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Civil War Reveiw
Chapters 15-17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Missouri Compromise | Divided Louisiana Territory between slave and free lands at the 36'30' line. |
| Compromise of 1850 | made number of free states - 16 and slave states - 15 |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Actually a part of the Compromise of 1850 |
| Wilmot Proviso | Never became a law, but this proposal tarted arguments over slave lands even before the Mexican War ended. |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | Popular sovereignty was allowed in the areas created by the government action, it led to violence in some of the area. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Allowed accused runaway to be held without an arrest warrant. |
| Wilmot Proviso | proposed ban on all slavery in any lands gained in Mexican War. |
| Missouri Compromise | Made Missouri a slave state. |
| Compromise of 1850 | Admitted California as a slave state |
| Compromise of 1850 | Ended slave trade in Washington, D.C. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Required all citizens help catch runaway slaves, even northerners. |
| Wilmot Proviso | Helped lead to the creation of the Free Soil political party |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | Proposed by Stephen Douglas to organize the Nebraska Territory. |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | Allowed the possibility of slavery in lands that were closed to slavery by the Missouri Compromise. |
| Missouri Compromise | Made Maine a free state. |
| Democratic candidate for President in 1856, won election because he appealed to both N & S | James Buchanan |
| Created both the Missouri Compromise and te=he Compromise of 1850 | Henry Clay |
| Proposed a bill to ban slavery in the territories won in the Mexican War. | David Wilmot |
| Helped Henry Clay get the Compromise of 1850 passed and created Kansas- Nebraska Act | Stephen Douglas |
| Wrote a novel that described the cruelty and immorality of slavery. | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Sued for freedom after his owner died, case eventually reached the Supreme Court | Dred Scott |
| Leading abolitionist senator who was attacked after speaking out against proslavery people in Kansas | Charles Sumner |
| Known for his violent actions in KAnsas and attempted a slave revolt at Harper's Ferry | John Brown |
| Won the election of 1860 with support from Northern states only | Abraham Lincoln |
| Won most of the Southern states in the Election of 1860, but did not have enough electoral votes | John Breckenridge |
| Elected President of the Comfederate States of America | Jefferson Davis |
| Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? | Fort Sumter. |
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