Rise Of Republican Party Flashcards
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Early signs of Whig collapse
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Failings in state and local elections in 1853
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Democrat losses in 1854 mid-term election
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91 to 23, free state
67 to 63, slave state
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Date of Irish potato famine
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1845-46
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Immigration between 1845-54 (of which Catholic)
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3 million (1 million)
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Regions of Irish settlement
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North-eastern cities
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Growth in Catholicism 1850-54
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Catholic bishops, priests and churches almost doubled
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Nativist failings of Whig party
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Attempted to appeal to new immigrants but alienated native born Americans
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Site and date of founding of Order of the Star-Spangled Banner
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New York, 1849
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Know Nothing key issues
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Protestant
Nativist, 21 year probationary period before immigrants could become full american citizens
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Know Nothing membership in 1854
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1 million members
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Massachusetts vote for Know Nothing’s in 1854
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63%
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Year of transformation of Know Nothing to American Party
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1855
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Region of strength for Republicans
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Mid-west
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Key issue of Republicans
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Anti-slave power
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State of senator William Seward
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New York
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Leading Southern Politician on Kansas
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Senator Atchison of Missouri
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Company and number for Northern settlers in Kansas
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Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company, 1500 in 1854-55
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Pro-slave association set up in Kansas
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Platte County Defensive Association
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Site of initial legislature in Kansas
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Lecompton
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Site of alternative government in Kansas
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Topeka
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Topeka plans for blacks in Kansas
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Complete ban
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Site of sack by pro-slave posse in May 1856
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Lawrence
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Deaths from attack of Lawrence, Kansas
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1 pro-slaver died when a building collapsed on him
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Site of John Brown’s first attack
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Pottawatomie Creek
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Effect of John Brown's murder of 5 people-slavery settlers
Series of tit for tat killings
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Name of new governor appointed in Kansas in 1856
John Geary
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Name created for events in Kansas in press
Bleeding Kansas
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Reasons for decline in American Party support (5)
Had to drop KNA position
Decline of immigration led to fall in nativism
Failure of Know Nothing legislatures
Secretive side of the movement disliked
Success attracted old guard which alienated other supporters
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Proportion of anti KNA members affiliated with KNs in 1854-55
2/3
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Election of speaker for House 1856, winning candidate
Nathaniel Banks, ex-KN, now Republican
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Date of first national convention for Republican Party
February 1856
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Date of Bleeding Sumner
May 1856
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People and their role in Bleeding Sumner (3)
Senator Sumner beating up after speech
Speech against Senator Butler
Attack by Congressmen Preston Brooks
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How did the south endorse Brooks' actions (2)
New cane
| Easily re-elected
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Year of American Party National Convention
1856
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Number of Northern delegates splintering away from American Party in 1856
73
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American party's selection of candidate in 1856
Ex-President Fillmore
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3 potential republican candidates in 1856
Samuel Chase
William Seward
John C Fremont
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Fremont's age in 1856
43
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Fremont's political experience
Democrat Senator for California for 17 days
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Date of Fremont's nomination for Republican candidate
June 1856
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Republican twin protests in platform
Polygamy and slavery
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Democrat potential candidates for 1856 election (3)
Pierce
Douglas
Buchanan
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Regional contests in 1856 election
North - Buchanan v Fremont
| South - Buchanan v Fillmore
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1856 election results
Buchanan (45.3% and 174 EC votes)
Fremont (45% of N and only 1196 of South, 114 EC votes)
Fillmore (21.6% and 8 EC votes)
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Distribution of states between candidates in 1856 election
Buchanan won all but one Southern state plus 5 free states
Fremont won rest of North
Fillmore won one Southern state
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Increase in number of seats in house for Northern Democrats after 1856 election
Increased to 53
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Number of Southern Democrats and Republicans in congress
75 SD and 92 Republicans
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Buchanan's political experience
House, Senate, Cabinet, US minister in Russia and Britain
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Number of slave owners in Buchanan's cabinet
4
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Dred Scott movements
First to Illinois, then to Wisconsin territory and returned to Missouri
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3 key questions revolving around Dred Scott case
Right to sue in federal courts?
Was he free as a result of living in a free state?
Was he free as a result of living in a free territory?
