Flashcards 1

Question 1

When was the Missouri compromise and what was it?

Answer 1

1820

After Louisiana Purchase they decided to divide that land into North and South, slave-free and slave sections

Question 2

Which party morphed into another and when?

Answer 2

Liberty Party into the Free Soil Party

1848

Question 3

When was the Mexican War?

Answer 3

1846-1848

Question 4

Who was president during the Mexican War?

Answer 4

James Polk

Question 5

Why was the aftermath of the Mexican War?

Answer 5

• had to decide whether these territories would be slave free or not
• crucial building block to the breakup of the Union (the year of the treaty is when the Free Soil Party was formed)

Question 6

What happened in the 1848 election?

Answer 6

Free Soil Party get 10% vote (impressive)

Question 7

What was solution to the problems posed by the Mexican war?

Answer 7

The Compromise of 1850
- Congress had to decide which of the new states would be free and which would have slaves
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Question 8

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

Answer 8

1850

• every citizen responsible for apprehending and returning any runaway slave who escaped to the free states
• northerners really pissed off about this law bc seems as though the South is gaining too much power and legislating their own laws

Question 9

What was the aftermath of the Fugitive Slave Act?

Answer 9

of the 100,000 slaves who escape on the Underground Railroad, 3/4 did so after the Act
- bc in reaction to the law, railroad became more organised

Question 10

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Answer 10

1852 Harriet Stowe

Question 11

What was the reaction to Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Answer 11

• sold 300,000 copies in first year, best seler
• triggered a wave of moral revulsion at the slave South as Northerners were forced to assess the fugitive slave law and their new roles as slave catchers