Road to Civil War

Stephen A. Douglas’s plan to allow each territory to vote on slavery was called __________.

Sectionalism is "exaggerated loyalty to a particular part of the country."

Fire eaters held extreme pro-slavery views.

Who was Lincoln's main opponent in the presidential election of 1860?

To balance Missouri’s admission as a slave state (Missouri Compromise), __________ was admitted as a free state.

As part of the Compromise of 1850, __________ was admitted as a free state

After the 1860 election, the first state to secede from the Union was __________.

An important question both during and right after the Mexican-American War was

The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin was __________.

Henry Clay's (first) compromise became known as?

As part of the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was abolished in __________.

Uncle Tom's Cabin made a mockery of pro-slavery arguments.

John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal at __________.

In 1860 the Republican candidate for president was __________.

The Pottawatomie Massacre was revenge for "Bleeding Kansas" and was carried out by John Brown and his followers.

Northern states were pro-slavery and Southern states were against slavery.

This man challenged Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850?

__________ was an slave whose lawsuit for freedom reached the U.S. Supreme Court.