Which land law repealed the Missouri Compromise, was created to allow railroad construction, created two new states in the middle of the U.S and gave a platform for State's Rights?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854
Northwest Ordinance
Which two issues played the GREATEST roles in causing the Civil War?
slavery and states' rights
Missouri Compromise
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to
end slavery throughout the entire country.
preserve the Union.
encourage sectionalism.
This was a congressional agreement of 1820 which included the admission of one free and one slave state to maintain the balance of free and slave states in the Union
This politician from Mississippi was once Secretary of War for President Franklin Pierce, thought he is more known for being the first and only President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Douglas
This person was called the "Little Giant" because of his height and his heavy influence in politics. He was the Democratic contender against Abraham Lincoln in 1860
Alexander Stephens
This was a 1857 Supreme Court decision that a slave, because he was not a citizen, could not sue for his freedom
Dred Scott Decision
Plessy v. Ferguson Decision
He was an Illinois Congressman and the 16th President of the United States during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
