Chapter 15 Flashcards
reasons slavery was a hindrance to the South
- discouraged immigrants and skilled tradesman from seeking employment in South (later hinders the South in Civil War because there were no factories)
- caused more distinct social classes to develop than in any other part of the country
- slaves were costly, creating economic problems in South
the independent nation established for the freed black-American slaves
Liberia, Africa
fiery young New Englander who demanded the immediate and unconditional freeing of all slaves; also influenced abolitionists
William Lloyd Garrison
Hoe did the abolition movement change in the North during the 1830s?
took a radical turn
the name of Garrison’s personal newspaper in which he spoke out against emancipation
The Liberator
the largest slave uprising in the history of the South in which a black slave preacher stirred up a slave rebellion in which about 60 white people mostly women and children were mercilessly killed
Nat Turner Revolt
the political party organized by the abolitionists
Liberty Party
a network of escape routes and hiding places by which fugitive slaves could escape to the Northern states or to Canada
underground railroads
the best-known leader of the underground railroad who was an escaped slave from Maryland
Harriet Tubman
Congressman Wilmot’s proposal which stipulated that in the land gained from Mexico “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory”
Wilmot Proviso
reported that he voted on the Wilmot Proviso 42 times during his term in the House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849
Abraham Lincoln
name for the plan in which the people who moved into a territory would decide for themselves, by popular vote, whether slavery would be permitted there or not
popular sovereignty or squatter sovereignty
first proposed popular (or squatter) sovereignty
Senator Lewis Cass
the Whig Presidential candidate for the election of 1848
General Zachary Taylor
the third important party which entered the Presidential race in 1848
Free-Soil Party
Democratic candidate for the election of 1848
Lewis Cass
the Free-Soilers nominated this man for their Presidential candidate for the election of 1848
Martin van Buren
won the election of 1848
Zachary Taylor
leaders of the old generation now nearing the end of their long political careers
Clay
Calhoun
Webster
the most skillful defender of states’ rights at the time
calhoun
promoter of free soil and the greatest orator of his day
Daniel Webster
the leaders of promise of the younger generation
William Seward
Jefferson Davis
Salmon Chase
Stephen Douglas
the important provisions od Clay’s resolution included:
- California be admitted as a free state
- Rest of the Mexican Cession be organized into New Mexico and Utah and that slavery be settled by popular sovereignty
- boundary be fixed between Texas and New Mexico
- Slave trade, not slavery, be prohibited in DC
- New fugitive slave law be passed
Webster’s last great speech he gave in the Senate in which he urged the States to give their full support to the compromise because he would prefer to keep the Union together than follow his own antislavery views
Seventh of March Speech
one of the longest congressional debates in American history
debate about the Compromise of 1850
succeeded President Taylor after his death in 1850
Millard Fillmore
Fillmore’s views on the Compromise of 1850
he fully supported the compromise
settled the slavery issue, enabling cities to grow rapidly and the industry to expand
Compromise of 1850
Democratic candidate for the election of 1852
Franklin Pierce
Whigs candidate for election of 1852
Winfield Scott
won the election of 1852
Democratic Franklin Pierce
main interest during the Pierce administration
Cuba annexing to the US
where American diplomats met with the Spanish minister to discuss the sell of Cuba
Ostend, Belgium
declared that if Spain refused to sell Cuba, the US would be justified in wresting the island from Spain
Ostend Manifesto
introduced a bill into the Senate to organize the vast land stretching west and north from Missouri and Iowa as the Nebraska Territory
Stephen A Douglas
Douglas’s proposal which called for the land in question to be divided into two territories– Nebraska in the North and Kansas to the South
Kansas-Nebraska Bill
when was the Liberator first published?
