805 Q1 - Changing Frontiers Flashcards
Stated that No slaves could be sold in public in Washington D.C.
Compromise of 1850
The idea that states could choose for or against slavery was called what?
Popular Sovereignty
Northerners disliked what act because it required citizens to help slave catchers?
Fugitive Slave Act
The North opposed what purchase because it would add more slave territories?
The Gadsden Purchase
Who debated slavery and became the Republican Presidential nominee in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the Supreme Court judge who wrote the verdict denying Dred Scott’s petition for freedom?
Roger Taney
Who debated slavery and brought the Kansas-Nebraska Act before Congress?
Stephen Douglas
How did the North and South differ on states rights?
North believed Federal government could limit slavery; South believed states should choose to have slavery or not
Who stopped the slave uprising and captured John Brown?
Robert E. Lee
What book strengthened the North’s stand against slavery?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Stated that a slave was a slave no matter where he was taken
Supreme Court
Who tried to get slaves to revolt against their masters?
John Brown
Stated that Congress could not forbid someone to own a slave?
Supreme Court
How did the North and South differ economically?
North was based on industry; south was based on agriculture
The two main policies of the Republican party were what?
Opposition to slavery in new territories - strong central government
