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Test 5/28 Flashcards

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Who won 1856 election

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James Buchanan

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Dred Scott Decision

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March 1857
Supreme Court (Roger Taney) decided: Slaves dont have constitutional rights (cant sue in fed court)
Congress cannot ban slavery anywhere bc slaves are property
Even MO comp is unconstitutional

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Reaction to Dred Scott Decision

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North: frustrated
South: happy, getting protection of slave OWNERS’ rights

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What state constitution did kansas get

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PRO slavery state constitution even though population was 10 to 1 against slavery but its sent back and made antislavery

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Five issues dividing north and south

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  1. CA was to enter Union as free state
  2. TX claims half of New Mexico
  3. South wants to expand slavery to all new territories
  4. North wants to end slavery in capital
  5. South upset North is letting slaves escape
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Wilmot Proviso

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August 8 1846 PA democrat David Wilmot

-meant CA & utah and new mexico would be closed to slavery forever

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Views on Wilmot Proviso

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North (house of reps): supported; angry at south refusal to vote for construction roads and canals etc
South (senate): opposed; feared balance of balance to north

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CA joining Union

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Late 1849s held const. convention, adopted state const, elected govenor and legislature; forbade slavery

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Why did south assume CA would be pro slavery

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Most of CA lay south of MA Comp line

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President zachary taylor on CA statehood

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Supported CA as free state; felt south could do better by leaving slavery to individual states not congress

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How did south see CA statehood

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A threat; block to slavery and attack on southern life, thought of succession

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Compromise of 1850

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-CA is free state
-Utah and New Mexico decided slavery
-Fed gov paid TX $10M to surrender claim to New Mexico
-sale of slaves banned in capital
-fugitive slave act
(Rejected first, then passed)

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Why did Webster promote the compromise of 1850

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To prevent s carolina from succeeding

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After Clay left, who picked up the pro compromise reins

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Stephen A Douglas of Illinois

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Milliard Fillmore

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President zachary taylor’s successor who said taylor supported compromise

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Fugitive slave Act (views) and Personal Liberty Paws

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Some northerners resisted by sending african americans to canada
-9 north states passed personal liberty laws which forbade imprisonment of runaway slaves and guaranteed jury trials

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Underground RR

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Network to help fugitives,

Harriet Tubman born a slave, became conductor helped 300 slaves, later became speaker for abolitionist

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Published Uncle Toms Cabin
Northern abolitionists icreased protests against fugitive act
Southerners criticized book as an attack

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Stephen Douglas; nebraska and kansas

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Was pushing for contrucgion of railroad between chicago and san fran, to get route he had to negotiate w south who wants railroad to start in new orleans

  • believed most of nation wished to see western lands added
  • would strengthen democratic party
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What did stephen douglas do to win over south?

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Support repeal of Missouri conpromise -slavery would be legal in north

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Kansas - Nebraska Act

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Jan 23 1854 nebraska in north, kansas in south, repeal MO comp, establish popular sovereignty
-with help from president Franklin Pierce(Democrat) it passed may 1854

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Views on Neb-Kansas Act

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Some northerners saw it as plot to turn territories into slave states
South supported

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What happened in kansas election for legislature

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Thousands of proslavery missourians led by David Atchison voted illegally for proslavery candidates (set up gov at Lecompton)

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Rival Gov in Kansas

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Abolitionists set up gov in Topeka and created free constitution but wasnt accepted by congress

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Lawrence, Kansas (sack of Lawrence)

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Antislavery setters settled here, until proslavery grand jury condemned them traitors and posse of armed men (border ruffians) swept in and burned their hq

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Senator Charles Sumner

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Made fiery speech called “the crime against Kansas” in senate and insulted proslavery senators, especially Andrew Butler

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John Brown

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Abolitionist; mistaken impression of attack on Lawrence and senator attack, he and followers killed give proslavery men (Pottawatomie Massacre)

28
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Impact of Pottawatomie Massacre

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Triggered dozens of incidents, 200 people killed, known as Bleeding Kansas
Anti slavery town of Osawatomie was attacked by missourians

29
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Preston brooks

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Nephew of Andrew Butler beat Summer w cane

30
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Whig issues

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Split over slavery, lost South vote when General Winfield Scott became whig nominee bc of North

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American Party (Know Nothings)

