LSA AJ Road to Civil War

The issue of slavery in the Mexican Cession led to a second compromise deal in ______.

The bombardment of Fort Sumter lasted ____ hours, after which the fortress surrendered.

Illinois Congressman Stephen Douglas' nickname was ________________.

Also a result of the Compromise of 1850, this law stirred great resentment in the North.

Violence over the slavery status of this midwest state led to it being called "Bleeding _____."

This 1857 Supreme Court case greatly buoyed the cause of slavery and shocked abolitionists.

The Civil War began with the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter in _____ 1861.

As part of the Compromise of 1850, this free state was admitted to the Union.

All of the following were candidates in the presidential election of 1860 EXCEPT:

Slavery tensions in Congress turned violent when Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner with a ___.

The U.S. Marines who captured John Brown were commanded by future Confederate General ______.

This congressman proposed a law to ban slavery in all new territory gained in the Mexican War.

He proposed the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act to let states decide slavery status by a popular vote.

By the 1840s, all of the following were characteristic primarily of the North EXCEPT:

This Mexican War hero and Whig won the election of 1848 without a strong stand on slavery.

In February 1861, representatives from seven seceded Southern states met here to form the CSA.

This Mississippi Congressman was elected the first and only president of the CSA in 1861.

Soon after Lincoln's election, _______ became the first state to secede in December of 1860.

By the 1840s, all of the following were characteristic primarily of the South EXCEPT:

This 1852 book by Harriet Beecher Stowe showed the horrors of slavery and boosted abolitionism.

Pro-slavery voters who crossed from Missouri into Kansas to vote illegally were known as _____.

This Maryland native was chief justice of the Supreme Court that issued the Dred Scott ruling.

Abraham Lincoln was also born in a border state too, the state of ________.

He called the dispute that resulted in the 1820 Missouri Compromise "a fire bell in the night."

Brown's goal with the raid was to bring on ________.

His proposal to protect slavery below the 36-30 line was the last chance to save the Union.

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 prohibited further slavery above the _________ line.

His election as president in 1844 meant the U.S. would be aggressive in westward expansion.

BONUS TRIVIA: CSA President Jefferson Davis was not born in the South, but in the border state:

Lincoln's refusal to abandon this U.S. fort in Charleston Harbor increased North-South tensions

All of the these political parties fielded candidates in the 1856 presidential election EXCEPT:

Confederate artillery fired on this U.S. supply ship in Jan. 1861, but it did not lead to war.

As part of the Compromise, this free state was created from a district of Massachusetts. 

Anti-slavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free Soilers combined to found the Republican Party in ____.

Thanks to a split in the Democratic Party, this Republican candidate won the election of 1860.

Beauregard's opponent was Fort Sumter commander Major Robert Anderson, who had taught him at:

He ran as the Free Soil candidate for president in 1848, but finished a distant third.

The "great compromiser," he was key in both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.

Representatives from all these states were present in Montgomery in February 1861 EXCEPT:

This Illinois congressional candidate gained wide notice by debating Stephen Douglas in 1858.

All the following were reasons for the American Civil War EXCEPT:

Fiery abolitionist first gained notice with the murder of 5 pro-slavers at Pottawatomie Creek.

After the fall of Fort Sumter to the Confederates, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln:

The issue of slavery delayed the admission of this state into the Union from 1836 until 1845. 

In 1859 abolitionist John Brown & 18 others shocked the South with their U.S. arsenal raid at:

Opposing slavery's spread was a key part of this political party platform in the 1848 election.

The Democratic candidate, he won the election of 1856 with strong Southern support.

Commander at Charleston, this Confederate general gave the order to fire on Fort Sumter.