Chapter 8

Question 0

Illinois senator that got the compromise of 1850 and the Kansas Nebraska act passed in Congress

Answer 0

Steven A Douglas

Question 1

Won the election of 1856 and hoped that the dred Scott decision would end the debate on slavery

Answer 1

James Buchanan

Question 2

Wrote uncle Tom’s cabin to point out the evils of slavery and to show slaves are people too

Answer 2

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 3

Fervent abolitionist that lead raids in Kansas and Virginia and was hanged for treason

Answer 3

John Brown

Question 4

Massachusetts senator that accuse the south of causing bleeding Kansas and was caned for it

Answer 4

Charles Sumner

Question 5

Elected by the Confederate states of America as their president

Answer 5

John C Breckenridge

Question 6

Publican candidate in 1860 that won the election and believe slavery to be morally wrong

Answer 6

Abraham Lincoln

Question 7

Slave that sued for his freedom but the Supreme Court ruled he was not a citizen and was a slave

Answer 7

Dred Scott

Question 8

Didn’t pass the Kansas Nebraska act in 1854

Answer 8

Henry Clay

Question 9

Chief Justice that rolled AAs were not citizens and that the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional

Answer 9

Roger B Taney

Question 10

What legislation added California as a free state and let New Mexico and Utah use popular sovereignty

Answer 10

Compromise of 1850

Question 11

What Legislation lead to bloodshed in the newly organized territory because of slavery

Answer 11

The repealing of the Missouri compromise

Question 12

What act or law upset many northerners that led them to assist the underground railroad

Answer 12

The fugitive slave act

Question 13

After Pres. Zachary Taylor’s death who became the next president

Answer 13

Millard Fillmore

Question 14

What decision did Pres. Buchanan expect to end the debate over slavery

Answer 14

The Dred Scott decision

Question 15

What legislation did the Kansas Nebraska act nullify cancel or avoid

Answer 15

The Missouri compromise

Question 16

What military installation did the CSA attack that lead Lincoln to call for volunteer troops

Answer 16

The fall of Fort Sumter

Question 17

What political party was formed following the passage of the Kansas Nebraska act

Answer 17

The Republican Party

Question 18

What proviso or proposal stated that lanes gained from Mexico should remain free of slavery

Answer 18

Wilmot Proviso

Question 19

What events led to Abraham Lincoln’s recognition on a national scale in 1858

Answer 19

The debates between Lincoln and Douglas in Illinois

Question 20

First state to secede

Answer 20

South Carolina

Question 21

In Kansas antislavery supporters voted in a _ against the lecompton constitution

Answer 21

Referendum

Question 22

To keep Maryland in the union Lincoln declared _ in Baltimore

Answer 22

Martial law