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Date of Supreme Court's decision
March 1857
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Composition of the Supreme Court in 1857
9 justices, 5 Southern and 4 Northern
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Name and age of Chief Justice
Roger Taney, 79
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Court decision on Dred Scott, how voting
7 votes to 2
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Effect of Dred Scott decision on Missouri Compromise
Declared illegal and void
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Name of depression in 1850s in America
Panic of 1857
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Buchanan's actions on Panic of 1857
Did nothing and blocked Republican proposals to make changes
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Month of Gov Geary's resignation
March 1857
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New Kansas Governor after Geary
Robert Walker
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Evidence of fraud in Kansas elections
One village with 30 eligible voters returned 1600 votes
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Choice of Lecompton constitutions presented to voters (2)
Accept pro-slavery constitution
| Accept constitution banning new slaves imported but keeping all old slaves
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Ultimatum in Southern press regarding Kansas constitution
Lecompton or disunion
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Month of Walker's resignation from Kansas Governor
December 1857
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Buchanan's response to initial constitution of Kansas
Endorsed it and ignored any claims of fraud
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Who spoke against Buchanan and Lecompton Constitution
Senator Douglas
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Aftermath of Douglas' speech against Lecompton and Buchanan
Denounced by Southern democrats as a traitor
| Democrat party split North and South
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Congress voting for Lecompton Constitution
Senate passed 33 to 25
| Defeated in House by 120 to 112
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Month of new free elections on Lecompton constitution
August 1858
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Month of Kansas' admission to the Union
January 1861
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How large was Illinois in 1858, ranking
4th largest
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Lincoln first in Illinois state legislature
1834
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Lincoln first in House of Representatives
1846
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Lincoln defeated in House of Representatives
1848
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Act that brought Lincoln back to politics
Kansas Nebraska Act
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Year in which Lincoln joined Republican Party
1856
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Number of debates between Douglas and Lincoln
7
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Date of Lincoln Douglas Debates
August - October 1858
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Topics of LD debates (3)
Race, slavery and slavery expansion
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Single key difference between Lincoln and Douglas
Douglas never publicly said slavery was a moral evil
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Votes for Lincoln and Douglas
125,000 to 121,000 for Lincoln
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Who was senator of Illinois 1858
Douglas
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Who controlled house after 1858 election
Republicans
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Republicans increase in vote in battleground states from 1856-58
35% to 52%
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Date of first night of attack on Harpers Ferry
16th October 1859
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Number of men with Brown for raid
18
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What was significant about Harper's ferry
There was a federal arsenal
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Nickname for Brown's financial supporters
The Secret Six
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Who was the first to die in John Brown's Raid
Black baggage master
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Who led Virginia and Maryland's state militia against John Brown
Robert E Lee
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How long was the siege at Harper's Ferry
36 hours
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Number of deaths in attack of John Brown's siege (of which with Brown)
17 (10)
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What was John Brown charged with in 1859
Treason
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Date of John Brown's execution
2 December 1859
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Actions taken by Southern States after John Brown's raid (4)
Vigilante committees established
Slave patrols strengthened
Increase in lynchings
Increase in weapon purchases by Southern state governments
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Republican proposals in 1859-60 Congress
Fee homesteads
Higher tariffs
Pacific railroad
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Achievements of 1859-60 congress
Nothing, sectional tensions blocked all
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State, dates and party of Fillmore
1850-53
New York
Know Nothing
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States, dates and party of Franklin Pierce
1853-57
New Hampshire
Democrat
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State, dates and party of Buchanan
1857-61
Pennsylvania
Democrat
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Composition of 1855 territorial legislature in Kansas (slave:free)
36:3
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Who did Buchanan write a letter too encouraging support of slavery verdict on Dred Scott
Grier, Supreme Court Justice from Pennsylvania
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Signs of economic prosperity in 1848-56
Banks doubled, railroad mileage increased 3 times and Cali gold rush
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Trigger of Panic of 1857
Tripling interest rate
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Why did elections in Kansas repeatedly fail
Free-staters expecting it to be rigged boycotted the vote
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Number of Representatives of Know Nothing's in House in 1854
52/234
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How many seats did the democrats have in 1855 congress
80
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How many blows did it take to Sumners head for the cane to break
30
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Legal punishment of Preston Brooks
Fined $300
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Nickname for Buchanan
Old Public Functionary
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Increase in seats for Northern Democrats after Niv 1856 election
23 to 53
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In what year was Lincoln first elected to House of Representatives
1846
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Number of Illinois senators not for re-election hat were Democrat
8/13
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1858 congressional election, change in seats for Republicans and Democrats in swing states
D fell by 13
| R rose by 13
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Swing states change increase in Republican vote from 1856-58
35%-52%
