PRE-CIVIL WAR Flashcards
What is the Missouri Compromise about?
A line across the Americas on a 36’30” line to decide which states have slavery.
Missouri - slave | Maine - free
(effective at first)
What is the Wilmot Proviso
A plan presented by David Wilmot made to stop the spread of slavery into the territories won from Mexico. Plan passed the house but failed the senate. *showed power of the north *made south suspicious
Key Differences in the North and South (pre)
NORTH - cities and towns were trade centers, paid labor, many immigrants
SOUTH - few cities, large plantations, enslaved labor
What does the Free Soil Party stand for?
*A new political party formed in NY *Formed by Northerners who wanted to discuss slavery
*Endorsed the Wilmot Proviso
*wanted free soil, free speech, free men, free land (1st)
Democrats - Lewis Cass (slave yes)
Whigs - General Zachary Taylor won (indifferent)
Details of the Fugitive Slave Law
1) California entered as a free state
2) Area from Mexican Cession divided into Utah and NM. slavery decided by Popular Sovereignty.
3) Ended Slave trade in Wash D.C
4) Made a strict fugitive state law
5) Settled border problems between NM and Texas
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Why is it so impactful?
It’s a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that details the cruelty of slavery. *published as non-fiction but was fiction. *south banned it, but that only fueled the fire. *changed other people’s and countries’ views on slavery.
Details of the Kansas- Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas sponsored the bill that allowed PS to solve the conflict between slave states and non-slave states. Divides land into Kansas and Nebraska. Led to violence in the Senate. (Charles Sumner called out the Democrats’ bs and got whacked by Preston Brooke)
*both northern and southern ppl rushed out to KANEB bc PS decided on slave or non-slave. It led to “Bleeding Kansas,” where massacres were happening between pro-slavery and anti-slavery.
Details and Outcome of Dred Scott Case.
Fred Scott was a slave who lived with owner in free territory. Scott had an abolitionist attorney file a suit for his freedom but his case lost. The court ruled that he was not a citizen therefore he could not sue. Later his owners son bought him and his family to set them free. Scott Died 9 months later.
Who are the 2 candidates in the election of 1860, and how does it turn out? What dominoes right after the election?
Steven Douglas vs Abraham Lincoln
South didn’t like how the Republicans won and discussed seceding from the union. North had higher population then south.
What happens at Harpers Ferry? Who are the key players?
John Brown was released from prison after killing slave owners and did it again. This time, he planned to raid an arsenal and start a slave revolt. He led 5 blacks and 15 whites. His “soldiers” ran once confronted, leaving him arrested again and most men dead.
