Chapter 16 Flashcards
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
A proposal that would ban slavery in any form anywhere.
Who won the Election of 1848?
The Honorable 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?
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 the North
What increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the U.S.?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is popular sovereignty?
Letting the people decide things for themselves.
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?
Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was hit with a cane by Rep. Preston Brooks of South Carolina on the Capitol Floor.
What did Antislavery Whigs & Democrats, and Free Soilers join together to
become?
The Modern Republican Party
Who did Dred Scott sue?
His owner James Buchanan
What did the Dred Scott Decision do to the nation?
Divided It (More)
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court that ruled on the Dred Scott case?
The Honorable Robert Brooke Taney
According to the Dred Scott Decision, what did the Constitution do?
Protected Slavery
What Senate race became the center of national attention?
Lincoln v. Douglass
What party was each candidate a part of in the Lincoln-Douglas race?
Lincoln- Republican
Douglass- Democrat
What was the main topic of the debates during the Lincoln-Douglas election?
Slavery
Who won the Illinois Senate race between Lincoln and Douglas?
Stephen A. Douglass
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?
A Rebellion
After this event, what became a rallying point for many abolitionists?
Brown’s 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 felt that their rights had been violated.
Who was the first President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Finis Davis
Whose hands did President Lincoln say the possibility of war was in?
The People’s
Confederate guns opened fire on what on April 12, 1861?
Fort Sumter in SC
What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
The attack of Ft. Sumter
