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Chapter 13 Flashcards

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Whose proposal said that Congress, nor any territorial government , had the right to ban slavery in any territory

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John C Calhoun

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The free soil party was made up of members from what other parties

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Anti-slavery democrats, Whigs, and Liberty parties

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What were the five parts of the compromise of 1850

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  1. CA would be free state
  2. NM territory would have no restrictions on slavery
  3. Border dispute with TX and NM would be settled in favor of NM
  4. Slave trade in Washington, DC would end, though slavery was still legal there.
  5. Tougher fugitive slave laws would be passed.
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What does it mean to abstain from voting

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Not to vote

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Who called the compromise of 1850 “the final settlement” between. The north and the south.

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President Millard Filmore

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What did the Fugitive Slave Act require citizens to do?

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To help catch runaway slaves

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Who proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act?

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Stephen Douglas

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What is popular sovereignty

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Allowing people of a territory to choose

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Why were Northerners against the Kansas Nebraska Act

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It would allow slavery in an area where it had been outlawed for 30 years

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Thousands of settlers flooded in Kansas after the KS-NE act from where?

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Missouri

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Why were the people in Kansas confused about their leadership

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Because of the two different governments (pro-slavery and anti- slavery) had conflicting laws which the other side refused to acknowledge

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What started the violence in Kansas

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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

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What happened at Pottawatomie Creek

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John Brown and his followers attacked and killed five proslavery people

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Who gave the speech entitled “crimes against Kansas”

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Charles Summer

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What was the result of this speech

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Preston Brooks from South Carolina attacked Summer on the senate floor and severely beat him with a cane

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A new political party formed in 1854. What was the name of this political party?

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Republican

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What was the main message of this new political party

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Government should ban slavery in the new territories

18
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Who was Dred Scott

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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

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What was the ruling I the Dred Scott case

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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

20
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Why was this ruling so important

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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

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Who were the two candidates in the 1858 Illinois congressional race

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StEPHEN DOUGLAS and Abraham Lincoln

22
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What was the main topic of their debate

A

Slavery

23
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Douglas said that people could restrict slaveholders rights by passing laws that excluded them from protection. What did this idea become known as

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The Freeport Doctrine

24
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Who won this election

A

Douglas

25
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Who led the raid on Harper’s Ferry

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John Brown

26
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A storage place for weapons and ammunition is what

A

Arsenal

27
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What was the result of the raid on Harper’s Ferry for the leader of the raid

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Brown was captured, found guilty for treason against the state of Virginia, and hanged.

28
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What were the 4 political parties in the 1860 Presidential Election, and the candidate for each party?

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Constitutional Union - John Bell
Northern Democrats - Stephen Douglas
Southern Democrats - John Breckinridge
Republicans - Abraham Lincoln

29
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Rank in order the result of the election by the popular vote

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Lincoln
Douglas
Breckinridge
Bell

30
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Rank in order the result of the election by the electoral college

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Lincoln
Breckinridge
Bell
Douglas

31
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Did any candidate receive a majority of the popular vote

A

No

32
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What was the first state to secede from the Union

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South Carolina

33
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What were the states in the next wave of secession

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Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
34
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How did these states justify leaving the Union

A

States rights

35
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What name did these states choose for themselves

A

Confederate States of America

36
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What did Lincoln do in his inaugural address

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He pleaded for reconciliation

37
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After Lincoln’s inauguration, what event began the Civil War

A

The firing of Fort Sumter

38
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Who was the president of the Confederates

A

Jefferson Davis

39
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How many people died in the first attack

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Zero

40
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What were the states in the next wave of secession

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Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas

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