Chapter 10 Other Flashcards
Who was known as “Little Big?”
Stephen Douglas maybe
Who was the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who was elected President in 1852?
Franklin Pierce
Who was clubbed and who did the clubbing at a speaking convention on slavery?
Charles Sumner was attacked by Preston Brooks
Who was the author of the New York Tribune?
Horace Greeley
_____ _____ laws were attempts to get around federal laws concerning slavery.
personal liberty
Was Franklin Pierce a strong President?
No, he pushed the Union closer towards the Civil War.
Were the Know-Nothings successful because they supported immigrants?
No, they were against immigration
Was John Brown’s attack the only thing that led to the naming of “Bleeding Kansas?” If not, what else did?
he led the Pottawatomie massacre that triggered many other incidents throughout Kansas so he kinda started the domino affect cuz he thought the sack of Lawrence had killed come of his men but they hadn’t
What did the new Fugitive Slave Act do?
Enforced that escaped slaves had to be returned to the south
Did the arrival of immigrants lead to pro-Catholicism?
No
In what year was Abraham Lincoln elected?
1860
Who was the Confederate States’ first president?
Jefferson Davis
What is popular sovereignty?
the idea that each individual state can vote for it’s own policies (kinda like state rights)
Who was John Bell?
1860 presidential nominee who ignored the issue of slavery
