History 8 Chapter 16
T or F: The American Party grew quickly due to its anti-immigrant views.
True
T or F: The Know-Nothings chose Millard Fillmore as their candidate in the 1856 presidential election.
True
John Brown
Violent abolitionist
What was the result of enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act?
Anger in the North
Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
Attack on Fort Sumter
T or F: Lincoln believed slavery was moral.
False
T or F: Pro-slavery groups considered John Brown a martyr.
False
Compromise of 1850
Included the Fugitive Slave Act
Who won the presidential election in 1856 after taking all Southern states except Maryland?
James Buchanan
Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
Who led a raid on a federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
John Brown
What accusation did Douglas make against Lincoln?
Lincoln wanted African Americans to be fully equal to whites.
"Bleeding Kansas"
Name used un 1856 newspaper stories about events in Lawrence, Kansas
What approach did Senator Stephen A. Douglas propose as an alternative to the Missouri Compromise?
Popular sovereignty
Border Ruffians
Pro-slavery activists who crossed the Kansas border to vote
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Put the issue of slavery to popular vote
"Free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men" was the motto of which political party?
Republican Party
What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debate?
Slavery
Which was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Republican Party
The Antislavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free-spoilers joined together to form
36degrees 30' North Latitude
The line that marked the division between slave states and non-slave states
Civil War
The name for a war between citizens of the same country
Lincoln was largely unknown before which election?
1858 congressional election
Arsenal
A storage site for weapons
