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Ch10 Crossword Flashcards

0
Q

The Supreme Court ruled congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in what

A

Territory

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1
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“So you’re the little lady who started this war” the prez said to this author

A

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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2
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The civil war began with the attack where?

A

Fort Sumter

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3
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The Kansas-Nebraska act repealed the what line?

A

The 36-30 line

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4
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Leading democrat who does in 1850

A

Calhoun

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5
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Lincoln won by what percent of the popular vote

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40%

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6
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Purchase made in 1853 to provide a southern route for the transcontinental railroad

A

Gadeson

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7
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Prez of the confederate states of America

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Jefferson Davis

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8
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Admission of California as a free state would tip the balance of power in what?

A

The US senate

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9
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In 1858 Lincoln said “a house _____ against itself cannot stand”

A

Divided

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10
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Southern democrats refused to back Douglas after his “Freeport _______”

A

Heresy

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11
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A _______ railroad was needed to tie California to US economy

A

Transcontinental

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12
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Word meaning “no higher authority”, popular _______

A

Sovereignty

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13
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He lost the 1858 election for US senate

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Lincoln

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14
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Senator from Illinois

A

Douglas

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15
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Abolitionist senator from Massachusetts who was Caned

A

Sumner

16
Q

Uncle Tom’s cabin was written in opposition to …..

A

The federal fugitive slave act of 1850

17
Q

Political party against the expansion of slavery in 1860

A

Republicans

18
Q

Those who rushed to California

A

Forty niners

19
Q

Men who illegally crossed the border to vote in Kansas elections

A

Border ruffians

20
Q

Town in Kansas where free stators set up government

A

Lawrence

21
Q

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote what book

A

Uncle Tom’s cabin

22
Q

Where John Brown tried to lead a slave revolt in 1859

A

Harpers Ferry

23
Q

Sumner was caned following what speech

A

“Crimes against Kansas”

24
Q

The turning over of land by Mexico in 1848

A

Mexican cession

25
Q

According to the Supreme Court African-Americans were not

A

Citizens

26
Q

Northern States passed these laws following 1850

A

Personal liberty laws

27
Q

In 1855 elections in Kansas proslavery men from what state voted illegally

A

Missouri

28
Q

Hero of Mexican-American war and president when he dies in 1850

A

Zacn Taylor

29
Q

Discovered in California in 1848

A

Gold

30
Q

The war began in his front yard and ended in his front parlor

A

Wilmer McLean

31
Q

By 1858 slavery appeared to be a

A

Expanding institution

32
Q

In 1787 slavery was considered a

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Dying institution

33
Q

How many Americans fought in the Civil War

A

3 million

34
Q

South Carolina was the first state to

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Secede from the union in 1860

35
Q

Also known as the great compromiser

A

Henry Clay

Baxter History (29 decks)

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