pre civil war

Question 1

california gold rush

Answer 1

-1849
-people rush into ca for gold
-lawless and virtueless men & women
-theft of gold/murder
-washers-launderers earned more money
-gained enough to become state, raises slave dispute again

Question 2

compromise of 1850

Answer 2

-ca slave or none-slave
-wants to be free
-upset south since it would set example for west

results:
-territory dispute by texas and new mexico to be surrendered
-end of slave trade in dc (not slavery)
-texas received $10 million in compensation
-stringent fugitive slave clause
-nm & utah areas are popular sovereignty

Question 3

popular sovereignty

Answer 3

-lewis cass
-people get to vote for or against slavery
-promoted by douglas
-trial in kansas

Question 4

free soil ideology

Answer 4

-opposed slavery but not on moral grounds
-felt white laborors shouldn’t have to compete with black slaves in new territories for work

Question 5

impact of fugitive slave law

Answer 5

-any federal marshall who didn’t arrest a runaway slave could be fined
-suspected slaves could be arrested without warrent
-no right to testify in court
-pleased south

Question 6

split of whig party

Answer 6

-conscience whigs: north favorite abolition of slavery/halting institutions spread into new territories
-cotton whigs: south, form democratic party

Question 7

kansas nebraska act (1854), bleeding kansas

Answer 7

-after compromise of 1850
-question of slavery
-abolitionists & pro-slavery get in way to sway kansas

Question 8

republican party (1850s)

Answer 8

-anti-slavery
-government grant western lands to settlers free of charge
-lincoln first elected
-establishes 2 party system

Question 9

caning of sen. sumner

Answer 9

-leading abolitionist
-crime against kansas
-first hit of civil war
-elected again even with medical stuff standing in support

Question 10

gadsden purchase

Answer 10

-after mexican war
-transportation issues
-north & south want railroad
-james gasden
-1853-negotiated purchase of mexican territory for $10 million
-enables construction of railroad

Question 11

ostend manifesto

Answer 11

-advocated purchase of cuba from spain
-spain refused
-tried to gain territory by fighting, failing twice
meeting is belgium, secret plans to get cuba
-if cuba refuses, they will fight

Question 12

pottawottamie creek massacre & raid at harpers ferry

Answer 12

-john brown
-brown raids ferry with hope that slaves would fight whites
-almost succeeds but dies

Question 13

dred scott v. sanford (1857)

Answer 13

-slave
-goes to wisconsin(free)
-appeals to supreme court that hes free
-ruled as property
-declares missouri compromise unconstitutional
-south happy, north not
-blow to democrats

Question 14

lincoln douglas debates-“freeport doctrine”

Answer 14

-abraham lincoln and stephan douglas
-fighting for illinois seat
-famous speech
-lincoln asks in reference to dred scot case: if the states want to be free but the supreme court says it cant be free, who gets the vote?

Question 15

lincoln’s “house divided” speech

Answer 15

-republican state convention
-states us is house divided
-gave metaphor more traction

Question 16

election of 1860-four candidates (split of democrats)

Answer 16

-stephan douglas-northern democrats (split democratic party)
-john breckinridge-southern Democrats (extension of slavery, annex cuba)
-john bell-constitutional party (former whigs/know nothings)
-abrahan lincoln-repiblicans (few enemies, free soiler, protective tariff, pacfic railroad, no abridgement of rights)

Question 17

inaction of buchanan

Answer 17

-before civil war
-president before lincoln
-sc secedes
-he does nothing but wasn’t much he could’ve done

Question 18

crittenden compromise

Answer 18

-james henry crittenden
-amendments to appease to south (prohibit slavery in north, future states come in as popular sovereignty)
-lincoln rejects

Question 19

lincolns 1st inaugural address

Answer 19

-no conflict unless south provoked it
-succession was impractical since country cant separate

Question 20

daniel webster

Answer 20

-oral speaking
-supported high tariffs under jackson
-secretary of state, only cabinet member not to resign under taylor

Question 21

james buchanan

Answer 21

-inaction before civil war
-president in 1856
-southern influence, kansas crisis

Question 22

john brown

Answer 22

-kansas
-raid at harpers ferry
-pottawamie creek

Question 23

stephan douglas

Answer 23

-senator for illinois
-popular sovereignty
-lincoln douglas debates
-freeport doctrine

Question 24

roger taney

Answer 24

-supreme court justice, ruled against dred scott

Question 25

rep. preston brooks

Answer 25

-beat sumner with cane

Question 26

sen. charles summer

Answer 26

-got beat with cane