Chapter 15.2 & 16 Flashcards
Popular Sovereignty
Idea that each territory could decide for itself whether to allow slavery.
Compromise of 1850 (Know all five parts)
- California would enter the Union as a free state.
- Divided the rest of the Mexican Cession into New Mexico and Utah (Popular sovereignty).
- Ended the slave trade in Washington D.C (Congress would have no power of slavery trade between slaves states).
- Strict fugitive slave law.
- Settled border disputes between Texas and New Mexico.
Kansas - Nebraska Act
Divided the Louisiana purchase territory into two parts, giving the settlers the right to popular sovereignty. When they passed this, it made the Missouri Compromise null and void.
Bleeding Kansas (Why this nickname?)
Nickname of Kansas
- Because of the violence that broke out because of the rivalry between pro slavery and anti-slavery setters.
Guerrilla warfare
The use of hit-and-run tactics.
Border ruffian
Proslavery person who rode from Missouri to Kansas to battle anti-slavery forces.
Republican party (When was it formed? For what reason was it formed?)
- 1854
- To stop the spread of slavery in the western territories. Some parties joined together to create it because they were too weak standing on their own.
Missouri compromise (Who proposed it?)
Agreement proposed in 1819 to keep the number of slave and free states equal
- Henry Clay proposed it
Terms of the Missouri Compromise
-Congress drew an imaginary line through Missouri… North of the line was free, south of the line was slave.
-Missouri would enter as a slave state and Maine would enter as a free state.
Drew Scott Supreme Court Case (2 major results)
Drew Scott - was a slave fighting for his freedom
2 major results -
1. They ruled that he was not a citizen, he was “property”.
- The Supreme Court said that they could not stop slavery in any of the states.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Author. Impact on North. Impact on south).
Tells of an enslaved African American for his kindness. His owner whips him to death for not telling the whereabouts of two runaway slaves.
- Author: Harriet Beecher Stow
- Impact on North: Many were happy. Made them realize that slavery was a moral evil.
- Impact on South: The southerner were furious. It made them look like monsters. Said that they didn’t always abuse their slaves.
Election of 1856 (Who won? Who ran?)
Who won - James Buchanan.
Who ran - John C. Fremont (Republican). James Buchanan (Democrat).
A House divided
The issue is slavery. “It will become all one thing or all the other”.
Election of 1860 (Who ran? Who won? Effect on nation).
Who ran - Abraham Lincoln(Republican). Stephen Douglas. John Breckinridge. John Bell.
Who won - Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln still won the election even though no south states voted for him.
Effect on nation - The south decides to secede from the Union. South Carolina left first.
Fort Sumter (Who attacked it? Location)
Who attacked it - The Confederate states. Started the Civil War.
Location - Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
