Causes Of Civil War

Question 1

Harriet Tubman

Answer 1

Famous conducted of Underground Railroad
Helped her parents
Carried a gun

Question 2

John C. Calhoun

Answer 2

Died during great debate and was good speaker

Proposed one of 4 parts- Argument based on fifth amendment

Question 3

Polk

Answer 3

Manifest destiny

Extend 36/30 line

Question 4

Zachary Taylor

Answer 4

Won election of 1848
Ran for Whigs
Died before end of great debate

Question 5

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer 5

Wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

Set fire to the nation

Question 6

John Brown

Answer 6

Led Harper ferry raid
Was arrested by Robert E Lee and executed
Was very calm during interview
Scared southerners

Question 7

Brooks and Sumner

Answer 7

Brooks beat Sumner

Question 8

Buchanan

Answer 8

From PA

Didn’t really do anything, was just there

Question 9

Roger B. Taney

Answer 9

Chief Justice of Supreme Court

Ruled in Dred-Scott case: slaves are property, and slaves are not citizens

Question 10

Stephen Douglas

Answer 10

Exact opposite of Lincoln
Want railroad through Chicago
Against Lincoln for senate seat
Won the seat but will never get presidency

Question 11

Robert E. Lee

Answer 11

Arrested John Brown at Haper’s ferry

Question 12

Jefferson Davis

Answer 12

First and only president of confederacy

Question 13

4 candidates for election of 1860

Answer 13

Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Breckinridge
John Bell

Question 14

Henry Clay

Answer 14

Speaker of HOP
made compromises (Missouri of 1820 and of 1850)
One of 3 main speakers in great debate

Question 15

The Great Debate

Answer 15

6 months of debate
Main speakers: Calhoun, Clay, Webster
President Taylor died before decision

Question 16

Wilmot Proviso

Answer 16

Proposed by Davis Wilmot (PA)

Proposed to ban slavery in any lands

Question 17

Popular sovereignty

Answer 17

People decide by vote to be a slave state or free state

Question 18

Free-soil party

Answer 18

First political party to take a stand against slavery

Question 19

Compromise of 1850 (4 parts)

Answer 19

Admit California as free state
Rest of Mexican Cession made into 2 territories (Utah & NM)
Slave TRADE abolished in Washington DC
New fugitive slave law (if caught helping faced fines &/or jail)

Question 20

Kansas Nebraska act

Answer 20

Leads to bleeding Kansas, which leads to formation of Republican Party and Brooks vs. Sumner

Question 21

Missouri Compromise

Answer 21

Missouri slave state, Maine free state
Established 36-30 line (for rest of Louisiana Purchase)
Above line is free, below line is slave
JQA quote

*Both Jefferson & John Quincy Adams predicted problems with the precedent set

Question 22

Quotes

Answer 22

“A mere preamble, a title page to a great, tragic volume.“ -J.Q. Adams (about Missouri compromise)

“The Union of these states is perpetual.” -Lincoln (at inauguration)