Workbook Questions Module 17 Lessons 2-4 Flashcards
Why was Franklin Pierce a popular candidate in the South?
He promise to honor the Compromise of 1850 assured him many southern votes
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act get its name?
It got its name from the two territories into which it divided the rest of Louisiana Purchase into Kansas and Nebraska
What caused the Sack of Lawrence?
Pro-slavery forces rode to Lawrence to arrest those charged. When they found the suspects had fled, they burned looted the town
Why might it matter to voters that James Buchanan had been out of the country during “Bleeding Kansas”?
He didn’t want to be charged with trisen
Why would Abraham Lincoln not talk about slavery in the existing slave states?
He claimed the Democrats were trying to spread slavery across the nation
Why did Abraham Lincoln question Stephen Douglas’s belief in popular sovereignty?
Abraham Lincoln wondered whether that belief went against the Dred Scott decision
What did John Brown want to accomplish?
He decided to use violence to try to stop slavery. He planned to lead an attack on the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia.
Why did John Brown’s raid scared southerns?
Southerners worried that Browns raid was the start of more attacks on the South.
Who were the candidates for the presidential and there parties election of 1860?
-North’s Democrats Stephen Douglas
-Democrats South John C. Breckenridge
-Constitutional Union Party John Bell
-Republican Abraham Lincoln
What are two problems that led to southern states to secede from the United States of America?
-The presidential election of 1860 when Abraham Lincoln was elected
-John Brown’s raid that sacred Southerns that another raid or violence would happen
In what speech did Abraham Lincoln say that he would keep all government property in the seceding states?
Lincolns inaugural address
