Civil War Events Part 2

Why did the USA not admit Texas into the union in 1836?

The Kansas - Nebraska Act led to the creation of what political party?

How did the book change Northern attitudes about slavery?

Which U.S. President was elected on a promise to admit Texas and buy the southwest from Mexico

Why was the campaign for Kansas statehood called bleeding Kansas?

The fugitive slave law caused...

How was the issue of slavery to be decided in the rest of the territories taken from Mexico?

Mexico accepted the USA offer and sold northern Mexico.

What did the fugitive slave law require officers of the law to do?

Douglas proposed _____________ for deciding slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska ACt

What part of the 1850 compromise influenced her to write the book?

Why was the fugitive slave law strengthened in the 1850 compromise?

What happened to the issue of slavery in Washington DC?

What state was created out of the compromise of 1850?

What year did Texas declare independance from Mexico?

The USA was victorious in the Mexican American War

Why was admitting California as a free state a problem?

California applied to become a slave state.

The main goal of the Republican Party was...

What prompted the Americans to declare Texas independent from Mexico?

If you were caught hiding or helping a runaway you would be...

When was the Mexican-American war fought?

What actions of the USA provoked Mexico to attack US soldiers?

Why did Mexico invite Americans to settle in Texas?

What event caused the population of California to explode in 1849?

What peace treaty ended the war?

Why did Stephan Douglas propose organizing the territories west of Illinois?

California applied for Statehood in 1850.

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Why did southerners agree to the Kansas - Nebraska act?

Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican candidate for President

Why did Douglas want to get rid of the Missouri Compromise?

The Republican Party was an Anti-Federalist Party