Famous People

Question 1

Stephen Douglas

Answer 1

• Proposed Kansas Nebraska act in 1854

- Was a candidate in the election of 1860 of the southern democrats

Question 2

Charles sumner

Answer 2

The violence in Kansas was disturbing to him, so he gave a speech called crime against Kansas. In that speech he abused senator Andrew p. Butler, his nephew Preston brooks attacked sumner till he was unconscious

Question 3

Preston brooks

Answer 3

Charles sumner gave a speech, in which he abused senator Andrew p. Butler, so his nephew Preston brooks attacked Charles sumner till he was unconcious

Question 4

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 4

Won the election of 1860 with 180 electoral votes, but only 40% of the popular votes. He was from the Republican Party

Question 5

John Breckinridge

Answer 5

Was a candidate in the election of 1860, of the southern democrats. Won most of the southern states

Question 6

John bell

Answer 6

Was a candidate in the election of 1860, of the constitutional Union party. Won Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia

Question 7

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer 7

Wrote a novel called uncle tom’s cabin, her book inspired people to abolish slavery even more. South and north; both upset

Question 8

John brown

Answer 8

• Led an attack on Pottawatomie Creek
• Attacked Harper’s ferry, Virginia, cut telegraph lines and stopped train
• Brown hated slavery

Question 9

Dred Scott

Answer 9

Dred Scott went to Wisconsin (free state) with his owner. He went to court and argued that his time in Wisconsin made him a free man.

Question 10

Henry Clay

Answer 10

Created Missouri compromise and compromise of 1850