Chapter 14 Section 2 Flashcards
What is the Focus Question of Chapter 14 Section 2, Compromises Fail?
What was the Compromise of 1850, and why did it fail?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
daughter of abolitionist minister who wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
propaganda
false or misleading information that is spread to further a cause
Stephen Douglas
Pushed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 which formed new territories that decided free-slave by popular sovereignty.
John Brown
an antislavery settler in KS from CT who led men to murder 5 proslavery men and boys
deprive
to keep from happening; to take away by force or intent
impose
to place a burden on someone or something
What was the Compromise of 1850, and why did it fail?
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.
What did the Compromise of 1850 do about slavery in the District of Columbia?
It outlawed the buying and selling of slaves there.
Why was slavery in the District of Columbia and important issue?
As the nation’s capital, the District of Columbia had special significance for northerners and southerners alike.
How did northerners react to enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law?
The resisted it.
How did the Compromise of 1850 deal with the admission of California to the Union?
California was admitted to the Union as a free state.
What was effect of Harriet B. Stowe’s horror over slavery?
Readers began to see slavery as a moral issue, not just political.
What impact did Uncle Tom’s Cabin have?
Stowe’s book made white southerners feel angry and threatened because it turned the North more strongly against slavery.
What are the costs and benefits of a northerner helping a fugitive in the 1850’s?
Cost: could be arrested for breaking the law; Benefit: will help enslaved person gain freedom
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act affect the Missori Compromise?
The Act repealed it, as it had outlawed slavery in that area.
What was the reason for the nickname “Bleeding Kansas?”
the violence in Kansas between pro- and antislavery fighters
Why did southerners support the KS-NE Act?
The popular sovereignty clause meant the territories might allow slavery & enter the Union as slave states.
Why were northerners angry at the KS-NE Act?
Under the Missouri Compromise, slavery had not been allowed in the territories; now that ban could be lifted.
How did the KS-NE Act affect the population of the territories?
The population increased as settlers flooded into the territory.
How did the Stephen Douglas plan undo the Missouri Compromise?
By allowing the territories to use popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue, the Missouri Compromise ban was ended.
What was the outcome of the election to select a legislature in the Kansas Territory?
The first election resulted in a legislature that favored slavery. Foes of slavery did not accept it and elected their own legislature.
Describe the effect of the KS-NE Act on Kansas.
Violence broke out as pro- & antilslavery supporters fought for control.
What parts of the Compromise of 1850 were included to please the North?
It admitted California as a free state.
Why were northerners not satisfied with the Compromise of 1850?
It reopened the question of the expansion of slavery in an area where it had previously been outlawed by the Missouri Compromise.
What was the KS-NE Act?
It created two territories from the NE territory. The slavery issue was to be decided by popular sovereignty.
How did the KS-NE Act contribute to tension between the North & the South?
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.
What effects did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin have?
both sides became angrier with each other, many began to see slavery as a moral issue
Many white southerners considered propaganda _____
false or misleading information that gave an unfair picture of slavery
calculation
ability to figure out exactly what something is worth
humane
kind, considerate, mericiful
candid
frank, honest
virtuous
highly moral
