Who was nominated by the Democrats in 1844 for the presidency?

What event did Texas's entry into the Union lead to?

The decision whether to allow slavery in the new territories was a heated issue that __________ the nation.

True or False: Slavery was a new and short-lived debate in the United States.

The 1820 Missouri Compromise preserved balance between slave and free states in the __________.

True or False: The Missouri Compromise permanently stopped the debate over slavery.

Who was elected president in 1844?

Polk called for the annexation of what state?

Look up the word “annex.” Which option is the best synonym for “annex?”

True or False: Texas was admitted to the Union.

Texas’s entry into the Union angered who?

Support was growing to annex what other two territories?

True or False: Polk was successful in buying the territories of California and New Mexico.

What war broke out under President Polk?

Where was a famous battle fought during this war where Davy Crockett was killed?

What was the Wilmot Proviso?

Who argued that neither Congress nor any territorial government could ban slavery from a territory?

What was the outcome of the 1848 presidential election regarding the slavery issue?

What was the slogan of the Free-Soil Party?

True or False: Southerners were in favor of the Wilmot Proviso.

True or False: Both Wilmot’s and Calhoun’s bills passed and became law.

True or False: By 1848 the United States had acquired California and New Mexico.

True or False: In 1848 the United States established California and New Mexico as slave territories.

True or False: Martin Van Buren was elected president in 1848.

True or False: Even though they lost the presidency, the Free-Soil Party gained seats in congress.

What was the main concern of Southerners regarding abolitionism?

What was the outcome of California's application to become a state in 1849?

What compromise did Senator Henry Clay suggest in 1850?

Who solved the problem of passing the Compromise of 1850 in Congress?

What is a good synonym for the word “fugitive?”

True or False: A fugitive slave law would require cooperation of every state.

California applied to become a __________ state.

True or False: If California entered the Union as a free state, free states would have more votes in the senate.

True or False: Washington D.C. allowed slavery.

What does the word “secede” mean?

True or False: Henry Clay proposed that slavery be illegal in Washington D.C.

True or False: Henry Clay proposed that the slave trade be illegal in Washington D.C.

What ultimately happened to President Taylor?

Stephen A. Douglas headed the effort for Congress to pass what compromise?

What was a consequence for helping a fugitive under the Fugitive Slave Act?

Who wrote an essay advocating for breaking unjust laws, such as the Fugitive Slave Act?

What was the Underground Railroad?

Who became president in 1853 and intended to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act?

What slavery law was passed as a part of the Compromise of 1850?

True or False: Anyone who helped a fugitive slave would face punishment.

True or False: Some Northerners ignored the Fugitive Slave Act.

True or False: Juries in the north refused to convict people of breaking the Fugitive Slave Act.

True or False: Some people gave money to buy freedom for enslaved people.

True or False: African Americans and whites helped form the Underground Railroad.

True or False: New President Franklin Pierce intended to ignore the Fugitive Slave Act.

What was the main purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act introduced by Senator Stephen A. Douglas in 1854?

What was the line of latitude mentioned in the Kansas-Nebraska Act that limited slavery?

What concept did Stephen A. Douglas propose to decide the issue of slavery in the territories?

Why did Northerners protest the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Who introduced a bill in 1854 to settle the issue of slavery in the territories?

What state was Stephen A. Douglas from?

What two territories were created by Douglas’s bill?

True or False: Kansas and Nebraska were both above the line that limited slavery.

True or False: Douglas proposed repealing the Missouri Compromise.

Under Douglas’s plan, who would decide whether a territory would allow slavery?

Under popular sovereignty, who is the source of all government power?

True or False: Northerners were in favor of popular sovereignty.

Southerners believed that under popular sovereignty that Kansas would become a ________ state.

Some Northern ________ supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

True or False: The Kansas-Nebraska Act was defeated.

In what year did the Kansas-Nebraska Act pass?

What were the pro-slavery supporters from Missouri who crossed into Kansas to vote known as?

What was the result of the elections in Kansas when more than 6,000 people voted?

What did Kansas establish that led to conflict with slavery opponents?

What term was used to describe the violent conflicts in Kansas during this period?

What is a civil war?

True or False: Supporters of both sides rushed to Kansas.

Were “Border Ruffians” for or against slavery?

How many voters lived in Kansas at the time of the election?

How many people actually voted in the election?

Who won the election in Kansas?

True or False: At one point, Kansas had two governments.

What antislavery stronghold in Kansas was attacked by slavery supporters in 1856?

Who led an attack in response to the attack on Lawrence?

What was Kansas’s nickname in the newspapers at this time?

Troops from where arrived in October of 1856 to stop the bloodshed?

Border Ruffians from Missouri were pro-slavery. Kansas University’s mascot is named after Anti-slavery groups in Kansas. What is the University of Kansas’ mascot?

What state has the nickname the "Show Me State?"

Which state has the nickname the "Equality State?"

In what year did the Kansas City Royals win their most recent World Series title?

The Kansas City Chiefs were not originally in Kansas City. What city did our cities football team from?

What were the Royals called before they became to Kansas City?

Kansas City used to have a basketball team. What was the team name?

What out of place animal was spotted in Grandview this week?

What is the name of Kansas City's men's soccer (futbol) team?

What is the name of Kansas City's women's soccer (futbol) team?

True of False: The KC Current's stadium was the very first stadium in the world specifically built for women's sports.

What famous Kansas City family are part owners of the Kansas City Current?

The state of Missouri was named after what?

The state of Kansas was named after what?

What state's nickname is the "Empire State?"

What state's nickname is "The Last Frontier?"

What state is known as the "Grand Canyon State?"

What state's nickname is the "Badger State?"

What state has the nickname "The Natural State?"

What state has the nickname "The Mountain State?"

What state is known as the "Evergreen State?"

What state is known as the "Golden State?"

What state is known as the "Centennial State?"

What state is known as "The Old Dominion?"

What state is known as the "Green Mountain State?"

What state is known as the "Constitution State?"

What state is known as the "Sunshine State?"

What state is known as "The First State?"

What state is known as the "Beehive State?"

What state is known as the "Lone Star State?"

What state is known as the "Peach State?"

What state is known as the "Aloha State?"

What state is known as the "Volunteer State?"

What state is known as the "Mount Rushmore State?"

What state is known as the "Gem State?

What state is known as the "Prairie State?"

What state is known as the "Palmetto State?"

What state is known as the "Ocean State?"

What state is known as the "Hoosier State?"

What state is known as the "Hawkeye State?"

What state is known as the "Keystone State?"

What state is known as the "Beaver State?"

What state is known as the "Sunflower State?"

What state is known as the "Bluegrass State?"

What state is known as the "Sooner State?"

What state is known as the "Buckeye State?

What state is the "Peace Garden State?"

What state is known as the "Pelican State?"

What state is known as the "Pine Tree State?"

What state has the nickname "Free State?"

What state has the nickname "Tar Heel State?"

What state's nickname is the "Land of Enchantment?"

What state is known as the "Bay State?"

What state is known as the "Garden State?"

What state is known as the "Granite State?"

What state has the nickname "The Great Lakes State?"

What state is known as "The Land of 10,000 Lakes?"

What state is known as the "Silver State?"

What state is known as the "Cornhusker State?"

What state is known as "Magnolia State?"

What state is known as the "Treasure State?"