Second Semester 2 Flashcards

1
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Explaining the compromise of 1850

A

Texas loses border for 10 m and fugitive act passed

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2
Q

What is popular sovereignty

A

People get to vote for what they want

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3
Q

What did Stephen a Douglas want to be constructed from Chicago to San Francisco

A

Transcontinental railroad

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4
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Douglas wanted the Western territory to be divided into what two territories

A

Kansas and Nebraska

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5
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What did the Kansas Nebraska act establish

A

Two new states that could vote for slavery

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6
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How was slavery be allowed in the two new territories

A

Popular sovereignty

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7
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Who is John Brown

A

Abolitionist that murdered border ruffians

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8
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Who were the border ruffians

A

People who support slavery

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9
Q

Who passed an ordinance a notification? What else did they turn to do

A

South Carolina. They also threatened to secede

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10
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What did Jackson do in response to the nullification

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Jackson just sent ships and threatened to go to war with them

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11
Q

What was the breakdown of states in 1819

A

20 states are divided into slave and free states

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12
Q

What Supreme Court decision to clear the Missouri compromise unconstitutional

A

Friend Scott versus Sanford

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13
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Who did Abraham run again for senate from Illinois and who won

A

Douglas, Douglas won

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14
Q

Who are the candidates in the election of 1860 and who one

A

Lincoln and Douglas

Lincoln won

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15
Q

Your free-soilers

A

People that didn’t agree with slavery

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16
Q

What major political parties fell apart

A

Whigs

17
Q

What new party was formed by former members other party that fell apart

A

Republicans

18
Q

Who was there for his presidential candidate

A

John c Freeport

19
Q

What states that the party need to Lincoln to take in order to win the election of 1860

A

New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania

20
Q

What was Lincoln a symbol of

A

Frontier, hard-working, self-made man, and American dream

21
Q

Explain the spoils system

A

Give jobs to supporters