History Unit 8 Political Realignment Flashcards
Who were the Know nothings
New party
Forced hostility towards immigrants
American Party formed to country immigration
Party folds
What happened to the Whig Party under Millard Fillmore
Loses support of the South (CA is a free state)
Loses North after Fugitive slave act
Party folds after 1852
What did immigrants do
Changed religious landscape (Irish, Mexican, German)
What did The Republican Party focus on
Focused on antislavery sentiments
Who joined the Republican Party
People pulled in from former Whigs and Know nothing’s join Republican
Who did the Republican Party run for presidency
John C Freemont in 1856, he doesn’t win
Who is the Republican party’s second elector
Abraham Lincoln
Dred Scott
Missouri Slave
Master brought Scott from slave MO–>free IL–>free Wisconsin
Develops into famous court case
When was Scott vs. sandford
1877
What happens in Scott vs. Sandford
Scott sues for his freedom travels into free state, should be free
Denied by Supreme Court
What did the Supreme Court decide on
- Slaves aren’t citizens (“just property”)
2. Congress cannot ban slavery (MO Compromise unconstitutional) “can’t tell you what you own
What does the Dred Scott case spark
Civil war
Northerners-unhappy w banishment of MO Compromise
Southerners-happy
What happened in the election of 1856
79% voter turnout
