Causes Of The Civil War Unit

Question 0

Who was elected in 1840 and what political party did they belong to?

Answer 0

William Henry Harrison

Whig

Question 1

Who was elected in 1836 and what political party did they belong to?

Answer 1

Martin Van Buren

Democrat

Question 2

Who replaced William Henry Harrison in office?

Answer 2

John Tyler

Whig

Question 3

Who was elected in 1844 and what political party did they belong to?

Answer 3

James K Polk

Democrat

Question 4

What was James K Polk known as?

Answer 4

Dark horse candidate

Question 5

Proviso

Answer 5

An amendment to a bill

Question 6

Explain the Wilmot proviso

Answer 6

David Wilmot proposed no slavery in land gained from Mexico

Question 7

Mexican session

Answer 7

Land ceded to the US during Mexican war

Question 8

Free-Soilers

Answer 8

Political party formed solely against slavery in Mexican session

Question 9

Who initially proposed the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 9

Henry Clay

Question 10

Who finished the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 10

Stephen Douglas

Question 11

What were the four parts of the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 11

1. California as a free state (N)
2. Popular sovereignty in the Mexican session (S)
3. Slave trade band in DC (N)
4. Stricter fugitive slave law (S)

Question 12

Popular sovereignty

Answer 12

Voters decide whether or not to allow slavery in the territory.

Question 13

Abolitionists

Answer 13

Those attempting to abolish slavery

Question 14

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 14

Fictional anti-slavery book

Question 15

Who wrote uncle Tom’s cabin?

Answer 15

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 16

Who was elected in 1848 and what political party today belong to?

Answer 16

Zachary Taylor

Whig

Question 17

Who replaces Zachary Taylor in office?

Answer 17

Millard Fillmore

Question 18

Who was elected in 1852 and what political party did they belong to?

Answer 18

Franklin Pierce

Democrat

Question 19

Who was known as the little giant?

Answer 19

Stephen Douglas

Question 20

Who proposed the Kansas Nebraska act?

Answer 20

Stephen Douglas

1854

Question 21

Know-Nothing’s

Answer 21

Political party against Roman Catholics and immigrants.

Question 22

Republicans

Answer 22

Political party representing the north and against the spread of slavery

Question 23

John Brown

Answer 23

A militant abolitionist who believed God told him to wage war on slavery.
Killed five proslavery settlers

Question 24

Bleeding Kansas

Answer 24

1855 | Vote on slavery in Kansas was tainted violence and massacres occurred on both side

Question 25

Who was attacked for a speech against slavery?

Answer 25

Charles Sumner

Question 26

Who attacked Charles Sumner?

Answer 26

Presten Brooks

Question 27

Who was elected in 1856 and what political party did they belong to?

Answer 27

James Buchanan

Question 28

What were the three parts of the Dred Scott case?

Answer 28

1857 1. Court ruled in Missouri Compromise unconstitutional 2. Court ruled slaves aren't citizens 3. Made popular sovereignty a joke

Question 29

What did John Brown do at Harpers Ferry Virginia?

Answer 29

He seized weapons at the federal army hoping to arm slaves. Expected slaves to join him didn't Brown hanged

Question 30

Who was elected in 1860 and what political party did they belong to?

Answer 30

Abraham Lincoln | Republican

Question 31

What was the first state to secede?

Answer 31

South Carolina

Question 32

Who was the president of the Confederate states of America?

Answer 32

Jefferson Davis

Question 33

Where was the first capital of the Confederate states of America?

Answer 33

Montgomery, Alabama

Question 34

Where was the second capital of the Confederate states of America?

Answer 34

Richmond, Virginia

Question 35

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

Answer 35

Fort Sumter