Ch. 15 Civil War

Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from IL in 1858. Won the Presidential election of 1860

Made it a crime for Northerners to help runaway slaves

Which of these was not a part of the Compromise of 1850?

A slave that sued for his freedom in 1846. The Supreme Court did not grant him his freedom.

Introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act Wanted to build a railroad from to the Pacific from Chicago.

He was the president of the Confederate States of America. First & only pres. of the CSA.

What issue did the Republican Party rally around in 1854?

This prohibited slavery north of latitude 36 30'

Why was John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry a failure?

When people favor the interests of one region over those of the entire country

Debate over the expansion of this practice influenced the elections of the 1850s

Which of these events marked the beginning of the Civil War?

How did the idea of popular sovereignty affect slavery in the United States?

When voters in a new territory decided if they wanted to ban or allow slavery, this is called

Supreme Court ruled that all African Americans were not citizens.

Abolitionist who led the Pottawatomie Massacre & Raid on Harpers Ferry. Was executed for this

Formally withdrawing from the Union is also known as...

Div. the rest of the LA Purchase into 2 terr & let the issue of slavery be decided by pop. vote