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Chapter 16 Flashcards

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Divided a territory into two parts

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Attempted to ban slavery in territories won from Mexico

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Wilmot Proviso

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Declared Congress unable to ban the slave trade between states

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Compromise of 1850

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Pro-slavery Person who rode from Missouri to Kansas to battle antislavery forces

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Border Ruffian

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Runaway person

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Fugitive

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One who sacrifices his or her own life for beliefs

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Martyr

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What compromise did Henry Clay propose for admitting Missouri to the Union

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Admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as free

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What political party was formed in 1848 for the purpose of banning slavery in western territories

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Free Soil

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What statement summarizes the effects of the Missouri Compromise

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It helped ensure the balance of slave and free states for almost 30 years

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What is not among the terms of the Compromise of 1850

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Slavery is banned in New Mexico and Utah

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What is an example of popular sovereignty

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In 1849, California voters approve a state constitution that bans slavery

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What led to the violence in Kansas in 1855

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The rivalry between pro-slavery and antislavery settlers

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What effect did Uncle Tom’s Cabin have on public opinion

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Northerners, in general, became more opposed to slavery

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What led to the formation of the Republican party in the 1850s

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dissatisfaction with the weak stand on slavery taken by the Whigs and democrats

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How did the ruling on the Dred Scott case affect the slavery debate

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It protected the right of a freed slave to file a lawsuit

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What can be said of Abraham Lincoln

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His debates with Stephen Douglas won him fame as an opponent of slavery

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What effect did Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860 have on national unity

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Several southern states seceded in protest

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What summarizes the outcome of the presidential election of 1860

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Abraham Lincoln won despite the fact that he did not carry even on southern state

17
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How did the civil war begin

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The confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter, South Carolina

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What was the goal of the Free-Soil Party

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to ban slavery in the western territories

19
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To what area did the Missouri compromise apply

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lands in the Louisiana Purchase

20
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What correctly describes the issue that led to the compromise of 1850

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admitting California to the union in 1850 gave free states an advantage over slave states

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what statement best expresses the reaction of many northerners to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

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We don’t respect this law and we won’t obey it

22
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why did conflict arise in 1848 in western territories over the issue of slavery

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the legality of slavery had to be decided in lands added from the Mexican cession

23
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Debates over what caused violence to erupt on the Senate floor

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

24
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what describes the effect of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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the novel further heightened tensions between the North and South

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how were the goals of the Republican party and the free-soil party alike

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both wanted to keep slavery out of the western territories

26
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what is true of Abraham lincoln

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he became well known nationally despite losing to Stephen Douglas in the United States Senate race

27
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what was one effect of the Dred Scott decision

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it was condemned by free African Americans

28
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What is the historical Significance of fort Sumter, South Carolina

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confederate forces fired the first shots of the Civil War there

28
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How did southerners react to Abraham Lincoln’s election

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Seven southern states seceded and formed the Confederate states of America

29
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What statement summarizes the results of the presidential eleciton of 21860

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regional attitudes toward slavery decided the outcome

30
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what law divided the dotted area on the map into two separate territories

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Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

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what statement does the map support

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the Missouri compromise banned slavery in territories carved from the dotted area

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what new territories were created in 1854 from the dotted area

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Kansas and Nebraska

33
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In the dotted area, how many new territories allowed popular sovereignty

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2

34
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who would have been most likely to sing this song

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an abolitionist

35
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what best paraphrases the meaning of the quote

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John brown’s spirit inspires other abolitionists

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why would a folk song have been written about John brown

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he tried to organize a slave revolt

37
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what statement best describes a probable reaction to the lyrics of the song

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Southerners were outraged, but the song was popular with northerners

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