Chapter 8 Exam Flashcards
Who was the president of the U.S. at the outset of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Which attack marked the beginning of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Who was forced to return to a life of slavery after living in a free territory with his master?
Dred Scott
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What were the people who rushed to California in pursuit of gold called?
Forty-Niners
What term meant that residents of a state determine what happens in that state?
popular sovereignty
What law required everyone to return escaped slaves to their owners?
Fugitive Slave Act
What increased Northern opposition to slavery?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What was the network of “stops” to help slaves escape to Canada?
the Underground Railroad
What determined that African Americans were not citizens and therefore did not have rights of citizenship?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Why was it called ‘Bleeding Kansas’?
physical violence it had over slavery
What side did Fort Sumter represent in the Civil War?
Union
Who led abolitionists in Bleeding Kansas and became a martyr for the movement after a failed attack on an arsenal in VA?
John Brown
Who didn’t appear on the ballots of many southern states because it was believed he would abolish slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
What featured five clauses, one of which ended the slave trade in Washington D.C.?
Compromise of 1850
What was the original name of California?
Bear Flag Republic
Where was gold first discovered?
Sutter’s Mill
Who was elected in 1856 and focused on keeping the country together?
James Buchanan
Who was a famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What constellation was used by slaves heading north to Canada?
Big Dipper
What political party was officially recognized in 1854?
Free Soil Party
Which MA congressman was attacked at the Capitol for expressing his views on Kansas?
Charles Sumner
Who was known as the Great Compromiser
for his works with the Missouri
Compromise and the Compromise of
1850?
Henry Clay
What city did Lincoln enforce martial law in after Virginia seceded from the Union?
Baltimore
Who were the people who crossed into Kansas to vote for slavery?
Border Ruffians
Who led the Union forces at Fort Sumter?
Major Anderson
What made California a free state?
Compromise of 1850
