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Causes of the Civil2
Events Leading to Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Missouri entered the Union as a slave state | Missouri Compromise |
| Maine entered the Union as a free state | Missouri Compromise |
| The 36'30' line established a boundary between free and slave regions | Missouri Compromise |
| States or territories were given the right to choose if they wanted to be a free or slave state | Popular sovereignty |
| California was admitted as a free state | Compromise of 1850 |
| This compromise dealt with the Mexican Cession in regards to the issue of how a state or territory would decide if they would be a free or slave | Compromise of 1850 |
| Utah and New Mexico territories were added and used popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery | Compromise of 1850 |
| This was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| This was written to show how bad the slaves were treated on a daily basis | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| This allowed 2 states from the Louisiana Territory to have popular sovereignty | Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| He was a former slave who sued his master for his freedom because he lived in a free state for a short time | Dred Scott |
| This declared African Americans were not citizens of the U.S. | Dred Scott Decision |
| This declared slaves were property of their owners | Dred Scott Decision |
| This happened in Harper's Ferry, Virginia | John Brown's Raid |
| An abolitionist who had a radical idea to capture a federal arsenal and start a slave revolt in the South | John Brown |
| This plan didn't succeed because no slaves came to the federal arsenal to support the revolt and the man in charge was captured, tried, and hung | John Brown's Raid |
| Event that was created around the Illinois Senate race, where the main topic was who should decide if a state or territory will be free or slave | Lincoln-Douglas Debate |
| He won the Senate seat in Illinois after the Lincoln-Douglas debates | Stephen Douglas |
| He believed in popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery | Stephen Douglas |
| He believed the Federal government should decide the issue of slavery | Abraham Lincoln |
| He won the election of 1860 with 40% of the popular vote | Abraham Lincoln |
| He represented the border states in the election of 1860 | John Bell |
| He represented the Democrats in the South in the election of 1860 | John Breckenridge |
| He represented the Democrats in the North in the election of 1860 | Stephen Douglas |
| He represented the Republicans in the North in the election of 1860 | Abraham Lincoln |
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