Leading to the Civil War and Lincoln - Page 4

Questions
  • How did northern voters respond to the passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act?
  • Why do you think the Lincoln-Douglas debates received national attention?
  • How did Nat Turner and Denmark Vesey lead slave revolts in the 1800's and what effect did their efforts have on slavery in the South?
  • What show was Lincoln attending the night he was assassinated?
  • Did the Union victory divide the Confederacy along the Mississippi River in the bombardment of Fort Sumter?
  • What were the cash crops of the South?
  • According to the Missouri Compromise, how were Maine and Missouri to be admitted to the Union?
  • Who was the Democratic Party presidential candidate in the 1864 election?
  • What did Abraham Lincoln declare in his inaugural address?
  • How did the split of the Democratic Party affect the outcome of the 1860 election and the Southern states' decision to secede?
  • What job did Lincoln have before getting involved in politics?
  • How did pro-slavery advocates justify slavery?
  • How did northerners feel about tariffs at the start of Andrew Jackson's presidency?
  • Why did Southern state governments create poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses?
  • What plan for the South did President Lincoln start working on before the Civil War had ended?
  • What happened in the presidential election of 1832?
  • What did the Three-Fifths Compromise do?
  • What was the goal of Macon's Bill No. 2?
  • How was the 20th Maine Regiment so instrumental in winning the Battle of Gettysburg?
  • How was President Andrew Johnson plan for the South different from Lincoln's?