Chapter 13 Retake Flashcards
The know nothing party of the 1850s appealed to
Anti immigrants
Before the civil war, the souths labor force
Was a self reproducing population
The provision of the Kansas Nebraska act that caused the most controversy was the provision of
Allowing popular sovereignty to govern the trans Mississippi states and territories
What was the central issue of bleeding Kansas
If popular sovereignty could decide Kansas statehood
The constitutional issue at stake and determined by the Supreme Court in dredd Scott vs Stanford was that
Dredd Scott was property and had no right to bring suit
What was republicans last ditch effort over the issue of slavery in 1860 election to extend the Missouri compromise line to the Pacific Ocean
Crittenden compromise
What was the final straw to the southern secession
Election of Lincoln
All are essential and historically significant provisions of the compromise of 1850 except
Adherence to the MO compromise provisions
The doctrine of popular sovereignty was associated with
Stephen A. Douglass
Which if the following provisions if the compromise of 1850 provoked the most controversy
The strengthened fugitive slave law
What was the position if most northerners during the sectional crisis of the 1850s
Willing to accept slavery where it was but opposed further expansion into new territories
The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott in 1857 effectively repealed
MO compromise
The Republican Party emerged as a party committed to what
Opposition to the expansion of slavery
Which of the following principles was established in the Dred Scott decision
National legislation could not limit the spread of slavery in the territories
The Freeport doctrine stating the slavery would not exist where people would not support it with laws was issued by
Stephan Douglass in his senatorial debate with Lincoln
Which of the following best describes the principle of popular sovereignty
The people of a territory have the right to decide wether slavery will be permitted
In the 1850s the south differed from the north in that the south had
Fewer European immigrants
All of the following are true about the election if 1860 except
The republicans won control of the presidency, but not congress
Which didn’t contribute tot he perception of white southerners that antislavery was spreading
Congress voted to end interstate trade
Who probably would’ve opposed the Kansas Nebraska act
New England abolitionist
All were causes of the civil war except
The growing power of poor southern whites who resisted planter dominance and sought to abolish slavery
Which was the most direct catalyst for the secession of South Carolina
The election if 1860
William Lloyd garrison and the American anti slavery society were known for
Advocating immediate and uncompensated emancipation
The US gained which of the following from the treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo
California and southwest
