Chapter 13 Flashcards
Whose proposal said that Congress, nor any territorial government , had the right to ban slavery in any territory
John C Calhoun
The free soil party was made up of members from what other parties
Anti-slavery democrats, Whigs, and Liberty parties
What were the five parts of the compromise of 1850
- CA would be free state
- NM territory would have no restrictions on slavery
- Border dispute with TX and NM would be settled in favor of NM
- Slave trade in Washington, DC would end, though slavery was still legal there.
- Tougher fugitive slave laws would be passed.
What does it mean to abstain from voting
Not to vote
Who called the compromise of 1850 “the final settlement” between. The north and the south.
President Millard Filmore
What did the Fugitive Slave Act require citizens to do?
To help catch runaway slaves
Who proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Stephen Douglas
What is popular sovereignty
Allowing people of a territory to choose
Why were Northerners against the Kansas Nebraska Act
It would allow slavery in an area where it had been outlawed for 30 years
Thousands of settlers flooded in Kansas after the KS-NE act from where?
Missouri
Why were the people in Kansas confused about their leadership
Because of the two different governments (pro-slavery and anti- slavery) had conflicting laws which the other side refused to acknowledge
What started the violence in Kansas
800 pro-slavery supporters attacked the anti-slavery capital of Lawrence, ransacked the town, burnt the hotel and governor’s home and destroyed the two newspaper offices
What happened at Pottawatomie Creek
John Brown and his followers attacked and killed five proslavery people
Who gave the speech entitled “crimes against Kansas”
Charles Summer
What was the result of this speech
Preston Brooks from South Carolina attacked Summer on the senate floor and severely beat him with a cane
A new political party formed in 1854. What was the name of this political party?
Republican
What was the main message of this new political party
Government should ban slavery in the new territories
Who was Dred Scott
A slave whose owner was an army officer from Missouri, who sued him for his freedom. Dred Scott was taken by his owner from Missouri to the Northwest territory by the Missouri compromise. After his owner died, Scott sued for his freedom saying saying that he should be free because he had lived in a free territory
What was the ruling I the Dred Scott case
The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, said that Scott laws an enslaved person, who had no rights to bring a lawsuit. They also said that slaves were property, without due process, or a trial. Also, Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in any territory
Why was this ruling so important
Supreme Court decision further divided the country. Many Southerners felt that the decision proved their belief that nothing could legally stop the spread of slavery. Now slave owners could legally take their slaves into a Free State or territory, without the fear of their slaves being taken
Who were the two candidates in the 1858 Illinois congressional race
StEPHEN DOUGLAS and Abraham Lincoln
What was the main topic of their debate
Slavery
Douglas said that people could restrict slaveholders rights by passing laws that excluded them from protection. What did this idea become known as
The Freeport Doctrine
Who won this election
Douglas
Who led the raid on Harper’s Ferry
John Brown
A storage place for weapons and ammunition is what
Arsenal
What was the result of the raid on Harper’s Ferry for the leader of the raid
Brown was captured, found guilty for treason against the state of Virginia, and hanged.
What were the 4 political parties in the 1860 Presidential Election, and the candidate for each party?
Constitutional Union - John Bell
Northern Democrats - Stephen Douglas
Southern Democrats - John Breckinridge
Republicans - Abraham Lincoln
Rank in order the result of the election by the popular vote
Lincoln
Douglas
Breckinridge
Bell
Rank in order the result of the election by the electoral college
Lincoln
Breckinridge
Bell
Douglas
Did any candidate receive a majority of the popular vote
No
What was the first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
What were the states in the next wave of secession
Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia Florida
How did these states justify leaving the Union
States rights
What name did these states choose for themselves
Confederate States of America
What did Lincoln do in his inaugural address
He pleaded for reconciliation
After Lincoln’s inauguration, what event began the Civil War
The firing of Fort Sumter
Who was the president of the Confederates
Jefferson Davis
How many people died in the first attack
Zero
What were the states in the next wave of secession
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas
