Chapter 16 Flashcards
Who won the Election of 1848?
Zachary Taylor
What was the name for the bills that dealt with slavery in the states added since the
Missouri Compromise?
The Compromise of 1850.
What required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves in 1850?
The Fugitive Slave Act.
Anyone who aided a fugitive slave could be, what two things?
Fined or imprisoned.
What did the enforcement of this act do?
It caused more anger in both the North and South.
What increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the U.S.?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is popular sovereignty?
Letting people decide for themselves about an issue.
Which territory was the first to have blood shed over slavery?
Kansas.
Who was the violent abolitionist that believed God had chosen him to end slavery?
John Brown
What happened in the Sumner Brooks Incident?
Senator Charles Sumner lashed out against those who supported slavery, including Andrew P. Butler.
What did Antislavery Whigs & Democrats, and Free Soilers join together to become?
The Republican Party.
Who did Dred Scott sue?
His Owner.
What did the Dred Scott Decision do to the nation?
It divided the nation even more.
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court that ruled on the Dred Scott case?
Roger B. Taney
According to the Dred Scott Decision, what did the Constitution do?
He basically said that the Constitution protected slavery.
What Senate race became the center of national attention?
The Lincoln-Douglas Debate.
What party was each candidate a part of?
Abraham Lincoln- Republican.
Stephen A. Douglas- Democratic.
What was the main topic of the debates during that election?
Slavery.
Who won the Illinois Senate race?
Stephen A. Douglas.
What was the name of the event when John Brown led men to attack a weapon storage facility?
The Raid on Harpers Ferry.
What was Brown hoping to start at the Raid on Harpers Ferry?
He hoped to start a rebellion against slaveholders by arming slaves.
After this event, what became a rallying cry for many abolitionists?
His Death.
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina.
After seven states seceded, what was formed on Feb. 4, 1861?
The Confederate States of America.
How did the Confederate States of America justify secession?
They justified it with the beleif in states’ rights.
Who was the first President of the CSA?
Jefferson Davis.
Whose hands did President Lincoln say the possibility of war was in?
The peoples’.
Confederate guns opened fire on what on April 12, 1861?
Fort Sumter.
What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
The Battle at Fort Sumter.
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
A proposal that would ban slavery in and territory aquired from Mexico. It never passed.
