prelude to war Flashcards
popular sovereignty
the people of a territory should decide and issue for themselves and had a persuasive appeal.
Why did the PUBLIC like popular sovereignty
Because it aligned with the democratic tradition of self-determination
Why did POLITICIANS like popular soverignty
Because it seemed like a comfortable compromise between the free soilers’ bid for a ban on slavery
What did Daniel Webster’s Seventh of March speech do
It helped turn the tide in the North toward compromise
What did John brown mainly want
Abolition on slavery
What was John Brown often tied with
Bleeding Kansas
When did John Brown ever commit to violence
When he killed 5 slavery supporters along with 5 other men
After John Browns Killings what was Kansas known as
Bleeding Kansas because of the violence
After Bleeding Kansas happened how did John Brown come back
He came back with a viscous plan to free the slaves by taking over the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry and give slaves weapons to free them
What was the American party also known as
The know-nothings
Who were the Know-nothing
It was an anti-immigrant, anti-catholic, and were nativist that supposedly would say that they know nothing when asked if they were in the party
Who did the know nothings call themselves after nominating John Bell
The Constitutional union party
When was the California gold discovered
1848
What was a result of the California gold rush
They had enough people to make it its own state, and a free state
Who is the lady that started the Civil war and how
Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom’s cabin and stirred the Norths morality against slavery and was a catalyst towards war
