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The former slave helped organize the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman

Who was elected president in 1860?

Abraham Lincoln

This novel changed the ideas of people in the North about slavery

Uncle Tom's Cabin

What is the term called when a state leaves the Union?

secession

What was the Republican Party's stance on slavery?

Republican Party opposed slavery

In 1861, the Confederacy moved the capital to what city and state?

Richmond, Virginia

The Confederate Constitution guaranteed states two things. What is one of them?

each state was independent and slavery was guaranteed in the Confederate territory

Who were the border states?

Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland

What law prompted people to go to this state to choose whether the state was pro or anti-slavery?

Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Dred Scott Decision ruled part of what law unconstitutional?

Missouri Compromise

Senator Charles Sumter was caned because he accused other senators of forcing Kansas to become what?

a slave state

The Confederate Constitution stated that each state was independent. True or False?

true

Which states seceded from the Union?

Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

Jefferson Davis

This law organized the Nebraska Territory

Kansas-Nebraska Act

What was the state that Lincoln wanted to prevent becoming a slave state so that the U.S. capital would not be surrounded by Confederate states?

Maryland

California became a free state under this law

Compromise of 1850

After Ft. Sumter was fired upon, Lincoln called for troops. How did this cause trouble for him with the Southern states?

Southern states felt they had no choice but to leave the Union

Lincoln declared that the Union would hold on to federal property in the Southern states. What was he wanted to hold on to?

Fort Sumter

This term allowed citizens to choose if their state would become a slave or free state

popular sovereignty

Why did John Brown attack the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry?

to give weapons to slaves to incite an insurrection (rebellion) against slaveholders

Any African-American could be accused under this law

Fugitive Slave Act

Why did two political parties dissolve (Whig Party and American Party)?

Northern and Southern members split over the issue of slavery