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- 2. The _______ Act in 1854 eliminated the Missouri Compromise by creating two new territories north of the Missouri Compromise Line that would be open to slavery (2)
- 3. Regarded as one of the worst presidents in history, James _______ won the presidential election of 1856
- 6. This state was the first to secede from the Union in December 1860 (2)
- 8. The Northwest Ordinance was the reason why _______, the state you currently live in, was closed to slavery when it became a state in 1837
- 10. Anti-Slavery _________ (northerners or southerners?) were angry with Stephen Douglas’s idea of popular sovereignty in the new territories
- 14. In 1787, this created the rules and government for the Northwest Territory, and also stated that slavery would not be allowed there (2)
- 17. Part of the “Great Triumvirate,” this Northerner surprised the nation by supporting Clay’s compromise
- 18. Part of the “Great Triumvirate,” he was from South Carolina and STRONGLY supported slavery
- 19. The idea of being loyal to your region of the country
- 22. In 1820, this established Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and established rules for the admission of slave states in the future (2)
- 26. The _______ Act was part of the Compromise of 1850 and required Northerners to assist in returning runaway slaves to the South (2)
- 29. One of the Supreme Court’s conclusions in the Dred Scott case was that the _______ protected slavery
- 30. With all the violence erupting in the new territory, it’s no surprise that Americans were calling it “Bleeding ______”
- 33. The Supreme Court rules that because Dred Scott was a slave, it meant that he was not an American _______, and therefore didn’t have the right to have his case heard by the Supreme Court
- 34. Did all of the slave states choose to secede? (Yes or no)
- 36. A formal argument over an issue is called a __________
- 38. One of the Supreme Court’s conclusions in the Dred Scott case was that slavery would be upheld in all the _________ in the West
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- 1. The 3 Congressmen that made up the “Great Triumvirate” were these three men (identify their last names in alphabetical order) (3)
- 4. The nickname for the people who poured into Kansas from Missouri to support the choice of slavery for Kansas (2)
- 5. Pro-slavery ________ (northerners or southerners?) were happy with Stephen Douglas’s idea of popular sovereignty in the new territories
- 7. The Confederacy chose ________ as its president (2)
- 9. Leading up to the Civil War, the ________ were favored in the South (Democrats or Republicans?)
- 11. The seceded slave states formed a new country that the called the ________ (4)
- 12. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected _________ of the United States
- 13. The Battle of ______ started the Civil War in April 1861 (2)
- 15. It didn’t last very long, but the ______ Party was created near the Election of 1848 and its single goal was to oppose the expansion of slavery into the western territories (2)
- 16. Strongly supported by Steven Douglas, this idea said that settlers in each territory should decide whether or not to allow slavery (2)
- 20. Leading up to the Civil War, the ________ were favored in the North (Democrats or Republicans?)
- 21. In 1846, David Wilmot issued this suggestion that said slavery should not be allowed in any territory acquired from Mexico in the war. It didn’t pass (2)
- 23. With all the controversy following the Kansas-Nebraska Act, a new political party formed - the _____ Party
- 24. A war against citizens of the same country (2)
- 25. Part of the “Great Triumvirate,” this Westerner came up with the ideas in the Compromise of 1850
- 27. In 1858, Lincoln and Douglas squared-off in a series of debates during their efforts to become the senator for the state of ________
- 28. He lost his attempt at the Illinois Senate, but won the reputation and notoriety that would help him win an even bigger election in 1860!
- 31. In 1861, most of the slave states chose to ______ from the Union after Lincoln’s election
- 32. A settlement of a dispute where both sides make concessions
- 35. Part of the Compromise of 18__ said that California would become a free state, a Fugitive Slave law would pass, Utah and New Mexico would become territories and Washington DC would be closed to the slave trade, although slavery would still be legal there (Spell the number that goes in the blank)
- 37. The famous 1857 Supreme Court case involving a slave named _______ further divided the nation over the slavery issue (2)