Second Semester 2 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Explaining the compromise of 1850
Texas loses border for 10 m and fugitive act passed
What is popular sovereignty
People get to vote for what they want
What did Stephen a Douglas want to be constructed from Chicago to San Francisco
Transcontinental railroad
Douglas wanted the Western territory to be divided into what two territories
Kansas and Nebraska
What did the Kansas Nebraska act establish
Two new states that could vote for slavery
How was slavery be allowed in the two new territories
Popular sovereignty
Who is John Brown
Abolitionist that murdered border ruffians
Who were the border ruffians
People who support slavery
Who passed an ordinance a notification? What else did they turn to do
South Carolina. They also threatened to secede
What did Jackson do in response to the nullification
Jackson just sent ships and threatened to go to war with them
What was the breakdown of states in 1819
20 states are divided into slave and free states
What Supreme Court decision to clear the Missouri compromise unconstitutional
Friend Scott versus Sanford
Who did Abraham run again for senate from Illinois and who won
Douglas, Douglas won
Who are the candidates in the election of 1860 and who one
Lincoln and Douglas
Lincoln won
Your free-soilers
People that didn’t agree with slavery
What major political parties fell apart
Whigs
What new party was formed by former members other party that fell apart
Republicans
Who was there for his presidential candidate
John c Freeport
What states that the party need to Lincoln to take in order to win the election of 1860
New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania
What was Lincoln a symbol of
Frontier, hard-working, self-made man, and American dream
Explain the spoils system
Give jobs to supporters
