Causes of the Civil War

Question 1

Nickname given to Kansas due to the violence between proslavery and antislavery forces.

Answer 1

Bleeding Kansas

Question 2

The event in which Missourians crossed into Kansas to vote illegally.

Answer 2

Bogus Elections

Question 3

This event occurred when pro-slave surrounded Lawrence cutting off supplies, but departed peacefully after a week.

Answer 3

Wakarusa War

Question 4

This event occurred when John Brown led a small group that slaughtered five pro-slave settlers in a small settlement in Northeastern Kansas.

Answer 4

Pottawatomie Creek Massacre

Question 5

During this attack, several sites in an anti-slavery community in Kansas were burned by those supporting the proslavery side.

Answer 5

Sacking of Lawrence

Question 6

Senator from Illinois who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Answer 6

Stephen Douglas

Question 7

Kansas abolitionist who massacred a pro-slave settlement in Kansas.

Answer 7

John Brown

Question 8

Missouri senator that encouraged Border Ruffians to vote in Kansas’s constitutional elections.

Answer 8

David Rice Atchison

Question 9

Anti-slavery Kansan who led the 400 person “Army of the North” to move to Kansas.

Answer 9

James Lane

Question 10

Anti-slavery Kansans that made raids into Missouri.

Answer 10

Jayhawker

Question 11

Pro-slave Missourians that made raids on anti-slavery settlements.

Answer 11

Bushwhacker

Question 12

Missourians who illegally crossed into Kansas and voted.

Answer 12

Border Ruffian

Question 13

A novel about slavery which was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Answer 13

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 14

An agreement made between supporters of slavery in the South and opponents of slavery in the North. The agreement included four parts.

Answer 14

Compromise of 1850

Question 15

This was an agreement created in 1820 to establish and maintain the balance between free and slave states.

Answer 15

Missouri Compromise

Question 16

Popular sovereignty would be used to decide the issue of slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories.

Answer 16

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 17

Factories, central government, abolitionists, and urban describe what area?

Answer 17

The North

Question 18

Slavery, state government, cotton, and plantations describe what area?

Answer 18

The South

Question 19

Douglas County sheriff, was a southern sympathizer that had encouraged proslavery forces to participate in a siege on Lawrence after free-staters helped a man arrested at a free-state meeting.

Answer 19

Samuel Jones

Question 20

Slave that was sued for his freedom and the Court determined that slaves were property not people.

Answer 20

Dred Scott vs. Sandford

Question 21

Brown attempted to arm slaves and lead them into a revolt but instead got caught and was convicted of treason and hanged.

Answer 21

Raid on Harpers Ferry

Question 22

Used to decide on the issue of slavery in new territories.

Answer 22

Popular Sovereignty

Question 23

Kansas leaders who are key to negotiating the treaty and ending the siege.

Answer 23

James Lane and Charles Robinson

Question 24

Last major violent act in the time period “Bleeding Kansas.” 11 free staters were kidnapped by proslavery men.

Answer 24

The Marais de Cygnes Massacre

Question 25

Abraham Lincoln is elected president. He was a Republican candidate and he spoke out against the Kansas Nebraska Act. Lost the popular vote but won the presidential election.

Answer 25

November 6 , 1860

Question 26

When the states started to withdraw from slavery.

Answer 26

Secession

Question 27

When Fort Sumter (Charleston, South Carolina) refused to surrender to the Confederacy, the Union worked to support and resupply those in the fort trying to keep the Confederates out. April 14, the fort surrendered and was evacuated without loss of life.

Answer 27

Attack on Fort Sumter