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1854; Believed in nativism, favoring native born americans over (catholic) immigrants
-split over slavery

32
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Where did the know nothings split over slavery

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Northerns went to republican party

Southerns went to democratic party

33
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Which party actively sought to recruit immigrant working men

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Democrats

34
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What were three central issues the republican party supported

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Antislavery
Anti immigrants (catholics)
Strong national governments

35
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What did proslavery men in Lecompton create

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Proslavery constitution to submit to US congress in application for statehood; congress rejected it as illegitimate and sent it back

36
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State constitutional convention in Kansas city

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Free state advocates in majority
Drafted constitution that prohibited slavery; voted by people
Kansas became 34th state in 1861

37
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Liberty Party

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Purse the cause of abolition by passed new laws

-won enough votes to throw election to democrat James K Polk instead of Whig Henry Clay

38
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Free Soil Party

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Opposed extension of slavery in territories
Sent message that even if northerners didnt favor abolition they opposed extension of slavery
-objected slaverys impact on free white workers

39
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Northern free soilers

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Werent abolitionishts

Supported laws prohibiting black settlement in their communities and denying blacks right to vote

40
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Democratic Party

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Supported dev in western states
Supported states rights
Wanted to limit nation gov power

41
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Northern demo vs southern demo

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North- supported popular sovereignty
Supoorters: northern immigrant workers
South- expansion if slavery
Supporters: southern plantation owners

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Election of 1856

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Dem- james buchanan (won bc if south)
Rep- john fremont
American party- millard fillmore (north refuse help bc he favors slavery, theyd support fremont)

43
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Republican party

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Among founders was Horace Greeley
Opposed kansas neb act
Wanted slavery out of territories

44
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Lessons if 1856 election

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Dem can win if they can carry the south and bit of north
Rep can srsly challenge dem in north
American P divided in decline

45
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Abraham lincoln

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Rep party noninated for US senate against Stephen Diugkas

46
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What did President Buchanan endorse and why

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The proslavery Lecompton const bc the south won him presidency
-provoked stepen douglas who persuaded congress for another vote on the const, south saw him as traitor

47
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Lincoln vs Douglas Debate

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Douglas (wins) believed in pop sov (it was get rid of slavery itself), didnt think slavery was evil, lost south support
Lincoln believed slavery was immoral, doubted it’d stop w/o legislation outlawing it, wasnt for equality, accused douglas as defender of slavery

48
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Freeport Doctrine

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Second debate, lincoln asked if settlers could exclude slavery before territory became state
Douglas said despite supreme c’s ruling (dred case), slavery could be prevented by the refusal of people living in the territory to pass laws favorable to slavery

49
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Harpers Ferry, VA

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John Brown led men into town to seize fed arsenal, distribute arms to slaves and start uprising
No slaves came forward, brown was hung

50
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Reaction to browns death

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North expressed admiration
Crowds gathered to hear speakers attack south
South was outraged, assaulted whites suspected of holding antislave views, feared north was plotting slave uprising

51
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Presidential convention 1860 (Rep)

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Chicago,
William Seward was thought to be successful
Lincoln won; seemed moderate in views, pledged to halt slave expansion,
To south he was evil

52
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Election of 1860

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Dem split over slavery, north backed Stephen, south backed John Breckinridge
Constitutional Union Party(ignored slavery) nominated John Bell
Lincoln won; no votes from south

53
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Sucession

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South Carolina led way on Dec 20 1860
Mississippi followed Jan 9 1861
Next day Florida
Within weeks, Alabama, GA, Lousiana, and TX seceded

54
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Confederacy

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Delegates met in AL, formed confederate const, elected Jefferson Davis of Miss. as president

55
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Fort Sumter

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South Carolina Fort, commander Major Anderson. Confederacy demanded surrender. If lincoln order navy to shoot into charleston harbor he’d be responsible for hostilities whic would cause remaining slave states to secede. If he ordered fort to evacuate he would be treating confederacy as nation; would anger rep party

56
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Jefferson on Sumter fort

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Chose war, bombarded fort until anderson surrendered

57
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More seceding

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April 17 VA seceded (most populated in south)
In may ARkansas, tenn, and n carolina followed
(11 confederate states)

58
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West Va

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Were anti slavery and joined union in 1863

59
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Remaining slave states in union

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Maryland, delaware, kentucky, and missouri

60
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How old r u

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