8-25 Test Flashcards
Republican Party
Political party (1854) that opposed slavery
Know-Nothings
Members of anti immigrant movement
Dred Scott
Missouri slave who sued for freedom. Court ruled against Scott “Slaves were property therefore they weren’t aloud to sue in court”
Roger B Taney
Chief Justice of Supreme Court. Ruled against Scott. Handed down controversial decision (March 1857).
Stephen A Douglas
Illinois politician. Rival to Lincoln (cause he supported Kansas Nebraska Act). Douglas and Lincoln debated slavery issue in 1858 to see who would win Illinois seat.
Attempts at compromise over slavery failed by the end of what year?
1850s
Jefferson Davis
President of Confederacy
John C Breckinridge
Southern Democrat nominated for president (1860)
Confederate States of America
Government of southern states seceded from US. Fought against Union and Civil War
Crittenden Compromise
Amendment that allowed slavery in western territories south of Missouri Compromise line
Fort Sumter
Federal fort in South Carolina (where first shots of Civil War were fired), and Charleston
John C Breckinridge
Southern Democrat. Kentucky.
Platform: federal government must protect slavery
Stephen Douglas
Northern Democrat. Illinois.
Platform: when territories become states, the issues of slavery should be decided by
Abraham Lincoln
Republican. Illinois.
Platform: slavery must not be allowed in the territories
John Bell
Constitutional Unionist. Tennessee.
Platform: federal government should support slavery and decent Union
How was Nation Divided by Civil War?
- Issue of slavery had long divided the nation, even at Constitutional Conventions (1787) 2. Economic Sectional Differences (mid 1800s) greatly contributed to national division 3. Thought Civil War would be short but ended up being 4 years
