CH 15 Notes Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| What was the Fugitive Slave Act? | Required anyone who found a runaway slave to return them to their master. If you didn’t do this you could be fined or imprisoned. |
| What theory did Stephen Douglas believe should decide the issue of slavery? | Popular Sovereignty |
| What was the ruling in the Dred Scott Case? | Slaves weren’t citizen, they were considered property |
| What was the name of the newly formed southern government? | Confederate States of America |
| How did the Southern states justify leaving the Union? | States Rights |
| Who did the Confederates elect as their President after leaving the Union? | Jefferson Davis |
| What event started the Civil War? | Shelling at Fort Sumter |
| Name the two candidates in the Illinois Senate race of 1858. | Stephen Douglas & Abraham Lincoln |
| How did this election help Abraham Lincoln? | Abraham Lincoln: gained a National reputation Stephen Douglas: Winner |
| Who was John Brown? | Abolitionist who lead attacks in Kansas and at Harper's Ferry, Virginia |
| Why was John Brown important? | North: Some were NOT happy at his actions other called him a martyr South: feared a Northern conspiracy against slavery |
| Why did the Southern states leave the Union? | Election of Lincoln |
| Who won the Presidential Election of 1860? | Abraham Lincoln 16th President |
| What was the importance of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin? | Showed the evils of slavery |
| Who was the first state to secede? | South Carolina |
| What was Lincoln's view of slavery? | He believed it was morally wrong and that it should spread into new territories |
| What happened in Kansas that it got the name " Bleeding Kansas?" | Proslavery and Antislavery forces fought over whether the state should be free or slavery |
| What issue caused tension throughout the nation the 1850's? | Whether slavery should be allowed to spread or if it should be gotten rid of. |
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