History Chapter 16 Lesson 1 & 2 Flashcards
What made debates in slavery even more heated?
The United States added new states and gained new territory
What lead to the arrival to the newfound Free-Soil Party?
The conflict over the spread of slavery.
What did the Compromise of 1850 sought to ease
The conflict between pro-slavery and antislavery interests
What did the Fugitive Slave Act do?
It made it a crime to assist an enslaved person.
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow for voters?
It allowed voters to decide if they wanted slavery
What did conflict in Kansas lead to?
Violence
When was the Republican Party created
1854
Which region did James Buchanan win most of?
James Buchanan won most of the South
Which region did John C. Fremont win most of?
John C. Frémont won most of the North.
Who was Dred Scott
Dred Scott was a former slave who sued for his freedom.
Where did Dred Scott’s case go to?
The Supreme Court
What did the court rule for Dredd Scott’s case?
As an enslaved person, Scott had no right to sue.
What did the Court do with slavery because of Dredd Scott’s case?
They ruled that banning slavery was unconstitutional.
What was the Southerners’ opinion on the Dredd Scott decision?
They praised the decision.
What was an anti-slavery group’s opinion on the Dredd Scott decision?
They called it a crime
Who was in the 1858 Illinois Senate Race?
Republican Abraham Lincoln, and Democrat Stephen Douglas
What were the Illinois Senate Race debates mostly about?
Slavery
What happened to Abraham Lincoln after the 1858 Illinois Senate Race?
He lost but gained a national repuatation
What did abolitionist John Brown do in 1859?
He raided a US arsenal.
Why did John Brown raid a US arsenal?
He wanted to arm enslaved African Americans to rebel against the slaveholders.
What did the Confederates do with Fort Sumter after Lincoln took office?
They demanded the surrender of Fort Sumter.
Who ordered an attack on Fort Sumter?
President Jefferson Davis
What did President Lincoln do after the Union surrendered Fort Sumter?
Lincoln called for troops
How many states joined the Confederacy after Fort Sumter surrendered?
Four southern states.
Which war started because of the surrender of Fort Sumter
The Civil War
Who was elected president in the 1860s
Abraham Lincoln
Whose proposal did the Republican and Democratic party reject before the Civil War?
Kentucky Senator John Crittenden’s compromise.
How did seven Southern states justify their secession from the Union?
They used the principle of state’s rights
What was the first thing that Lincoln vowed in his First Inaugural Address?
He vowed to uphold the Union
What was the second thing that Lincoln vowed in his First Inaugural Address?
He begged the Southto reconsider secession
What did Americans debate after the United States acquired new territories from Mexico?
Whether slavery should be allowed or banned in the new territories.
What territories did the United States acquire after the Mexican War?
The United States acquired new territories in the West
What major issue did Americans debate after gaining new territories from Mexico?
Americans debated whether slavery should be allowed or banned in those territories.
What did the Compromise of 1850 decide about California?
The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state.
What did the Compromise of 1850 decide about slavery in other territories?
It placed no limits on slavery in other territories.
What did the Compromise of 1850 ban in Washington, D.C.?
It banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
What law did the Compromise of 1850 create for enslaved African Americans who fled slavery?
It called for a new fugitive slave law.
What did the Fugitive Slave Act require citizens to do?
It required all citizens to help catch runaway enslaved African Americans.
What did many Northerners do in response to the Fugitive Slave Act?
Many Northerners refused to obey the law.
How did Northerners help runaway enslaved African Americans?
They worked through the Underground Railroad to help them escape to freedom.
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allow settlers in a territory to decide?
It allowed them to decide whether to allow slavery.
What did antislavery groups do after pro-slavery groups won elections in Kansas?
Antislavery groups set up a rival government.
What happened in Kansas after rival governments were established?
Violence broke out between pro-slavery and antislavery groups.
Why was the Republican Party formed in the early 1850s?
Opponents of slavery formed it to stop the spread of slavery into the territories.
What success did the Republican Party have in 1854?
They won control of the House of Representatives.
Where did the Republican Party have little support?
The South.
What did the 1856 presidential election reveal about the nation?
It showed how divided the country was along sectional lines.
Who was Dred Scott?
An enslaved man who sued for his freedom.
What did the Supreme Court rule about enslaved people in the Dred Scott decision?
The Court ruled that enslaved people were property.
What did the Dred Scott decision say about government power over slavery?
It said that the government could not take away a person’s property, protecting slavery.
Who ran against Stephen A. Douglas in the 1858 Illinois Senate Race?
