Ch 18

Question 0

The ______ ______ stated that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in the land acquired from the _______ _______.

Answer 0

Wilmot priviso

Mexican cession

Question 1

The _______ _______ divided the rest of the Louisiana Purchase into free and and slave territory along the latitude __’ __’

Answer 1

Missouri compromise

36’ 30’

Question 2

The wilmot proviso passed in the _____ __ ________ but died in the ______.

Answer 2

House of representatives

Senate

Question 3

________ is when people favor interests of one region over the interests of the country as a whole.

Answer 3

Sectionalism

Question 4

________ ________ would allow voters in a territory to decide whether they want to allow slavery or ban slavery.

Answer 4

Popular sovereignty

Question 5

What political group party was formed in 1848 by thousands of anti slavery northerners who supported the wilmot proviso?

Answer 5

Free soil party

Question 6

Who was nicknamed the “great compromiser?”

Answer 6

Henry clay

Question 7

The _______ __ _____ allowed California to enter the union as a free state.

Answer 7

Compromise of 1850

Question 8

The _______ ___ ______ divided the mexican cession into ______ and ________ territories where slavery would be determined by ________ _______.

Answer 8

Compromise of 1850
Texas and new mexico
Popular soveignty

Question 9

The ______ ______ _____ made it a federal crime to help runaway slaves and was supported by _______.

Answer 9

Fugitive slave act

Southerners

Question 10

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Answer 10

Harriet beecher stowe

Question 11

Who won the democratic nomination for president in 1852?

Answer 11

Franklin pierce

Question 12

_______ _______ was the whig candidate in 1852 and lost to _____.

Answer 12

Winfield Scott

Pierce

Question 13

_______ _______ was a senator from Illinois who wanted to build a trans - america railroad.

Answer 13

Stephen douglas

Question 14

The ______ ______ ____ would divide the rest of the Louisiana purchase into the 2 territories ______ and ______ would decide the slavery question.

Answer 14

Kansase Nebraska Act

Kansas Nebraska

Question 15

______ _______ was the phrase used to describe the slavery related bloodshed in Kansas territory.

Answer 15

Bleeding kansas

Question 16

______ ______ felt it was his duty to punish pro slavery kansans and killed a bunch of them at the ______ ______.

Answer 16

John Brown

Pottawomie massacre

Question 17

______ ______ received a major beat - down by _____ _____ with a cane in the senate.

Answer 17

Charles sumner

Preston brooks

Question 18

The ______ party was formed by democrats, whigs, free soilers, and abolitionists in 1854.

Answer 18

Republicans

Question 19

In the election of 1856, democrats could not nominate anyone associated with the _____ _____ _____ so they nominated Pennsylvania congress man ______ ______.

Answer 19

Kansas nebraska act

James buchanan

Question 20

Republicans were seen as a ______ issue party and nominated _______ for president in 1856.

Answer 20

Single

John C Fremont

Question 21

_______ won the election of 1856.

Answer 21

Buchanan

Question 22

________ was a slave who sued for his freedom.

Answer 22

Dred scott

Question 23

What are the 3 major issues the supreme court had to decide in the Dred Scott case?

Answer 23

1) the court had to rule on whether scott was a citizen in the us
2) the court had to decide if the time he had spent living on free soil made him free
3) the court had to decide whether the ban on slavery in parts of the lousiana purchase was constitutional

Question 24

_________ was the chief justice of the supreme court during the Dred Scott case who determined that slaves were ______ ______.

Answer 24

Roger B Taney | Not citizens

Question 25

________ ran against ________ for the Illinois senate seat in 1856.

Answer 25

Lincoln | Stephen douglas

Question 26

How many times did they have formal debates?

Answer 26

7

Question 27

The freeport doctrine was _______'s position on slavery and said that it did not matter what the _______ court said about slavery and put the control of slavery in the hands of _______________.

Answer 27

Douglas Supreme American citizens

Question 28

_________ was a radical abolitionist who led the attack on a federal arsenal at ______________.

Answer 28

John brown | Harpers ferry

Question 29

__________ led the federal troops who captured john brown.

Answer 29

Robert e lee

Question 30

How did john brown die?

Answer 30

Hanged

Question 31

The ______ party chose 2 candidates for the election of 1860 named ________ and ________.

Answer 31

Democrat Stephen douglas John c breckinridge

Question 32

The ______ ______ party was formed on the platform "no political principles other than the _______, the union, and the enforcement of ____."

Answer 32

Constitutional union Constitution Laws

Question 33

The constitutional union party chose ______ as their presidential candidate in the election of 1860.

Answer 33

John bell

Question 34

_______ was the republican candidate in the election of 1860.

Answer 34

Lincoln

Question 35

_______ and _______ split the votes of the slave states in the election of 1860.

Answer 35

Breckinridge | Bell

Question 36

_______ and ________ competed for the northern electoral votes in the election of 1860.

Answer 36

Lincoln | Stephen douglas

Question 37

______ won the election with __% of the overall vote.

Answer 37

Lincoln | 40

Question 38

What state met 4 days after lincoln was elected president?

Answer 38

South carolina

Question 39

_______ means formally withdrawing from the union.

Answer 39

Secession

Question 40

The united states constitution ______ address secession directly.

Answer 40

Does not

Question 41

______ ______ was a senator from kentucky who proposed a series of constitutional amendments to satisfy the south.

Answer 41

John j crittenden

Question 42

What new country was established on feb 4, 1861?

Answer 42

Confederate state of america

Question 43

Who was the confederate state of america's president?

Answer 43

Jefferson davis

Question 44

________ was the first state to secede from the union.

Answer 44

South carolina

Question 45

Pro slavery kansans attacked the anti slavery state capital of _______. This was know as the "______ of ______."

Answer 45

Lawrence | Sack of lawrence