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
