Chapter 15 Test Flashcards

1
Q

What called for the residents of Kansas and Nebraska to vote to decide the issue of slavery?

A

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

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2
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What happened after “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was written?

A

White Southerners charged that the book did not portray slavery correctly.

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What did Stephen A. Douglas support to keep the nation from breaking apart?

A

Compromise of 1850

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4
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Who murdered several proslavery settlers in Kansas during the slavery controversy?

A

John Brown

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5
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Why did Northerners not like the Fugitive Slave Act?

A

They had to follow rules and policy and didn’t want too

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6
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Who supported the Fugitive Slave Act because it gave them property back?

A

Southerners

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7
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What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott Vs. Sandford case?

A

Scott was not a citizen

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Why were the Northerners upset about the Dred Scott Vs. Sandford case?

A

Because slavery could not be banned

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What did the slavery issue during the 1860 presidential election do to the Democratic Party?

A

It split it into two

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10
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Who is the national hero that became the Republican parties president in 1856?

A

John C. Fremont

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11
Q

What was also known as the American Party?

A

Know-Nothing Party

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Which party nominated Millar Fillmore as their presidential candidate in 1856?

A

Know-Nothing Party

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13
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Who was the Chief of Justice of the Supreme count that ruled Dred Scott vs. Sandford?

A

Roger B. Taney

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14
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Which party was formed by free-soilers, Northern Whigs, and Democrats who opposed the spread of slavery?

A

Republican Party

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15
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Who won in all but one slave state and was elected as a Democratic president in 1856?

A

James Buchanan

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16
Q

Which Illinois Republican became nationally known because of debates with his opponent during the campaign?

A

Abe Lincoln

17
Q

Who called for popular sovereignty to decide on slavery in territories in the election of 1860?

A

Democratic Party

18
Q

What did the Southern states do when they seceded?

A

They dissolved their ties to the United States

19
Q

What was the name of the slave holding states that seceded from the Union?

A

The Confederate States of America

20
Q

What is the name of the proposal to save the nation from splitting by compromising on slavery?

A

The Crittenden Compromise

21
Q

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

A

Jefferson Davis

22
Q

How did the Supreme Court add to the tensions of 1850s

A

Refused to grant freedom to slaves who had lived on free soil.