Chapter 14: The Gathering Tempest 1853-1860 Flashcards
What was John Brown’s plan?
To steal guns from the Harper’s Ferry and give these guns to slaves to start a slave riot that would theoretically end slavery.
Who commanded the troops at Harper’s Ferry to kill the Rebels?
Robert E. Lee
Who was the first “President” of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What was the purpose of the Freeport Doctrine?
to circumvent the decision made by the Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
to allow the new territories to choose through popular sovereignty whether they would be slave or free states
What was the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a large outbreak of immigration from both the north and south, leading to constant fighting in the states in order to gain favor to either side. Kansas became free, while Nebraska became slave.
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to the formation of the Republican Party?
The Southern Whigs were betrayed by Zachary Taylor and fell apart. The Northern Whigs voted against the Act, but eventually fell apart due to an attempt to channel anti-Nebraska sentiment. The Republican party formed by gathering up the broken ideals of the previous two parties.
Nativism
Hostility from native born Americans to immigrants entering the US. Most were protestant mainly from Britain in the early nineteenth century.
Temperance
religious ideals for protestants that sharply curtailed drinking among native born protestants. This had little impact on Irish and German immigrants.
Immigrants in politics
The number of foreign voters increased by 200%. Most immigrants supported and became democrats because the party welcomed/tolerated them. Even if most immigrants lived in the north, most foreign voters leaned to the pro slavery wing of democrats
Parochial Schools
schools that are associated with church and religion.This was a tension between Catholics and protestants. Catholics resented the public education system of protestants.
Rise of the know nothings
The know nothings were a new party that wanted Temperance and appealed parochial schools and a public office restricted to native born men. The northern Whigs joined this party.
Bigotry
Many Republicans warned the Know Nothings against the religious intolerance to people who have different opinions.
Decline of Nativism
in 1855, republican leaders maneuvered skillfully to divert the energies of the northern know nothings from there crusade against the pope into a crusade against the threats of slavery.
The Kansas Nebraska Act
This act allowed The People to decide if slavery was allowed or not allowed within their borders. There came a lot of conflicts with this because people such as the border ruffians went there to vote as many times to install pro-slavery. There were at least 1,700 illegal ballots.
