Main Idea Questions:
1. How did the federal government try to resolve the issue of slavery in the western territories during the 1850s?
2. Kansas before the Civil War earned the nickname "Bleeding Kansas." What policies led to violence in Kansas?
3. What did the election of 1860 reveal to the Southern states and led to secession?
2. Kansas before the Civil War earned the nickname "Bleeding Kansas." What policies led to violence in Kansas?
3. What did the election of 1860 reveal to the Southern states and led to secession?
Terms
1. Popular Sovereignty
2. California Gold Rush
3. Compromise of 1850
4. Fugitive Slave Act
5. Ableman v. Booth
6. Uncle Tom's Cabin
7. Kansas - Nebraska Act
8. Republican Party
9. Bleeding Kansas
10. Stephen A. Douglas
11. Brooks Sumner
12. Dred Scott
13. John Brown's Raid
14. Secede
15. Confederacy
16. Election of 1860
17. Fort Sumter
2. California Gold Rush
3. Compromise of 1850
4. Fugitive Slave Act
5. Ableman v. Booth
6. Uncle Tom's Cabin
7. Kansas - Nebraska Act
8. Republican Party
9. Bleeding Kansas
10. Stephen A. Douglas
11. Brooks Sumner
12. Dred Scott
13. John Brown's Raid
14. Secede
15. Confederacy
16. Election of 1860
17. Fort Sumter