Review Flashcards
(13 cards)
What was the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri entered as a slave state; Maine entered as a free state. Slavery not allowed above the Mason-Dixon Line in the Louisiana Territory.
What was the impact of the Second Great Awakening on slavery?
Many Americans became aware of the cruelties of slavery and began dedicating their time/resources to ending it. The abolitionist movement gained momentum.
What was the Underground Railroad?
A system of safe places for runaway slaves to stay until they reached freedom. Harriet Tubman was considered their Moses.
What did the Compromise of 1850 achieve?
California admitted as a free state; created a strong Fugitive Slave Law; slave trade ended in Washington D.C.; New Mexico and Utah were open to slavery.
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
A law that sent Blacks into slavery when one person claimed they were a slave, offering a substantial reward for capturing ‘slaves’.
What is the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Tom is a slave mistreated by the cruel master Legree, making Americans realize the horrors of slavery and turning many against it.
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to?
Bloodshed over slavery as Kansas became a state; popular sovereignty was used to decide on slavery, allowing it above the Missouri Compromise line.
What was the outcome of the Dred Scott Decision?
Scott could not sue for his freedom because he was not a citizen; the Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional, allowing slavery in territories.
What did Lincoln mean by ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand’?
He believed the government could not endure permanently half slave and half free.
What were the Lincoln-Douglas Debates focused on?
For Douglas, the issue of slavery was legal; for Lincoln, it was moral.
What was significant about the Election of 1860?
Lincoln campaigned against divided Democratic candidates; he did not appear on Southern ballots and was not recognized as president by the South.
What was the result of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry?
Brown became a hero to abolitionists in the North and was hung for starting a slave rebellion.
What event marked the start of the Civil War?
The secession of South Carolina led to the shelling of Fort Sumter.
