.

_______ was a name applied to the Kansas Territoy in the years before the Civil War, when the territory was a battleground between proslavery and antislavery forces.

In 1859, ______ planned to start a slave uprising, and led a band of 21 men to seize the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry to get weapons.

The _______ was an idea expressed by Stephen Douglas that any territory could exclude slavery by simply refusing to pass laws supporting it.

In 1854, unhappy Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers, that opposed slavery, formed the _______ Party.

The belief in favoring native-born Americans over immigrants is known as ________.

In the 1850’s, the ______ was highly industrilized and contained more than 20,000 miles of railroad track and telegraph cable, allowing for quick communication and travel.

Manufacturing under 10% of U.S. goods in the 1850’s, the _____ was predominantly rural, with mostly plantations and small farms that grew cash crops such as cotton.

On February 4, 1861, delegates from the secessionist states met in __________ to form the Confederate States of America.

On February 9, 1861, delegates to the Confederate constitutional convention unanimously elected former senator ______ of Mississippi as president of the Confederate States of America.

Where was the first capital of the Confederacy located?

Northern states passed ________, which forbade the imprisonment of runaway slaves and guaranteed they would have jury trials.

Formed in 1848, the _____ opposed the extension of slavery into U.S. territories.