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Causes of Civil War
Causes of the Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| During what did Missouri enter the Union as a Slave State? | Missouri Compromise from 1820 |
| During what did Maine enter the Union as a Free State? | Missouri Compromise from 1820 |
| What formed the 36*30' line? | Missouri Compromise from 1820 |
| What was the 36*30' line? | The 36*30' line is a line formed across the US to show where the Free states and Slave states border, Free states are above, Slave states are below. |
| During what did California enter the Union as a a Free State? | The Compromise of 1850 |
| What are the Utah and New Mexico Territories given through the Compromise of 1850? | The Utah and New Mexico Territories were given popular sovereignty |
| What did Washington D.C. do about slaves in Washington D.C.? | Washington D.C. banned the trade of slaves from that area, so slave owners had to travel further away to trade slaves |
| What was the Fugitive Slave Act? | The Fugitive Slave Act was a law that required all escaped slaves in the North to return to the South |
| Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? | Harriet Beecher Stowe, whom's purpose in writing the book was to bring out the emotions of others in order to move them so they take action against slavery |
| What did Abraham Lincoln call Stowe? | "The Little Lady who made this Great War" |
| What happened after the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854? | Kansas and Nebraska were given popular sovereignty and people flooded Kansas so that they could vote on whether Kansas was a Free or Slave State, fighting broke out, which lead to the nickname, "Bleeding Kansas" |
| Dred Scott was suing who for doing what? | Dred Scott was suing his owner for not letting him be free, as the owner moved to a Free State, and Dred was not announced Free by his owner |
| What happened after the Dred Scott Decision? | Slaves were from then on considered "property," not people |
| Who was John Brown, what did he do? | John brown was an abolitionist who attacked a federal armory, and originally got in, but nobody supported him enough to help, and the next morning was no longer in power of the armory |
| What did Lincoln and Douglas both want from the Debates? | A seat in the Illinois Senate |
| What did Lincoln and Douglas debate about? | The two of them fought over who had the right to choose if a State was Free or a Slave State |
| What did Lincoln believe in? Douglas? | Lincoln believed in the Federal Government, while Douglas believed in Popular Sovereignty |
| Who were all the candidates of the election of 1860, and what regions/parties did they support? | Stephen Douglas - Democrat - North = John C. Breckenridge - Democrat - South = John Bell - Constitutional Union - Border States = Abraham Lincoln - Republican - North = |
| What were the results of the Election of 1860? | Abraham Lincoln got 40% of the popular vote, and 180 votes in the Electoral College, which is 59% of the Electoral College. |
| How many Southern States voted for Lincoln | No southern states voted for Lincoln, as Lincoln was not on any of their ballets when they voted. |
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