ch 15

Question 1

pottawatomie massacre

Answer 1

was when john brown killed 5 pro slavery men, direct cause of civil war

Question 2

republican party

Answer 2

the first political party to come out against slavery, abraham lincoln came from this party

Question 3

roger b taney

Answer 3

ruled the dredd scott decision, ruled the missouri compromise to be unconstitutional and that all african americans were property

Question 4

abraham lincoln

Answer 4

He was the first republican president he represented the Republican Party and the first person to say he is completely against slavery in a president election

Question 5

lincoln- douglas debates

Answer 5

douglas admitted popular sovereignty was most important. Though Lincoln didn’t win it showed he was a great speaker so as a result they made him the leader of the Republican Party

Question 6

freeport doctrine

Answer 6

helped douglas win the election, helped douglas put slavery back in the hands of the american citizen

Question 7

john browns raid

Answer 7

southern whites felt threatened of another rebellion. felt might be a john brown the second. some northerners believed he was a martyr

Question 8

john c breckenridge

Answer 8

was selected as the southern democrat’s candidate. supported slavery in territories

Question 9

constitutional union party

Answer 9

recognized no other political authority than that outlined in constitution, basically allowed slavery

Question 10

john bell

Answer 10

candidate from c. u. party a slave holder from tenesse. opposed kansas nebraska act

Question 11

john j crittenden

Answer 11

proposed number of constitutional amendments protecting slavery to keep south from seceeding

Question 12

confederate states of america

Answer 12

direct cause to civil war, carolina-mississippi- florida- alabama- georgia- louis- texas

Question 13

jefferson davis

Answer 13

from mississippi, selected as president of confederacy

Question 14

wilmot proviso*

Answer 14

furthered debate that showed growing sectionalism

Question 15

free soil party

Answer 15

antislavery northerners, supported wilmot proviso

Question 16

compromise of 1850

Answer 16

california entered the union as free state but in return, the south got many other privileges. the most important one was the more effective fugitive slave law. that law was a direct cause of the civil war