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
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?
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?
Let people decide about issue themselves
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 Brow
What happened in the Sumner Brooks Incident?
Senator Charles Brooks lashed out agaisnt those for slavery, including Andrew B. Butler
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?
Divided nation even more
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court that ruled on the Dred Scott case?
Roger B. Tarney
According to the Dred Scott Decision, what did the Constitution do?
Protected slavery
What Senate race became the center of national attention?
Lincoln and Douglas Debate
What party was each candidate a part of?
Lincoln, republican
Douglas, democrat
What was the main topic of the debates during that election?
Slavery
Who won the Illinois Senate race?
Douglas
What was the name of the event when John Brown led men to attack a weapon
storage facility?
The Raid on Harpers Ferry
What was Brown hoping to start at the Raid on Harpers Ferry?
Rebellion on Salve holders
After this event, what became a rallying cry for many abolitionists?
Brown was executed
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
