Chapter 14 Section 2

Question 2

What is the Focus Question of Chapter 14 Section 2, Compromises Fail?

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What was the Compromise of 1850, and why did it fail?

Question 3

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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daughter of abolitionist minister who wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

Question 4

propaganda

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false or misleading information that is spread to further a cause

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Stephen Douglas

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Pushed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 which formed new territories that decided free-slave by popular sovereignty.

Question 6

John Brown

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an antislavery settler in KS from CT who led men to murder 5 proslavery men and boys

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deprive

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to keep from happening; to take away by force or intent

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impose

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to place a burden on someone or something

Question 9

What was the Compromise of 1850, and why did it fail?

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It was a compromise that allowed California into the Union as a free state and included a fugitive slave law; it angered both the North and the South.

Question 10

What did the Compromise of 1850 do about slavery in the District of Columbia?

Answer 10

It outlawed the buying and selling of slaves there.

Question 11

Why was slavery in the District of Columbia and important issue?

Answer 11

As the nation’s capital, the District of Columbia had special significance for northerners and southerners alike.

Question 12

How did northerners react to enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law?

Answer 12

The resisted it.

Question 13

How did the Compromise of 1850 deal with the admission of California to the Union?

Answer 13

California was admitted to the Union as a free state.

Question 14

What was effect of Harriet B. Stowe’s horror over slavery?

Answer 14

Readers began to see slavery as a moral issue, not just political.

Question 15

What impact did Uncle Tom’s Cabin have?

Answer 15

Stowe’s book made white southerners feel angry and threatened because it turned the North more strongly against slavery.

Question 16

What are the costs and benefits of a northerner helping a fugitive in the 1850’s?

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Cost: could be arrested for breaking the law; Benefit: will help enslaved person gain freedom

Question 17

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act affect the Missori Compromise?

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The Act repealed it, as it had outlawed slavery in that area.

Question 18

What was the reason for the nickname “Bleeding Kansas?”

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the violence in Kansas between pro- and antislavery fighters

Question 19

Why did southerners support the KS-NE Act?

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The popular sovereignty clause meant the territories might allow slavery & enter the Union as slave states.

Question 20

Why were northerners angry at the KS-NE Act?

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Under the Missouri Compromise, slavery had not been allowed in the territories; now that ban could be lifted.

Question 21

How did the KS-NE Act affect the population of the territories?

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The population increased as settlers flooded into the territory.

Question 22

How did the Stephen Douglas plan undo the Missouri Compromise?

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By allowing the territories to use popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue, the Missouri Compromise ban was ended.

Question 23

What was the outcome of the election to select a legislature in the Kansas Territory?

Answer 23

The first election resulted in a legislature that favored slavery. Foes of slavery did not accept it and elected their own legislature.

Question 24

Describe the effect of the KS-NE Act on Kansas.

Answer 24

Violence broke out as pro- & antilslavery supporters fought for control.

Question 25

What parts of the Compromise of 1850 were included to please the North?

Answer 25

It admitted California as a free state.

Question 26

Why were northerners not satisfied with the Compromise of 1850?

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It reopened the question of the expansion of slavery in an area where it had previously been outlawed by the Missouri Compromise.

Question 27

What was the KS-NE Act?

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It created two territories from the NE territory. The slavery issue was to be decided by popular sovereignty.

Question 28

How did the KS-NE Act contribute to tension between the North & the South?

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Southerners hoped slavery would be allowed, since the issue was to be decided by popular sovereignty. Northerners were angry that the ban of slavery under the Missouri Compromise was ended.

Question 29

What effects did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin have?

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both sides became angrier with each other, many began to see slavery as a moral issue

Question 30

Many white southerners considered propaganda _____

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false or misleading information that gave an unfair picture of slavery

Question 31

calculation

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ability to figure out exactly what something is worth

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humane

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kind, considerate, mericiful

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candid

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frank, honest

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virtuous

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highly moral