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Chapter 15 A Divided Nation Flashcards

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Many opposed slavery spreading to the Mexican cession, so Rep. Wilmot introduced the __________.

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Wilmot Proviso

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After winning the Mexican War in _____ the U.S. added 500 square mile called the ________.

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1848

Mexican cession

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What did the Wilmot Proviso do?

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Banned slavery in the Mexican cession

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The Wilmot Proviso failed. Why?

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People chose sectionalism over Part Allegience.

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Neither _____ nor ______ stood for slavery during the election of ______.

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Democrats
Wigs
1848

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During the election, what new party formed?

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Free Soil Party

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The Free Soil Party supported ______ and nominated _________ for president.

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Wilmot Proviso

Van Buran

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Who won the election of 1848?

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Whig, Zachary Taylor

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When the state of ______ reached the population needed for statehood the question of if would be _______ popped up.

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California

Slave

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Most of California _______ slavery, but if entered as free then the balance would be upset.

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Opposed

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What compromise did Henry Clay propose to settle the California Question?

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Compromise of 1850

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The _________was corrupt on enforcement.

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Fugitive slave act

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How did the Fugitive Slave Act enforce its rules?

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Commissioner payed $10 for every returned slave

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What 2 purposes did slave literature serve?

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To gain sympathy & abolition

Educate the reality of slavery

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__________ wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin shocking over _____ million people.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Was the popular vote in the election of 1852 based on slavery or party allegiance?

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Slavery

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Who won by gaining support of southerners?

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Democrat Franklin Pierce

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Douglas proposed building a railroad from _______ to ________.

A

Chicago

Pacific Ocean

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The railroad would require being built where?

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Unorganized territory of LA purchase

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_______ determined that LA purchase territory was a _____ territory.

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Missouri Compromise of 1820

Free

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Why did Douglas’s plan gain support?

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Congress agreed to allow slavery

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Douglas introduced the ___________ to eliminate the __________, allowing popular sovereignty to vote on slavery.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

Missouri Compromise

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Northerners were ________ when the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed in ______.

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Outraged

1854

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Because some people agreed with the Kansas-Nebraska Act the legislature was divided into what 2 parts?

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1 pro

1 anti

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A pro posey tried to attack anti-slaves but they __________.

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Rioted the city

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The riot by Brown was called _______.

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Pattawatomic Massacre

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Members of the of the Whigs ________, _________, and abolitionists formed the ________.

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Democrats
Free-Soilers
Republican Party

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Whig party fell due to KS-NE Act and ______ lost power.

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Democrats

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The remainder of Democrats & Whigs formed ________.

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Know-Nothing Party

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What democrat won the election of 1856?

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James Buchanan

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what slave sued for freedom after his owner brought him to live in a free state?

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Dred Scott

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According to the Dred Scott decision slaves weren’t ______ and couldn’t _______.

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citizens

sue in court

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Since Scott returned to a slave state he wasn’t _______.

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free

33
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The Supreme Court declared ___________ unconstitutional because no one could be denied of ____,________, and ________.

A

Missouri Compromise

life, liberty, property

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_______ led a raid on the federal arsenal of ________.

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John Brown

Harper’s Ferry

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What effects did Brown’s raid cause?

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South afraid of raids & North disappointed in violence

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Representative _______ won the election of 1860 by 40% popular vote and ________ electoral votes.

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Lincoln

180

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What did Lincoln promise the U.S. about slavery?

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it would not spread farther than the south

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How did the south react to Lincoln’s ban on slavery past the south?

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the seceded from the Union

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What did the south form and who was their president?

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Confederate States of America

Jefferson Davis

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Lincoln felt the South’s secession was unconstitutional, but the south believed what?

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State’s rights stronger than federal power

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