Chapter 19- Drifting Towards Disunion Flashcards
Who wrote The Impending Crisis of the South?
Hinton R Helper
What group paid to people to moved to Kansas so it could being a free state?
The New England Emigrant Aid Company
Where did the slavery supporters in Kansas set up there own government?
Shawnee Mission
Where in Kansas did the abolitionists set up their government?
Topeka
Who hacked 5 people to death at Pottawatomie Creek and seized federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
What document stated that the people were not allowed to vote for or against the constitution but whether or not it would have slavery?
The Lecompton Constitution
Who succeeded Pierce as president of the U.S. and approved of the Lecompton Constitution?
James Buchanan (democrat)
Who was strongly opposed to the Lecompton Constitution and campaigned against it?
Senator Stephen Douglas
When did Kansas become a state?
1861
Who gave a provoking speech that condemned pro slavery and insulted Senator Andrew Butler?
Senator Charles Sumner
Who beat Charles Sumner with a cane?
Preston Brooks
Who did the democrats chose as their presidential candidate in the election of 1856?
James Buchanan
Who did the republicans chose in the election of 1856?
Captain John C Fremont
Who won the election of 1856?
James Buchanan (it was good for the republicans because the states would have seceded if Fremont had won)
Who was the slave who tried to sue his owner because he took him on free ground?
Dread Scott
What was the homestead act of 1860?
Public lands were available at $0.25 an acre (Buchanan vetoed it)
How much did the tariff of 1857 lower taxes?
20%
Who did the republicans choose in the election of 1858?
Abraham Lincoln
Who did the democrats choose in 1858?
Stephen Douglas
What is the Freeport Doctrine?
Stephen Douglas said in a debate with Lincoln (a debate he won) that no matter how the Supreme Court ruled slavery would stay down if the people voted it down
Who did the democrats elect in the 1860 campaign?
John C Breckenridge
Who did the constitutional Union party elect in the 1860s?
John Bell
Who did the republicans elect in 1860?
Abe Lincoln
Who won the 1860 presidential election?
Abraham Lincoln
