Causes of the Civil War Review

Main issue in the beginning of Lincoln's presidency

Nickname given to Kansas because of the violence there over the issue of slavery

Attacked the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry with the goal of starting a slave uprising

Famous abolitionist and publisher of The Liberator.

What happened when Lincoln called for army volunteers to put down the Southern rebellion?

Stephen Douglas defeated ______ in the 1858 Illinois Senate race.

The _________ Party split into northern and southern halves during the Election of 1860.

Elected president of the Confederacy in 1861

Southern states began to secede after the Election of 1860 because...

To leave, or withdraw from the Union

The debate regarding the Mexican Cession centered around...

Court case protecting the rights of slave owners

Main Northern objection to slavery

Former slave and famous abolitionist speaker

How did slaves resist slavery?

Led the most violent and infamous slave rebellion

Elected in 1856; he was believed to be the politician able to keep the South from seceding.

Which of the following was NOT a ruling in the Dred Scott case?

Was viciously attacked by Congressman Preston Brooks because of his antislavery beliefs

Which of the following was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

By 1860, roughly ________ of southern whites owned slaves.

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry...

Supporters of the newly formed _______ Party tended to be antislavery northerners.

This law ordered the return of escaped slaves to their owners

Laws limiting the rights of slaves

Who said it? "A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand!"

Her book Uncle Tom's Cabin convinced many Northerners that slavery was wrong.

First shots of the Civil War

Under _______ the voters of a territory decided whether or not they wanted slavery

Most famous "conductor" along the Underground Railroad

Allowed the citizens of two new territories to decide for themselves on the slavery issue.