Pre Civil War

Question 1

How many States were proslavery

Answer 1

11

Question 2

How many States were Antislavery

Answer 2

11

Question 3

What was the Missouri Compromise

Answer 3

The Missouri Compromise allowed Maine to enter as a free state, Missouri to enter as a slave state, banned slavery slavery from the upper side of the united states(land gained from the Louisiana purchase)

Question 4

Compromise of 1850 allowed…

Answer 4

California to become a free state, fugitive slave act,(Requires people from the North to return any Runaway slaves), Slaves denied right to jury, Popular Sovertey used to decide issue of slavery in newly organized New Mexico and Utah Territories, and the slave trade was banned in Washington D.C

Question 5

What did Harriet Beecher Stowe do to start the civil war

Answer 5

Harriet wrote the book Tom’s Cabin that talked about how slavery was bad.

Question 6

Who was Steven Douglas

Answer 6

An Illinois senater

Question 7

Kansas Nebraska Act

Answer 7

Repealed the Missouri Compromise by allowing Popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery in the new territories.

Question 8

What happened because of the Kansas Nebraska Act

Answer 8

Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas because of the violence that happened.

Question 9

What was the Bogus Election

Answer 9

Kansas-Nebraska Act = Kansans will determine whether their state is pro- or anti- slavery Neighboring Missouri was proslavery During the election of the first territorial Kansas government, 5,000 or so Missouri men illegally participated in the voting process. David Rice Atchison , U.S. senator from Missouri, encouraged this illegal voting.These “Border Ruffians” voted for a proslavery legislature that the Free-Staters referred to as The Bogus (not genuine or true; fake) Legislature.

Question 10

What was the Wankas War

Answer 10

Violence in Lawrence and the Wakarusa River Valley that started with the killing of a free-stater. Samuel Jones, Douglas County sheriff, was a southern sympathizer that had encouraged proslavery forces to participate in a siege on Lawrence after free-staters helped a man arrested at a free-state meeting. A blockade was put on the city and residence prepared for an attack. An attack didn’t come.The siege ends when a treaty is signed with Missourians. Kansas leaders James Lane and Charles Robinson are key in negotiating the treaty and ending the siege.