Chapter 19 Flashcards
(17 cards)
Who published Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What was Uncle Tom’s Cabin about?
the splitting up of a slave family and the mistreatment of likable Uncle Tom by a cruel slave master
How was Uncle Tom’s Cabin a catalyst toward war?
It stirred the North’s sense of morality against slavery
What did Uncle Tom’s Cabin help prevent?
Britain from joining the war on the South’s side
Who wrote “The Impending Crisis of the South” at the same time as “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”? What did it argue?
Hinton Helper; Helper disliked blacks and aristocratic whites so he argued that slavery hurt non-slave owning whites in the South
Since it was opened to popular sovereignty and was perched to grow, _____ became the new slavery battleground.
Kansas
What was the unspoken understanding during the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Kansas would go slave and Nebraska would be free
Who was Harriet Beecher’s brother and what did he help purchase?
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher; purchased “Beecher Bibles” (rifles) for many settlers going to Kansas
Who shot up and burnt down free-soil Lawrence, Kansas?
William Clark Quantrill
Who and his men set out for revenge for Lawrence, Kansas, and killed and chopped up 5 slavery supporters?
John Brown
With all the chaos and violence, what was Kansas being called?
“Bleeding Kansas”
What was made by a pro-slavery government when Kansas applied for state-hood?
Lecompton Constitution
The Lecompton Constitution could be passed “with” or “without” slavery, but what was eventually passed?
“with” slavery
Who gave his approval for the Lecompton Constitution?
Pres. James Buchanan
______, author of Kansas/Nebraska popular sovereighty, led the opposition against the Lecompton Constitution because it was not true popular sovereignty due to the irregularities of the voting. He got it shot dead in the water.
Stephen Douglas
Tension and passion form Bleeding Kansas worked into Congress, which led to _____ (northern abolitionist) graphically criticizing a South Carolinian congressmen.
Senator Charles Sumner
Who took offense to Sumner’s comments and whacked Charles Sumner over the head on the floor of Congress?
Preston Brooks
