Chapter Fourteen

Question 1

proposed congress ban slavery in acquired mexican lands

Answer 1

The wilmot proviso

Question 2

who of michigan (democrat) was the first to propose “popular sovereignty”

Answer 2

Lewis Cass

Question 3

anti slavery whigs and democrats formed a third party called the

Answer 3

Free Soil Party

Question 4

uncle toms cabin was written by

Answer 4

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 5

the kansas nebraska act of 1854
brain child of
stephen a. douglas

Answer 5

result:
repeal of the missouri compromise

Question 6

what issue shatters the party by 1856 they are gone
(Whigs)

Answer 6

Slavery

Question 7

protestant american backlash against the tidal wave of catholic immigrants

Answer 7

the know-nothings or american party

Question 8

oppose the extension of slavery into the territories PERIOD

Answer 8

Republicans

Question 9

list all four compromises on slavery leading up to the civil war

Answer 9

1. elimination of slavery”slave clause”
   • declaration of independence 1776
2. the 3/5 compromise
   • constitution 1787
3. missouri compromise of 1820
   •36 60 line
4. the compromise of 1850

Question 10

list the four provisions within the compromise of 1850

Answer 10

1. california came in free
2. new mexica and utah could decide themselves (popular sovereignty)
   3.abolish slave trade in D.C.
3. rough new fugitive slave law

Question 11

Who wrote the Dred Scott case opinion

Answer 11

Chief Justice Roger Taney

Question 12

Dred Scott Case
Short response

Answer 12

1. Scott not a citizen therefore he can’t sue anyone
2. Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery inside the territories
   -it violated American Due Process under the 5th amendment
   - Missouri compromise was unconstitutional

Question 13

Attempts to seize the armory at Harper’s Ferry Virginia and incite a rebellion

Answer 13

John Brown

Question 14

Moderate Democrats nominate John Bell of Tennessee and form the

Answer 14

Unionist Party

Question 15

Republican victory meant

Answer 15

Economic catastrophe
Social chaos
Racial war

Question 16

On Dec 20 this state seceded from the union

Answer 16

South Carolina

Question 17

discuss lincoln’s ideology as outlined during the lincoln douglas debate

Answer 17

1. held moderate racial views. defended black humanity without challenging white supremacy
2. slavery was morally wrong
3. congress had to stop its spread, “place it on the road to extinction”
4. slaveholders were engaging in a conspiracy to nationalize slavery

Question 18

discuss lincoln’s ideology as outlined during the lincoln douglas debate

Answer 18

1. held moderate racial views. defended black humanity without challenging white supremacy
2. slavery was morally wrong
3. congress had to stop its spread, “place it on the road to extinction”
4. slaveholders were engaging in a conspiracy to nationalize slavery

Question 19

what 4 themes were outlined in lincoln’s first inaugural address?

Answer 19

first, he reassured the south he had “no lawful right” to interfere with slavery where it existed

second, a pledge to “hold occupy, and posses the property and places belonging to the government”
• fort sumter

third, his argument that the federal union was in dissolvable, “perpetual”

fourth, a promise that, while he would not be the first to attack - any force of arms used against the united states would be regarded as rebellion and met with force