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Chapter 16 Flashcards

1
Q

What was the Wilmot Proviso?

A

A proposal to ban slavery in any lands aquaria from England Mexico

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2
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Who won the Election of 1848?

A

Zachary Taylor

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3
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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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4
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What required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves in 1850?

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To catch them and return them

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5
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Anyone who aided a fugitive slave could be, what two things?

A

Imprisoned or fined

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6
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What did the enforcement of this act do?

A

Caused more anger in the north

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7
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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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8
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What is popular sovereignty?

A

Letting people decide for themselves about an issue

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9
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Which territory was the first to have blood shed over slavery?

A

Kansas

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10
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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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11
Q

What happened in the Sumner Brooks Incident?

A

Senorter brooks lashed out against Andrew p butle

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12
Q

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

A

Republicans

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13
Q

Who did Dred Scott sue?

A

His owner

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14
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What did the dred Scott do to the nation?

A

It spurred the anti slavery people

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15
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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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16
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According to the Dred Scott Decision, what did the Constitution do?

A

Support slavery

17
Q

What Senate race became the center of national attention?

A

Lincoln and doubles debates

18
Q

What party was each candidate a part of?

A

Lincoln republican

Douglas democrat

19
Q

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

A

Slavery

20
Q

Who won the Illinois Senate race?

A

Douglas

21
Q

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

A

The raid on harpers ferry

22
Q

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

A

A rebellion

23
Q

After this event, what became a rallying point for many abolitionists?

A

Browns death

24
Q

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

A

South Carolina

25
Q

After seven states seceded, what was formed on Feb. 4, 1861?

A

Confederate states of America

26
Q

How did the Confederate States of America justify secession?

A

The belief in state’s rights

27
Q

Who was the first President of the CSA?

A

Jefferson Davis

28
Q

Whose hands did President Lincoln say the possibility of war was in?

A

The people

29
Q

Confederate guns opened fire on what on April 12, 1861?

A

Fort Sumter

30
Q

What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

A

The fort Sumter attack

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