Chapter 16: Toward Civil War Review

Which Supreme Court decision divided the nation over the issue of slavery?

John Brown believed that slavery should be legal in all states.

Stephen A. Douglas' plan to let each territory vote on slavery was called _________.

What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

Who was the enslaved African American whose suit for freedom reached the U.S. Supreme Court?

When Jefferson Davis ordered his forces to attack Fort Sumter, he started the Civil War.

Southerners did not support the Wilmot Proviso because it _______________.

Southerners justified secession with the theory of ___________.

Which was the first state to secede?

Lincoln responded to a message from the commander of Fort Sumter by _____.

The Republican Party was formed by antislavery Whigs and Democrats.

As part of the Copromise of 1850, the slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C.

Do you need any additional information before we have our assessment tomorrow?

According to which law could a person be fined or imprisoned for helping a runaway slave?

Who won the presidential election of 1856?

Most Northerners believed that the Union had to be preserved.