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Chapter 16-Toward Civil War Flashcards

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What was the Wilmot Proviso?

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Representatives David Wilmot of Pennsylvania introduced a proposal that would ban slavery in any lands that the US acquired from Mexico, but it never passed and only grew tension

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Who won the Election of 1848?

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Zachary Taylor-12th President

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

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Compromise of 1850-5 bills were passed to make up the plan that expanded upon the Missouri Compromise because of the added states since that time hoped to be the final stance on slavery in the US

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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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Fined or imprisoned

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What did the enforcement of this act do?

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Caused more anger in the North

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

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

Introduced by Stephen A Douglas

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What is popular sovereignty?

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Letting people decide for themselves about an issue

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

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Kansas

Started in May 1856, slavery supporters attack Lawrence(the capital)

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

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John Brown

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What happened in the Sumner Brooks Incident?

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Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts lashed out against those for slavery, including Andrew P Butler from South Carolina. Butler’s cousin, Representative Preston Brooks, walked into the Senate chamber and hit Sumner with a cane, leaving him unconscious and bleeding.

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

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The Republican Party

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Who did Dred Scott sue?

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Dred Scott, a skave, vs his owner

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What did the Dred Scott Decision do to the nation?

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Divided the nation even more

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

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Chief Justice Rodger P Taney ruled Scott was still a slave. Basically stating that the Constitution protected slavery

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

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Protected slavery

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What Senate race became the center of national attention?

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The Senate Race in Illinois with R-Abraham Lincoln vs D-Stephen A Douglas

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What party was each candidate a part of?

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Republican- Abraham Lincoln

Democrat-Stephen A Douglas

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

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Slavery

20
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Who won the Illinois Senate race?

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Stephen A Douglas won a narrow victory

21
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What was the name of the event when John Brown led men to attack a weapon storage facility?

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Raid on Harper’s Ferry

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

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He hoped to start a rebellion against slaveholders by aiding slaves

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

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John Brown was executed of treason and his death became a rallying point for abolitionists

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What was the first state to secede from the Union?

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South Carolina~December 20, 1860

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

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The Confederate States of America(CSA)

The Confederacy

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How did the Confederate States of America justify secession?

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With the belief in States’ rights

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Who was the first President of the CSA?

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Jefferson Davis- Massachusetts Senator

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

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The possibility of was was in the PEOPLE’S hands, not his

29
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Confederate guns opened fire on what on April 12, 1861?

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Fort Sumter

30
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What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

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Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War

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