Chapter 16 Flashcards
(30 cards)
What was the main topic of the debates during that election?
Slavery
Who was the violent abolitionist that believed God had chosen him to end slavery?
John brown
What did Antislavery Whigs & Democrats, and Free Soilers join together to
become?
Republican Party
Who did Dred Scott sue?
His owner
What did the Dred Scott Decision do to the nation?
Divided 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?
Protected slavery
What Senate race became the center of national attention?
Lincoln and Douglas debates-senate race in Illinois
What party was each candidate a part of?
Republican and democratic
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 Harper’s ferry
What was Brown hoping to start at the Raid on Harpers Ferry?
A rebellion
After this event, what became a rallying point for many abolitionists?
Browns death
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
After seven states seceded, what was formed on Feb. 4, 1861?
A new nation and a new government called the confederate states of America
How did the Confederate States of America justify secession?
Belief in states rights
Who was the first President of the CSA?
Jefferson Davis
Whose hands did President Lincoln say the possibility of war was in?
The people’s hands
Confederate guns opened fire on what on April 12, 1861?
Fort Sumter
What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
The fort Sumter attack
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
Eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican war
Who won the Election of 1848?
Buchanan
What was the name for the bills that dealt with slavery in the states added since the
Missouri Compromise?
Fugitive slave act
What required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves in 1850?
Fugitive slave act
