Toward Civil War (16.1)

Question 1

The plan for states above Missouri to be free states and those below Missouri to be slave state

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Missouri Compromise

Question 2

Part of this legislation called for repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 3

This event angered the Mexican government.

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Texas' entry into the Union

Question 4

The Wilmot Proviso called for . . .

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banning slavery in any lands the US acquired from Mexico

Question 5

Douglas' plan to allow the voters in each territory vote on the issue of slavery was called:

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popular sovereignty.

Question 6

It included the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Compromise of 1850

Question 7

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

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civil war

Question 8

It was here that pro-slavery supporters attacked anti-slavery activists.

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Lawrence, Kansas

Question 9

This southern senator declared that neither Congress nor any territory could ban slavery.

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John C. Calhoun

Question 10

The region west of Missouri and Iowa were organized as the territories of . . .

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Kansas and Nebraska

Question 11

This was the name used by an 1856 newspaper to describe the events in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Bleeding Kansas

Question 12

This Senator proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

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Stephen A. Douglas

Question 13

The interconnected system to help runaway slaves find their way to freedom was called . . .

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the Underground Railroad.

Question 14

What approach did Sen. Stephen A. Douglas propose as an alternative to the Missouri Compromise?

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popular soveriegnty

Question 15

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

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Kansas

Question 16

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

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border ruffians

Question 17

This proposal banned slavery in any lands the US might acquire from Mexico.

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Wilmot Proviso

Question 18

He became president upon the death of Zachary Taylor and favored the Compromise of 1850.

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Millard Fillmore

Question 19

This senator proposed the Compromise of 1850.

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Henry Clay

Question 20

Those who opposed slavery left their parties and formed this party.

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Free Soil Party

Question 21

This line marked the division between slave states and free states.

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36*30' North Latitude

Question 22

This part of the Compromise of 1850 said that anyone who helped a fugitive could be punished.

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Fugitive Slave Act

Question 23

This put the issue of slavery to a popular vote.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 24

While northerners fought it, this president intended to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Franklin Pierce

Question 25

He was a radical abolitionist who led raids on slave states.

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John Brown

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