Conflict and Compromise Test Review Flashcards
(18 cards)
MC: what balance did it keep
balance of power in the senate
MC: what territory did it deal with
Louisiana purchase
MC: what re the three parts of the Missouri compromise
36’30 Line
missouri as slave state
maine as free state
1850: who developed it
Henry Clay
1850: what territory did it deal with
mexican cession
1850: 5 parts of the compromise
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2.
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4. ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
5. settled a border dispute between Texas and New Mexico
- california entered the union
- split mexican cession into two
- fugitive slave act
FS: what was it and why did North object
everyone required to catch runaway slave, north felt as if they were apart of slave system
KN: who developed the compromise
Stephan Douglass
KN: Main points of KN act
- created kansas and nebraska from split territory
- slavery decided by popular sovereignty
KN: why did north have a problem with KN act
opened up slavery issue as it was banned for decades, repealed Missouri Compromise
UTC: what was it, who wrote it, why is it important
Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, showed harshness of slave life
BK: what happened when kansas tried voting on becoming a slave state
pro and anti slavery bands flooded into the state from Missouri
BK: how did it get the nickname the “Bleeding Kansas”
violence that took place between anti and pro slavery bands
DSC: 3 parts of DS case
- Dred Scott was a slave, therefore not a citizen
- African Americans were not considered citizens
- congress can’t limit slavery anywhere
DSC: It was called the worse court decision in history, why
divided the union and took away citizenship from the African Americans in the North
What was the main focus of the Republican Party?
to stop the spread of slavery
1860 Elc:
How many canidates
who won by how much
what did the states do
4 candidates
Lincoln won by 39%
south seceded from union
MC: Who made it
Henry Clay
