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