causes of the civil war

Question 1

wakarusa war

Answer 1

this event occurred when pro-slavery forces surrounded Lawrence cutting off supplies, but departed peacefully after a week

Question 2

the event in which Missourians crossed into Kansas to vote illegally

Answer 2

bogus elections

Question 3

stephen douglas

Answer 3

senator from Illinois who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska act

Question 4

Missourians who illegaly crossed into Kansas and voted

Answer 4

boarder ruffians

Question 5

John Brown

Answer 5

Kansas abolitionist who massacred a pro-slavery settlement in Kansas

Question 6

anti-slavery Kansans that made raids into Missouri

Answer 6

Jayhawker

Question 7

Pottawatomie creek massacre

Answer 7

this event occurred when john brown led a small group that slaughtered five pro-slavery settlers in a small settlement in northeastern Kansas

Question 8

Bleeding Kansas

Answer 8

nickname given to Kansas due to violence between anti and pro slavery men

Question 9

bushwackers

Answer 9

pro-slavery Missourians that made raids on anti-slavery settlements

Question 10

Missouri senator that encouraged boarder ruffians to vote in Kansas’s constitutional elections

Answer 10

David Rice Atchison

Question 11

sacking of Lawrence

Answer 11

during this attack, several sites in a anti-slavery community in Kansas were burned by those supporting the proslavery side

Question 12

anti-slavery Kansan who led the 400 person “army of the north” to move to Kansas

Answer 12

James Lane

Question 13

A novel about slavery which is written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It became a bestseller in the north. It made people view slavery as a more moral problem, not just a political conflict

Answer 13

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 14

Missouri compromise

Answer 14

this was a agreement created in 1820 to establish and maintain the balance between free and slave states

Question 15

Kansas-Nebraska act

Answer 15

popular sovereignty would be used to decide the issue of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska Territory

Question 16

an agreement made between supporters of slavery in the south and opponents of slavery in the north, the agreement included 4 parts, first California was admitted to the union as a free state, second the slave trade was banned in the nation’s capital, third is popular sovereignty would be used to decide the question of slavery in the states created from the Mexican Cession, and fourth a tough new fugitive slave law was put in place

Answer 16

Compromise of 1850

Question 17

Dred scott

Answer 17

he was a slave who tried to sue for his freedom

Question 18

Dred Scott vs Standford

Answer 18

Scott tried to sue for his freedom and lost because congress ruled that it was unconstitutional to prohibit slavery

Question 19

this was an event led by john brown and his intentions were to steal weapons from the fairy and give them to the slaves but the attack was stopped when authorities showed up

Answer 19

the raid on harpers fairy

Question 20

when Lincoln, a anti-slavery man, was elected in 1860 the south started to secede

Answer 20

Election of 1860

Question 21

the confederates attacked the US fort, this is the first act of the civil war

Answer 21

Fort Sumter South Carolina