Chapter 15 Flashcards
(29 cards)
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
Proposal that would ban slavery
Who won the Election of 1848?
Zachary Taylor
What was the name for the bills that dealt with slavery in the states added since the
Missouri Compromise?
Compromise of 1850
What required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves in 1850?
Fugitive slave act
Anyone who aided a fugitive slave could be, what two things?
Fined or Imprisoned
What did the enforcement of this act do?
(Fugitive slave)
Enraged northerners
What increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the U.S.?
Kansas Nebraska act
What is popular sovereignty?
Letting people decide if they want slaves
Which territory was the first to have blood shed over slavery?
Kansas
Who was the violent abolitionist that believed God had chosen him to end slavery?
John brown
What happened in the Sumner Brooks Incident?
He lashed out against an anti slavery activist
Who did Dred Scott sue?
His owners
What did the Dred Scott Decision do to the nation?
Angered it
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court that ruled on the Dred Scott case?
Roger b Taney
According to the Dred Scott Decision, what did the Constitution do?
Protect slavery
What Senate race became the center of national attention?
Lincoln v Douglas
What party was each candidate a part of in the Lincoln-Douglas race?
L->republican
D-> democrat
What was the main topic of the debates during the Lincoln-Douglas election?
Slavery
Who won the Illinois Senate race between Lincoln and Douglas?
Douglas
What was the name of the event when John Brown led men to attack a weapon
storage facility?
Raid on harpers ferry
What was Brown hoping to start at the Raid on Harpers Ferry?
A type of rebellion
After this event, what became a rallying point for many abolitionists?
John browns hanging
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
After seven states seceded, what was formed on Feb. 4, 1861?
Confederate states of America
