Chapter 16 Flashcards
(22 cards)
Who won the Election of 1848?
Zachary Taylor
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
A proposal that would ban slavery in any lands that the U.S. acquired from Mexico,but never passed.
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?
The Fugitive Slave Act
Anyone who aided a fugitive slave could be, what two things?
Be fined,imprisoned,or both
What did the enforcement of this act do?
It caused more anger in the north
What increased the amount of territory open to slaveholding in the U.S.?
Kansas & Nebraska Act
What is popular sovereignty?
Letting people decide an issue
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?
Brooks beat sumner with a cane
What did Antislavery Whigs & Democrats, and Free Soilers join together to become?
Republicans
Who did Dred Scott sue?
His owner
What did the Dred Scott Decision do to the nation?
It them Angrier
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?
It said that he had no rights.that he was property
What Senate race became the center of national attention?
Lincoln and Douglas
What party was each candidate a part of?
Democratic and republican
What was the main topic of the debates during that election?
SLAVERY
Who won the Illinois Senate race?
Lincoln
What was the name of the event when John Brown led men to attack a weapon storage facility?
The Raid On Harpers Fairy
What was Brown hoping to start at the Raid on Harpers Ferry?
Hope to start a rebellion against slaveholders
