Toward Civil War Flashcards

1

Who was a violent abolitionist?

2

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

3

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

4

What act put the issue of slavery to popular vote?

5

What compromise included the Fugitive Slave Act?

6

What is the name used in 1856 newspaper stories about events in Lawrence, Kansas?

7

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

8

What is the line called that marked the division between slave and non-slave states?

9

In which state did rival pro-slavery and antislavery governments exists at the same time?

10

What did the Wilmot Proviso call for?

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