Chapter 21- A Dividing Nation Flashcards
Why were southern senators concerned about having more free states?
The South would lose its power to block antislavery bills in the Senate.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 allowed the Ohio River to be a boundary for new states entering the Union. What did this boundary cause? Why was the state of Missouri an issue?
- banned slavery North of Ohio River
- Missouri was North but applied to be a slave state
Why did Congress create an imaginary line across the Louisiana Purchase?
Balance, North of line=free states
South of line= slave states
Which area had banned slavery as a result of the Wilmot Proviso?
If the Wilmot Proviso had passed than the land from the result of the Mexican- American War would be banned from slavery.
What was the Compromise of 1850 and how did it please the South?
The Compromise of 1850 were agreements to admit California as a free state. The South got a fugitive slave law from the compromise.
Which two individuals worked together to create a balance between the North and the South?
Henry Clay and Senator Daniel Webster
What reasons caused the Fugitive Slave Act to fail?
Northerners refusal to support the act.
What was Uncle Tom’s Cabin and what impact did it have on the Southern and Northern societies?
- a novel by Harriet Stowe
- made North more angry about slavery
- made the South curse the novel and author
In what way did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?
The Act left it up to settlers to vote on whether to permit slavery.
What was the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Settlers moved to Kansas, turned violent, settlers attacked Kansas.
Who was Dred Scott and why was he important in a Supreme Court decision?
Scott was a slave who asked/argued for freedom. His case went to Supreme Court, but the court said that slaves were not citizens and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
How did the Lincoln-Douglas Debates impact the political future of Abraham Lincoln?
Helped make him a national figure.
Who was John Brown and what did he hope to achieve at the raid at Harpers Ferry?
A abolitionist who hoped to seize the federal arsenal.
What did the Election of 1860 prove?
Proved that the South was now the minority and how divided the nation really was.
After the South seceded from the Union what event begins the Civil War?
The attack on Fort Sumter
