Chapter 16 Flashcards

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Who won the Election of 1848?

A

Zachary Taylor

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What was the Wilmot Proviso?

A

A proposal that would ban slavery in any lands that the U.S. acquired from Mexico,but never passed.

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What was the name for the bills that dealt with slavery in the states added since the Missouri Compromise?

A

Compromise of 1850

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What required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves in 1850?

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The Fugitive Slave Act

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Anyone who aided a fugitive slave could be, what two things?

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Be fined,imprisoned,or both

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What did the enforcement of this act do?

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It caused more anger in the north

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What increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the U.S.?

A

Kansas & Nebraska Act

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What is popular sovereignty?

A

Letting people decide an issue

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Which territory was the first to have blood shed over slavery?

A

Kansas

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Who was the violent abolitionist that believed God had chosen him to end slavery?

A

John brown

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What happened in the Sumner Brooks Incident?

A

Brooks beat sumner with a cane

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What did Antislavery Whigs & Democrats, and Free Soilers join together to become?

A

Republicans

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Who did Dred Scott sue?

A

His owner

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What did the Dred Scott Decision do to the nation?

A

It them Angrier

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Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court that ruled on the Dred Scott case?

A

Roger b. Taney

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According to the Dred Scott Decision, what did the Constitution do?

A

It said that he had no rights.that he was property

16
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What Senate race became the center of national attention?

A

Lincoln and Douglas

17
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What party was each candidate a part of?

A

Democratic and republican

18
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What was the main topic of the debates during that election?

A

SLAVERY

19
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Who won the Illinois Senate race?

A

Lincoln

20
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What was the name of the event when John Brown led men to attack a weapon storage facility?

A

The Raid On Harpers Fairy

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What was Brown hoping to start at the Raid on Harpers Ferry?

A

Hope to start a rebellion against slaveholders