Ch 14 Flashcards
(23 cards)
California was able to enter the union as a free state. The rest of the Mexican session was divided into two territories Utah and New Mexico where the question of whether to allow slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty
Compromise if 1850
What two territories was the rest of the Mexican Session divided into
Utah and New Mexico
Made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed officials to rest those slaves in free areas
Fugitive slave act
He supported the idea of building a railroad to the Pacific ocean
Stephan douglas
American politician and proslavery nominee for president. He proposes the unpopular Kansas Nebraska act establish the Freeport doctrine of holding the idea of popular sovereighty
Stephan douglas
Who proposed the Kansas Nebraska act
Stephen Douglas
Who established the Freeport doctrine
Stephen Douglas
Him and his men drafted the proslavery men out of their cabins and kill them
John brown
Plan that would divide the remainder of the Louisiana purchase into two territories, Kansas and Nebraska, and allow the people in each territory to decide on the question of slavery
Kansas Nebraska Act
A political party united against the spread of slavery in the west
Republican Party
Sleeve of Dr. John Emerson. Later became slaves of Emerson’s widow. Sued for his freedom in 1846
Dred Scott
Warned that a future court ruling would prohibit states from banning slavery
Abraham Lincoln
In each debate, Lincoln stress that the central issue was the spread of slavery in the west
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- anti slavery
- strong central government
- As Stephen Douglas predicted, the Kansas Nebraska Act “raised a storm” and put the slavery issue back into play
Republican party
- state rights
- mostly in the south
- allowed slavery to continue
- agriculture
Democratic party
Free territory = free man?
Is scott a citizen?
No
What were some causes of conflict
Kansas Nebraska act slavery,
fugitive slave act,
failure of compromise of 1850
What were some short-term effects
Political battles,
sectional differences,
bleeding Kansas,
Lincoln Douglas debate’s
It began when he and his men took over the arsenal and Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in hopes of starting a slave rebellion
John Brown’s raid
Formally withdrawing from the union
Secession
What states seceded to form the Confederate States of America
Mississippi Florida Alabama Georgia Louisiana Texas
Delegates from seceded states elected him as president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
The idea that political power belongs to the people
Popular sovereighnty
