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1
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What major discovery happened in 1848?

A

Gold discovered in California

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2
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What scheme did Southerners concoct to gain Cuba in the 1850s?

A

Ostend Manifesto

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3
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What court case ruled slaves were not free even in the North?

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Missouri’s Dred Scott v. Sanford

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4
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How many Chinese landed in the US from 1849 to 1852?

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25,000

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5
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What other country also discovered gold during this time period?

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Canada

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6
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Who was the American that sailed into Tokyo in 1854?

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Commodore Matthew Perry

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7
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What country did America strive to open trade with in the 1850s?

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Japan

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8
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Who led the American warships to Japan to negotiate a trade treaty?

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Matthew Perry

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9
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What major issue came with acquiring these new states from the Mexican War?

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The status of slavery on those new lands and slavery was pushed to the front of the political sphere.

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10
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What was the proposal to solve the slavery question with America’s newly gained territory?

A

Wilmot Proviso

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11
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Were the Northerners for or against the Wilmot Proviso?

A

For

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12
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Were the Southerners for or against the Wilmot Proviso?

A

Against

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13
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What is the idea that people in a territory should decide if it is free or slave?

A

Popular Sovereignty

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14
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What party was organized in 1848 that opposed the expansion of slavery?

A

Free Soil Party

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15
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Who did the Free Soil Party nominate in the 1848 election?

A

Martin Van Buren

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16
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Who was Van Buren’s running mate in the 1848 election?

A

Charles F. Adams

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17
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Who did the Democrats nominate in the 1848 election?

A

Lewis Cass

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18
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What is “popular sovereignty”?

A

The principle is that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political power. For example, it included the idea that the people of federal territories could decide if they would allow slavery or not.

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18
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Who was the Whig candidate in the 1848 election?

A

Zachary Taylor

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19
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Which candidate won the 1848 election?

A

Zachary Taylor

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20
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Where was the slave trade prohibited as part of the Compromise of 1850?

A

Washington D.C.

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20
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Who tried to take over Nicaragua and get it annexed as a slave state?

A

William Walker

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21
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Where did many free blacks run to after the passage of the new Fugitive Slave Act?

A

Canada, using the Underground Railroad

22
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What was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850s?

A

Fugitive Slave Act

23
Q

What state became a free state because of the Compromise of 1850?

A

California

24
Q

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow?

A

Popular Sovereignty

25
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Who came up with the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

A

Stephen Douglas

26
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What did Stephen Douglas get in return for opening the Kansas and Nebraska territories to slavery?

A

Southern support but northern distrust and the Transcontinental Railroad

26
Q

What became a major federal law in 1854 that caused a lot of issues?

A

Kansas-Nebraska Act

27
Q

What political party collapsed after 1852?

A

The Whig Party

28
Q

What fraudulent election was approved by President Buchanan in Kansas, but eventually overturned?

A

The Lecompton Constitution

29
Q

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

A

Harriet Beecher Stowe

29
Q

What is nativism?

A

The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants

30
Q

What was the main platform of the Know-Nothing party?

A

Nativism

31
Q

Which religion did the Know-Nothings particularly hate?

A

Catholics

32
Q

The Republican Party was a coalition of what 4 groups?

A

Northern Whigs, Free Soilers, Know-Nothings, and Liberty Party

33
Q

What state was William Seward from?

A

New York

33
Q

What state had a small Civil War in 1856?

A

Kansas

34
Q

How many people died during Bleeding Kansas?

A

55 confirmed deaths

34
Q

Where was Preston Brooks from?

A

South Carolina

35
Q

Where was Charles Sumner from?

A

Massachusetts

36
Q

What happened between Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner?

A

Brooks (pro-slavery) brutally attacked Sumner (anti-slavery) with a cane until he was unconscious after Sumner’s 1856 speech denouncing slavery

37
Q

Where was James Buchanan when all of the issues about slavery were happening?

A

Great Britain

37
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Who did the Know-Nothings nominate in 1856?

A

Millard Fillmore

38
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Who was president when James Buchanan was born?

A

George Washington

39
Q

James Buchanan was Secretary of State for what president?

A

James K. Polk

40
Q

What was the name of Dred Scott’s owner?

A

Dr. John Emerson

41
Q

Who was the Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision?

A

Roger B. Taney

42
Q

What did the Dred Scott decision declare about the Missouri Compromise?

A

It was unconstitutional

43
Q

What is the name of the pro-slavery constitution of Kansas?

A

The Lecompton Constitution

44
Q

Did Lincoln feel that blacks should have equal rights and be able to vote before becoming president?

A

Lincoln didn’t support the rights

45
Q

How many men did John Brown’s group murder in the 1856 Pottawatomie Massacre?

A

5

45
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What abolitionist raided the weapons arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859?

A

John Brown

46
Q

What state was Abraham Lincoln from?

A

Kentucky

47
Q

What was the name of Stephen Douglas’ idea that if slavery was not protected, that it would wither away?

A

Freeport Doctrine

48
Q

What was John Brown tried and put to death for?

A

Treason, murder, and insurrection, and his role in the raid on Harper’s Ferry

49
Q

What is the name of the offer to buy Cuba from Spain?

A

Ostend Manifesto

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