Chapter 16 - Toward Civil War

The American Party grew quickly due to its anti-immigrant views.

Which of these concepts did secessionists use to support their views?

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act address the issue of slavery in these territories?

Even though his name was not on the ballot in Southern states, Lincoln was elected President because ____________.

Pro-slavery groups considered John Brown a martyr.

Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?

What is the name for a war between citizens of the same country?

Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

Who was John Brown?

Which of the following relates to a Supreme Court decision that ruled that the Constitution protected slavery?

Which party did the Antislavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers join together to form?

White Southerners feared that the 1860 victory by Lincoln's __________ Party would result in slave revolts.

Which document included the Figitive Slave Act?

Lincoln was largely unknown before which election?

Which of these accusations did Douglas make against Lincoln?

The issue of _________________ created a break in the Democratic Party during the 1860 presidential election.

An arsenal is a storage site for weapons.

The Wilmot Proviso called for

Lincoln and ______ other candidates ran for President in 1860.

Which was the forst state to secede from the Union?

Which term refers to pro-slavery activists who crossed the Kansas border to vote?

What was the significance of the line of latitude 36 degrees 30' North?

Lincoln believed that slavery was moral.

After the election of Lincoln as president, the Southern states debated the question of ____________.

In which state did rival pro-slavery and antislavery governments exist at the same time?

Which of these was the third state to secede from the Union?

The Know-Nothing Party chose Millard Fillmore as their candidate in the 1856 presidential election.

What name was used in 1856 newspapers stories about events in Lawrence, Kansas?

What approach did Stephen Douglas purpose as an alternative to the Missouri Compromise?

Who led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA?