Towards Civil War Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
John Brown | led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia |
Attack on Fort Sumter | marked the beginning of the Civil War |
Who did The Know-Nothings chose as their candidate in the 1856 presidential election? | Millard Fillmore |
Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America? | Jefferson Davis |
What is the name for a war between citizens of the same country? | Civil War |
Which was the first state to vote to secede from the Union? | South Carolina |
In which state did rival pro-slavery and antislavery governments exist at the same time? | Kansas |
The Wilmot Proviso called for | banning slavery in any lands the U.S. acquired from Mexico. |
Lincoln was largely unknown before which election? | 1858 congressional election |
Name used in 1856 newspaper stories about events in Lawrence, Kansas | “Bleeding Kansas” |
The line that marked the division between slave states and non-slave states | 36° 30' North Latitude |
Put the issue of slavery to popular vote | Kansas-Nebraska Act |
Who was a violent abolitionist | John Brown |
The Compromise of 1850 included.. | included the Fugitive Slave Act |
What created a break in the Democratic Party during the 1860 presidential election. | The issue of slavery |
What is the term that refers to pro-slavery activists who crossed the Kansas border to vote? | border ruffians |
What was the third state to secede from the Union? | Florida |
What event marked the beginning of the Civil War | The attack at Ft. Sumter |
What did Lincoln believe about slavery | That it was not moral |
What party did the Antislavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers join together to form? | The Republican Party |
What effect did the Northern states have on the Election of 1860? | It was more populous which meant more votes |
What is an arensal | A storage site for weapons |
What accusations did Douglas make about Lincoln? | Lincoln wanted African Americans to be fully equal to whites. |
Who considered John Brown a martyr? | Anti slavery groups |
What Supreme Court decision ruled that the Constitution protected slavery? | Dred Scott decision |
What caused the The American Party to grow quickly | its anti-immigrant views. |
What did secessionists use to support their views? | States' rights |
What approach did Senator Stephen A. Douglas propose as an alternative to the Missouri Compromise? | popular sovereignty |
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