Chapter 14 Overview p.478-481 - Sheet1 Flashcards
Chapter 14 (title & dates)
The Nation Divided 1846-1861
Expand: Growing Tensions Over Slavery
With the addition of new western land, debate over the spread of slavery increased.
Expand: Compromises Fail
After all efforts at compromise failed, violent fighting broke out in the Kansas Territory.
Expand: The Crisis Deepens
As tensions increased, a new antislavery political party emerged.
Expand: The Coming of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln’s election led seven southern states to leave the Union.
Chapter 14 Essential Question
How did the nation try but fail to deal with growing sectional differences?
In 1855, Violence Errupts between which two groups in “Bleeding Kansas?”
Proslavery & Antislavery
The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as what kind of state?
a free state
1848-1861 Americans were divide over slavery in the ____ as people were migrating there.
West
What happened at the 1857 Dred Scott decision?
The Supreme Court declares Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
In 1848, how many free state & slave state senators were there?
30 free, 30 slave
In 1860, how many free state & slave state senators were there?
36 free, 30 slave
Between 1850 and 1859, which free states entered the Union?
California, Minnesota, & Oregon
What were the major differences between the North and the South?
slavery & economies
Was the debate between the North and the South over Slavery primarily a MORAL debate or and issue of POWER and CONTROL?
Power & Control
