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What did President Lincoln attempt to send to Fort Sumter?

Food

Which is a true statement?

Four slave states remained in the Union

John Brown talked to ____ in the hopes of having the respected abolitionist join his cause

Fredrick Douglass

What is the connection between John Brown and Harper's Ferry, Virginia?

Harper's Ferry was the site of John Brown's failed attempt to lead an armed slave rebellion

What prompted the last four states to secede and join the Confederacy?

Lincoln's call for volunteers to defend U.S. positions in the South

What conflict sparked the Battle of Fort Sumter?

President Buchanan's attempt to resupply the fort

Uncle Tom's Cabin gained success as a book and a ___ in the 19th century

Stage play

The contested Republican convention of 1860 nominated this man who went on to win the presidential elections that same year

Abraham Lincoln

After the death of Dr.Emerson, Dred Scott and his wife Harriet filed a lawsuit for their freedom in ____ while claiming residence in___ and in ____.

Missouri; Illinois; Wisconsin

What impact did the supreme court's decision in the Dred Scott v. Stanford case of 1857 have on abolitionists?

It made them even more determined to fight for the abolition of slavery

The Dred Scott case was a law suit that:

Petitioned the court to grant freedom to two slaves who were husband and wife

Who was an author and abolitionist who wrote about the life of slaves?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

The election of ____ convinced the South that it was time to secede from the Union

Abraham Lincoln

In the 1850s, what was Lincoln's position regarding the end of slavery?

He believed it would die out on its own if not allowed to expand further

The debate about whether or not slavery should be allowed in the Western territories took place:

Up throughout the 1850s

Which legislation allowed settlers to determine whether their territories would be slave or free

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Congress never formally declared war on the Confederate States of America. Why?

They never acknowledged the Confederacy or considered it to be anything other than a part of the United States

What were American anti-slavery forces called?

Abolitionists

Why did the Southern states formally secede from the Union?

Because they claimed the Northern states breached the Constitution by not returning fugitive slaves

The Fugitive Slave Act required _____ to help capture and turn over runaway slaves denied them from having a _______.

Citizens; jury trail

Who was John Brown?

He was an abolitionist who helped fleeing slaves get to freedom

What is the role of Fort Sumter in the Civil War?

It was the first piece of federally owned land seized by the Confederate army

What role did South Carolina play in the birth of the Confederacy?

It was the first state to secede from the Union, thus leading the way for others to do so

What was the outcome of the Battle of Fort Sumter

The Confederacy won the battle and took control of the fort

How did the state of West Virginia come into existence?

The westernmost counties of Virginia disagreed with secession and refused to accept the Virginia legislature's decision to withdraw from the Union

What was John Brown's great plan?

Incite slaves to armed rebellion in order to destroy the institution of slavery

What was the impact of the Dred Scott decision upon the issue of slavery?

It divorced the issue of slavery from the Bill of Rights cosigning it to a matter of states rights alone

Which criminal activity was used by the pro-slavery forces to put fear in the hearts of the Free State supporters?

Tar and Feathering

In what landmark Supreme Court decision was it declared that African Americans were not US citizens and therefore had no rights under the Constitution?

Dred Scott v. John F. A. sandford

Which of these is an example of popular sovereignty?

Each new territory and state would decide whether to allow slavery