Cause Of The Civil War Flashcards
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Who was Dred Scott? What decision was reached in Dred Scott VS. Sandford?
Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom. The court determined that it was unconstitutional for U.S. government to prohibit slavery in the territories.
Who led the raid on Harper’s ferry? What was at Harpers Ferry that he was after? What was his goal? What was the result?
John Brown led the raid on Harpers Ferry.He was after the weapons and the federal artson. His goal was to arm slaves and lead them in a revolt against plantation owners in the South. He was caught by U.S. Marines and convicted of treason and hanged.
Who was Abraham Lincoln? What events should you connect with him (pre-war)?
He was an abolitionist who was running for president, southerners viewed him as a threat, he spoke out about the Kansas-Nebraska act. You can connect hime with speaking out about the Kansas Nebraska Act.
What does secede mean?
It means for the states to no longer be a part of the country , they widthdrawled from being part of the country
What happened at Fort Sumter in South Carolina? Why is that significant?
An attack was at the fort and it started the Civil War.
How did Kansas earn the nickname “Bleeding Kansas” in the 1850s?
Kansas earned the nickname because there was a series of violent political confrontations in the united states including anti-slavery free staters and pro-slavery
What were the “Bogus Elections?”
During the election of the first territorial Kansas Government in November of 1854, 5,000 or so Missouri men illegally participated in the voting process. This was encouraged by the U.S. senator from Missouri.
Who was David Rice Atchison? What event should you connect with this man?
He was a U.S. Senator from Missouri, and you can link him with encouraging the Bogus elections.
Who were the Border Ruffians?
Men who voted for a proslavery legislature that the free-staters referred to as the bogus legislature.
What was the Wakarusa War?
The first eruption of violence in Kansas. Between November and December 1855, proslavery and antislavery forces clashed around Lawrence and the Wakarusa river valley. The violence started with the killing of a free-stater. The pro-slavery side set up blockades to the lawrence side.
Who was John Brown? What events should you connect with this man?
A well-known abolitionist leader in Kansas. You can connect him with The Pottawatomie Creek Massacre.
What was the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre?
John Brown decided to get a few of his sons and others together for an attack on proslavery men in Franklin County near Pottawatomie Creek, 5 men are killed and it becomes known as the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre.
Who were the Jayhawkers and what did they do?
The antislavery kansans who attacked proslavery kansans.
Who were the Bushwhackers and what did they do?
They were missourians who raided Kansas, Pro-Slavery
Who was James Lane? Which topics/events should you connect with him (pre-war only please)?
James Lane was a congressman from Indiana, who voted in favor of the kansas nebraska act. You can link him with helping start the a group of 400 called “Lane’s Army of the North.”
What was an abolitionist?
An abolitionist was a person who was against slavery.
What was the Missouri Compromise and what was it’s main goal?
It’s main goal was to agree, and so to do so, they had to compromised by giving 11 or the 22 states to abolitionists who banned slavery while the other 11 had slavery.
What was included in the Compromise of 1850?
California was admitted into the states as a free state. Slave trade was banned in D.C.
It also included in assists to return runaway slaves and denied slaves the right to a jury trial. Mexico land was added.
Who wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act? What did the act do? What was the result?
Stephen Douglas wrote the act. The act created Kansas territory and Nebraska territory and determined that popular sovereignty would be used on the issues of slavery in the new territories.
Who was Stephen Douglas? Which topics should you connect with this man?
Stephen was Illinois Senator. You can connect him with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Define popular sovereignty
Popular sovereignty means that people are the ultimate source of authority for of their government.
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin? How did this novel further divide the North and South?
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote it. The novel told about the evils of slavery and made northerners view slavery as a moral issue. This resulted in more Americans pushing for reform. As the book grew more popular it influenced more northerners to turn against slavery, it caused more anger from the southerners who criticized it as abolitionist propaganda. This in turn created even more division between the north and south in the 1850’s.
What was sectionalism?
sectionalism is the way one side beliefs that they are better or stronger
Describe the pre-war North.
The north was more of an industry, with factories, and abolitionists, it also has a strong central government.
