Chapter 10

Question 1

Stephen Douglas

Answer 1

Broke the Compromise of 1850 into 5 parts:
1. California is a free state
2. Creates New Mexico as a territory and Texas shrinks
3. Creates Utah through the Utah Act
4. Concedes and makes a new Fugitive Slave Act
5. Abolishes slave trade in D.C.
Douglas thinks he is a front runner for president, but was only supported in the north. He tried to run a national campaign, but lacked support. He was the only one to receive an electoral vote from a free and slave state.

Question 2

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 2

propStephen Douglas proposes this to let the people decide whether or not there would be slavery in these territories. Douglas did this in hopes of a boost in his support for the presidency.

Question 3

Bleeding Kansas

Answer 3

People from proslavery and antislavery parties begin to kill each other in an effort to keep them from voting on the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Question 4

John Brown

Answer 4

Wants to abolish slavery, and is willing to use violence to do so. He justified his actions as the will of God, trying to raid Harper’s Ferry to get supplies to start a slave rebellion.

Question 5

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 5

1. Selected nominee of the Republican Party on the 3rd ballot. He didn’t want to extend slavery to new territories, but he did not give a true stance on it because he claimed it to be a matter of public record. He supported higher tariffs and internal improvements, such as the Transcontinental Railroad. He had the support of the north, and appealed to northeastern businesses, western farmers, and immigration.

Question 6

Fort Sumter

Answer 6

An exterior fort off the coast of South Carolina, where Buchanan moved Union forces to to try and scare the Confederates. Fort Sumter ultimately fell when the north tried to resupply than, but the Confederates shot at the boat, forcing the soldiers to surrender because of lack of ammunition.

Question 7

Jefferson Davis

Answer 7

The president of the Confederate States of America, inaugurated on February 6, 1861.

Question 8

Robert E. Lee

Answer 8

From Virginia, he graduated from West Point at the top of his class. He turned down the commander position with the Union army because he loved Virginia too much, and he could not fight against his home state. He retired from the United States Military and ultimately took the position of commander with the Confederate Army. Lee took full charge of the military after Battle of Seven Pines.

Question 9

Stonewall Jackson

Answer 9

Got his name from standing against the Union Army in the Battle of Bull Run when he broke the north’s flank and saved the day for the south. He became one of the 4 commanders under Lee when he came into charge.

Question 10

Strengths and advantages of the north and south at the start of the war.

Answer 10

North - 23 states and 4 border states; 22 million people (4:1 advantage); Produced almost all of the country’s manufactured goods: 97% of firearms, 96% of railroad, 93% of everything else; Better transportation, such as rail lines, vessels, rail cars, and horses/wagons. The north also produced more edible farming goods.
South - Geography; military leaders and military schools.

Question 11

Military strategies of both sides at the start of the war.

Answer 11

North - Anaconda Attack- 3 pronged attack: 1. Protect D.C. And put pressure on Richmond, 2. Naval blockade on Atlantic to shut off foreign goods to south, 3. Go up Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland Rivers with gun boats to control forts and divide the south.
South - Fight a defensive war to tray and get feelings about the war to change in the north, making them lose support, and ultimately stop fighting. The south wanted to force a long war.

Question 12

Compromise of 1850

Answer 12

8 issues:

1. California
2. How to organize the southwest boundaries in regard to slavery
3. Texas and their demands
4. Compensating Texas
5. Slavery in D.C.
6. Trading slaves across D.C. Border
7. Fugitive Salve Act
8. Congressional authority with interstate slave trade