Before the Civil War (ch 14)

This state was the birthplace of both Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln

Border Ruffians, who came in to Kansas to push their pro-slavery agenda, were usually from which state?

In this case before the Supreme Court, the Court ruled that the plaintiff was not a citizen and could not sue.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was the second best selling book of the 19th century. Who wrote it?

This Abolitionist was nearly caned to death in the Senate.

Which one of the following people was not a presidential candidate in the election of 1860?

This Senator, from Kentucky, was known as the Great Compromiser.

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote what book?

In the Missouri Compromise in 1820, Missouri entered the Union as a slave state. What state entered as a free state?

In the Compromise of 1850, Northerners were most upset about which part?

This Senator represented the South and pro-slavery forces in the Senate in such things as the Missouri Compromise.

The nickname of this state in the 1850s was "Bloody" or "Bleeding"

This Senator proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in order to get the transcontinental railroad through his hometown.

The Wilmot Proviso proposed to ban slavery in what territory?

This New England Senator protected the interests of the Northeast in the Senate.

This individual was responsible for the Pottawatomie Massacre.

In the attack on Harper's Ferry, the town of Harper's Ferry was in what state at that time?