Chapter 16 Flashcards
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 ( 5 bills were passed to make up the plan that expanded upon the Missouri Compromise because of the added states)
What required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves in 1850?
The Fugitive Slave
Anyone who aided a fugitive slave could be, what two things?
They could be fined or imprisoned
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.?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is popular sovereignty?
Letting people decide for the,selves about 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?
Violence over slavery broke out in Congress. Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts lashed out against those for slavery, including Andrew P. Butler from South Carolina. A few days later Butler’s cousin, Representative Preston hit Sumner with a cane, leaving him unconscious and bleeding
What did Antislavery Whigs and Antislavery Democrats, and Free Soilers join together to become?
The Republican Party
Who did Dred Scott sue?
His owner’s family
What did the Dred Scott Decision do the nation?
It divided the nation even more
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court that ruled on the Dred Scott case?
Chief Roger B. Taney
According to the Dred Scott Decision what did the Constitution do?
The Constitution protected slavery
What senate race became the center of national attention?
Lincoln and Douglas Debate (which took place in Illinois)
What party was each candidate a part of?
Lincoln was a Republican
Stephen A. Douglas was a Democrat
What was the main topic of the debates during that election?
Slavery
Who won the Illinois Senate race?
Douglas
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
A proposal that would ban slavery in any lands that the U.S. acquired from Mexico, but it never passed
What was the name of the event when John Brown led men to attack a weapon storage facility?
The Raid on Harpers Ferry (in Virginia)
What was Brown hoping to start at the Raid on Harpers Ferry?
He hoped to start a rebellion against slaveholders by arming slaves, but he and his men were quickly defeated
After this event, what became a rallying cry for many abolitionists?
John Brown’s Execution
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
