causes of the civil war Flashcards
who led raid on harpers ferry? what was his plan? did it succeed.
john brown, take and arm slaves and go after plantation owners in the south, no it failed and he got killed.
who was dred scott? what was his situation and how did it end up?
he was a slave that tried to sue for his freedom, he was considered property and didn’t have the right to go to court it’s unconstitutional for the U.S. congress to prohibit slavery in any territory.
who was Abraham Lincoln? what events should you connect with him?
he was elected president in 1860, he was against slavery and spoke out about the Kansas Nebraska act.
what does it mean to secede?
to leave a group or withdraw.
What happened at Fort Sumter in South Carolina?
General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter
How did Kansas earn the nickname “Bleeding Kansas” in the 1850s?
because,by allowing popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery in the new territories.
· Led to the violence
What were the “Bogus Elections?”
Kansas-Nebraska Act = Kansans will determine whether their state is pro- or anti- slavery
· Neighboring Missouri was proslavery
Who were the Border Ruffians?
border Ruffians voted for a proslavery legislature that the Free-Staters
What was the Wakarusa War?
Violence in Lawrence and the Wakarusa River Valley that started with the killing of a free-stater.
What was the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre?
John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers—some of them members of the Pottawatomie Rifles—killed five settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County, Kansas.
Who were the Jayhawkers and what did they do?
guerrilla fighters who often clashed with pro-slavery groups from Missouri known at the time as “Border Ruffians”. After the Civil War, the word “Jayhawker” became synonymous with the people of Kansas.
Who were the Bushwhackers and what did they do?
The “bushwhackers” were Missourians who fled to the rugged backcountry and forests to live in hiding and resist the Union occupation of the border counties.
Who was James Lan
partisan during the Bleeding Kansas period that immediately preceded the American Civil War. During the war, Lane served as a United States Senator and as a general who fought for the Union.
What was the Missouri Compromise and what was it’s main goal?
the missouri compromise was, a divide of 22 states 11 were for slavery and 11 were against. its main goal was to compromise and maintain the balance of power as new states were forming. missouri was a slave state and maine was a free state.
What was included in the Compromise of 1850?
t included four parts, california was a free state, slave trade was banned in washington dc, runaway slaves didn’t get the right to a jury trial, popular sovereignty would be used to handle the issue of slavery in newly organized territory.
Who wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act? What did the act do?
Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas and South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler. the act would decide that popular sovereignty would be used to deal with the issue of slavery in the new territory. the result was, it ignored the missouri compromise like the compromise of 1850 did.
it ended in a lot of anger in against or for slavery.
Who was Stephen Douglas? Which topics should you connect with this man?
was the senator of illinois, he help write the kansas nebraska act along with south carolina’s senator andrew butler.
Define popular sovereignty
the people rule and get to make the decisions
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin? How did this novel further divide the North and South?
Harriet Beecher Stowe, it made the north hate slavery more, and the south got angrier because they criticized it.
