A HOUSE DIVIDED, 1820–1860

Question 1

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass published.

Answer 1

1845

Question 2

Fugitive Slave Act passed.

Answer 2

1850

Question 3

Uncle Tom’s Cabin published.

Answer 3

1852

Question 4

Franklin Pierce elected president.

Answer 4

1852

Question 5

Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Answer 5

1854

Question 6

Republican Party formed.

Answer 6

1854

Question 7

Kansas elections.

Answer 7

1855

Question 8

Pottawatomie Massacre.

Answer 8

1856

Question 9

James Buchanan elected president.

Answer 9

1856

Question 10

Dred Scott v. Sanford.

Answer 10

1856

Question 11

Lincoln-Douglas debates.

Answer 11

1858

Question 12

Raid on Harpers Ferry.

Answer 12

1859

Question 13

Abraham Lincoln elected president.

Answer 13

1860

Question 14

arsenal

Answer 14

place for the manufacture and storage of weapons and military equipment

Question 15

Border Ruffians

Answer 15

nickname given to proslavery Missouri men who crossed the border into Kansas to commit crimes against Free-Staters

Question 16

bounty hunter

Answer 16

one who was paid to track down and capture escaped slaves and force them to return to the South

Question 17

popular sovereignty

Answer 17

the right of the people of a state or territory to organize their own government, specifically to choose for themselves whether their territory will allow slavery

Question 18

Pottawatomie Massacre

Answer 18

brutal murder of five proslavery men at Pottawatomie Creek settlement in Kansas; led by John Brown

Question 19

Republican Party

Answer 19

a political party founded in 1854 to support candidates who opposed the expansion of slavery

Question 20

sectionalism patriotic

Answer 20

identification with one’s state or region rather than one’s nation