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Her book was called Uncle Tom’s Cabin | Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe? |
This “manifesto” urged the President of the U.S. to seize Cuba, if Spain would not sell it to us. | What is the Ostend Manifesto? |
His abolitionist newspaper was called The Liberator | Who was William Lloyd Garrison? |
As part of the Compromise of 1850, these two new territories were created. | What are Utah and New Mexico? |
Under the Kansas Nebraska Act, the people of these two territories could decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to have slavery; | What is popular sovereignty? |
In 1860, he was the northern democratic candidate for President. | Who was Stephen Douglas? |
In 1860, he was the Republican candidate for President. | Who was Abraham Lincoln? |
In 1860, he was the southern Democratic candidate for President. | Who was John C. Breckinride? |
In 1860, he was the candidate of the Constitutional Union Party. | Who was John Bell? |
In 1860, this party called for stopping the spread of slavery into the territories. | What is the Republican Party? |
Dred Scott and his owner were originally from this southern slave state. | What is Missouri? |
The Dred Scott Decision ruled this compromise unconstitutional. | What is the Missouri Compromise? |
Part of the Dred Scott Decision discussed this Constitutional Amendment, part of which said that the federal government could not take away a person’s property without due process of law. | What is the 5th Amendment? |
Dred Scott and his owner first moved to this northern free state in the midwest (the same state that Lincoln was from). | What is Illinois? |
The Dred Scott Decision was handed down this year. | What is 1857? |
Under this 1862 act, a person could get 160 acres of free land. | What is the Homestead Act? |
In 1861, this British ship was stopped by an American warship. | What is the Trent? |
This was the name for the anti-war or peace Democrats | What are Copperheads? |
He was Lincoln’s Vice Presidential running mate in 1864. | Who was Andrew Johnson? |
This was the name of the railroad company that built the eastern half of the transcontinental railroad, from Nebraska to California. | What is the Union Pacific Railroad? |
When the south fired on this fort in 1861, the Civil War began. | What is Fort Sumter? |
When Grant seized this port city on the Mississippi River, the Confederacy was cut in two. | What is Vicksburg? |
Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 5 days after this battle. | What is Antietam? |
This battle in southern Pennsylvania took place in July of 1863. | What is Gettysburg? |
Lee surrendered to Grant in this small town in Virginia | What is Appomattox Court House/ |
He was the man who shot Lincoln. | Who was John Wilkes Booth? |
The month, day and year that Lincoln was shot. | What is April 14,1865? |
The name of the theater that Lincoln was in when he was killed. | What is Ford’s Theater? |
The name of the play that Lincoln was attending when he was shot. | What is “Our American Cousin”? |
Booth was hunted down and killed in this type of building about 12 days after he shot Lincoln. | What is a barn? |