Chapter 16 Flashcards
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
A bill to ban slavery inside of any Mexican lands acquired
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?
Compromise Of 1850
What required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves in 1850?
Fugitive Slave act of 1850
Anyone who aided a fugitive slave could be, what two things?
Fined or arrested
What did the enforcement of this act do?
Caused innocent blacks to get sold into the slave trade
What increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the U.S.?
Kansas Nebraska Act
What is popular sovereignty?
The idea that the government is maintained through and with the consent of its citizens
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?
A congress man beat his fellow congressman who disagreed with him
What did Antislavery Whigs & Democrats, and Free Soilers join together to become?
Republican Party
Who did Dred Scott sue?
His owner
What did the Dred Scott Decision do to the nation?
Divide it
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?
Protect Slavery
What Senate race became the center of national attention?
Illinois
What party was each candidate a part of?
Democratic Party
What was the main topic of the debates during that election?
Slavery
Who won the Illinois Senate race?
Dougless
What was the name of the event when John Brown led men to attack a weapon storage facility?
The raid on Harper’s ferry
What was Brown hoping to start at the Raid on Harpers Ferry?
A slave rebellion
After this event, what became a rallying point for many abolitionists?
John browns execution
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