August 1, 1801
first political party to be established on abolition
Liberty
got rid of the 36`30 line that was established in the Missouri Compromise of 1820
Kansas-Nebraska Bill
headquarters of the antislavery settlers
Lawrence
founded by proslavery people mostly from Missouri
Lecompton
the election in Kansas was mainly
proslavery
the anitslavers response to the proslavers group’s overtake in Kansas election
go to Topeka and began own government and have own election
Free-Soiler who retaliated against violent activity by attacking proslavery settlement in Pottawatomie Creek, killing 5 men
John Brown
name for Kansas because of the reign of terror
Bleeding Kansas
the formation of the Republican party came about largely as a result of
dissatisfaction over the Kansas-Nebraska Bill
year that a coalition of Whigs, Free-soilers, and Dems met and recommended the formation of new party on the platform of opposing the extension of slavery
1854
where the coalition met in 1854?
Ripon, Wisconsin
the name of the new political party that was established by the coalition in 1854
Republican
year the name Republican was formerly established in a state convention in Michigan
1854
first Republican candidate
John C Fremont
Dems nominee for the election of 1856
James Buchanan
won the election of 1856– Buchanan or Fremont?
Buchanan
joined the ranks of the Republican party in 1856
Abe Lincoln
slave which was taken by owner into free state; slave owner died; slave wanted freedom; sued to get freedom
Dred Scott
final ruling of the Dred Scott case
Scott was still a slave
the Chief Justice of the Scott case
Roger Taney
Under Taney, the Court reasoned that under Constitution concerning the Scott case:
- slave was not the citizen and could not sue in courts
- a slave was the property of his owner ad that Congress had no authority to deprive citizen of his property
the most momentous decision of the Court in the Dred Scott case
since Constitution guarantees protection of private property the Missouri Compromise of 1820 had been unconstitutional
two famous people that debated for the Senate position for Illinois
Lincoln
Douglas
nicknames for Lincoln and Douglas
Douglas– Little Giant
Lincoln– Honest Abe
won Douglas enough support from the state of Illinois that Douglas was reelected to the US Senate
Freeport Doctrine
brought Lincoln to national prominence and helped to secure him a nomination as the Republican Presidential candidate in 1860
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
led a gang of 18 men to a town where they seized the federal arsenal and took federal prominent citizens captive
John Brown
the town raided by Brown and his men
Harper’s Ferry, Virginia
commander of Marines that were sent from Washington to capture John Brown
Colonel Robert E Lee
one of the most articulate preachers of his day that poured of fiery messages against slavery
Henry Ward Beecher
most notable of the essayists and poets the bombarded the reading public with literature that aroused sympathy for the slaves
John Greenleaf Whittier
wrote a novel that portrayed the dreadful abuses of slave life;
Harriet Beecher Stowe
name of Stowe’s novel
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Southern author which wrote the Impending Crisis of the South, in which he attempted to show that slavery was destroying the South
Hinton Rowan Helper
split the Democratic party at National Convention in 1860
slavery issue
the Northern Dems nominee for election of 1860
Douglas
Southern Dem nominee for election of 1860
Breckinridge
Republican nominee for the election of 1860
Abe Lincoln
Republican nominee for VP for election of 1860
Hamlin
the new minor political party that was organized in the spring of 1860
Constitutional Union Party
Constitutional Union Party’s nominee for the election of 1860
John Bell
won the election of 1860– Douglas, Breckenridge, Bell, Lincoln?
Lincoln
the election of 1860 was monumental for the Republicans because
the Republicans won their first Presidential election
first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
person in Georgia who tried to convince his fellow citizens to wait for a definitely hostile act by the federal government before seceding
Alexander Stephens
Jefferson Davis was _____________ to see Mississippi secede the Union
hesitant
Sam Houston in Texas ________ the cause of the Union
defended
chosen to be the Confederate President
Jefferson Davis
President Buchanan took _____ action to prevent the Southern states from seceding or to ward off a crisis
little
senator that proposed a compromise , the main provision of which called for a Constitutional amendment recognizing slavery as existing in all territories south of the 36 30 line
John J. Crittenden
Lincoln was __________ to the South in his inaugural address; he pleaded for ___________________
kind
national unity
