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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do? It allowed popular sovereignty and repealed the Missouri Compromise.
Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Stephen A. Douglas.
What is popular sovereignty? Letting settlers vote on whether to allow slavery.
What caused the rise of the Know-Nothing Party? Growing immigration in the 1840s–50s.
What did the Know-Nothings oppose? Immigrants and Catholics.
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Harriet Beecher Stowe.
What was the impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin? It increased Northern opposition to slavery.
What was the Republican Party’s early position? Antislavery (against the spread of slavery).
Who won the Election of 1856? James Buchanan.
What was “Bleeding Kansas”? Violent fighting between proslavery and antislavery settlers.
What was the Sack of Lawrence? Proslavery men attacked an antislavery town.
Who beat Charles Sumner with a cane? Preston Brooks.
What was the Pottawatomie Massacre? John Brown killed 5 proslavery settlers.
What did the Dred Scott decision rule? Slaves are not citizens and Congress cannot ban slavery in territories.
Who argued the Freeport Doctrine? Stephen A. Douglas.
What did the Freeport Doctrine say? Territories could prevent slavery by not making slave codes.
What made Lincoln nationally famous? The Lincoln–Douglas debates.
What was John Brown trying to do at Harpers Ferry? Start a slave rebellion.
Who won the Election of 1860? Abraham Lincoln.
What happened after Lincoln was elected? Southern states began seceding.
Which state seceded first? South Carolina.
Who became president of the Confederacy? Jefferson Davis.
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