Abraham Lincoln
What issue dominated the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Slavery
Who won the 1858 Illinois Senate Race?
Stephen A Douglas
What effect did the Lincoln-Douglas debates have on Lincoln’s reputation
Lincoln gained a national repuation
Who lead a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
Abolitionist John Brown
What happened to John Brown after the Harpers Ferry Raid?
He was captured, tried for murder and treason, and convicted
How did John Brown’s raid affect white Southerners
it increased fear of future violence
Why did Abraham Lincoln win the presidential election of 1860?
The Democratic Party was divided
How did Lincoln perform in the South during the 1860 Election?
He did not receive a single electoral vote from the South
What action did South Carolina take after Lincoln was elected president
South Carolina tried to secede from the union
What did the six other states do after South Carolina seceded?
They joined South Carolina and seceded
What government did the seceded states form
The Confederate States of America
Who was elected president of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
What did Lincoln vow to do when he took office as president
He vowed to hold the country together
What event triggered the beginning of the Civil War?
Confederate forces attacked and captured Fort Sumter
How did Lincoln respond after the attack on Fort Sumter
He issued a call for troops
What happened after Lincoln’s call for troops
Four more states joined the confederacy.
What was David Wilmot’s part on fighting slavery?
He proposed Wilmot Provisio
What was Wilmot Provisio’s affect on slavery
It intensified sectional conflict between the North and South
What was John C. Calhoun’s affect on slavery?
He asserted that nobody had the authority to ban slavery.
free-soil party
A party that fought against slavery
Underground Railroad
A secret network that assisted slaves in escaping to free states
How could adding a new state to the Union add
to the conflict over slavery?
It can add conflict by creating an inbalance between the North and the South.
Who were the border ruffians?
Border ruffians were people from Missouri who crossed the border to Kansas to vote for pro-slavery.
What happened in Kansas that led newspapers to write about “Bleeding Kansas?”
In the 1800s, the people were angry because of the Kansas-Nebraska
True or False: Antislavery members of the Whigs and the
Democrats joined Free-Soilers to form the
Republican Party. If False, why?
True
True or False: In the 1854 election, Republicans won several
seats in the House of Representatives from
Southern states. If False, why?
False, Republicans won several seats from the Northern states.
True or False: James Buchanan, a diplomat and former
congressman, was nominated for president by
the Republican Party in 1856, If False, why?
False, James Buchanan was nominated for president by the Democratic party.
True or False, The American Party was also called the Know
Nothings. If False, why?
True
True or False, The electoral vote gave Buchanan the victory in
the election of 1856, If False, why?
True
True or False, The American Party grew quickly between 1853
and 1856 by attacking immigrants. If False, why?
True
True or False, Frémont carried all of the 16 free states but
only a single electoral vote south of the
Mason-Dixon line
False
Dred Scott
Enslaved man who sued for his freedom after living free in free states and territories.
The Dred Scott Case
A Supreme Course in which Scott argued he would be free since he had lived in areas where slavery was legal
Who wrote the Court’s opinion in the Dredd Scott case?
Cheif Justice, John B. Taney
What was the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Dredd Scott decision?
Scott was still a slave who can’t sue, and nobody could ban slavery.
How were antislavery groups affected in the Dredd Scott decision
It made anti-slavery groups angry
How were antislavery groups affected in the Dredd Scott decision
The pro-slavery groups were strengthened.
True or False: Slavery was legal after the Dredd Scott decision
False
Which war did the Dredd Scott decision build up to?
The Civil War.
Who was the Democratic senator from Illinois
in 1858?
Stephen A. Douglas
Who was the Republican that ran against Stephen Douglas?
Abraham Lincoln
Which ferry did John Brown raid for weapons?
Harpers Ferry
Was the Harpers Ferry raid a success?
No
How did different groups of Northerners react
to the execution of John Brown?
Some Northerners supported John Brown’s ideas and some didn’t.
Why did Brown’s death frighten many
Southerners?
It confirmed the theories that the Northerners were planning to destroy the Southerners
fugitive
person who is running away from legal authority
secede
to withdraw or break away from a nation or organization
network
interconnected system
border ruffian
armed pro-slavery supporter who crossed the border from MIssouri to vote in Kansas
Civil War
Conflict between citizens of the same country
rigid
firm and inflexible
topic
subject of discussion
arsenal
a place to store weapons and military equipment
matyr
a person who dies for a cause
secession
withdrawl
reject
to refuse to accept
the idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states
states’ rights
justify
to provide an explanation for
