Social studies module 17 Lessons 1 - 2 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Who was Franklin Pierce?
Democratic candidate who won the presidential election of 1852.
Who was Stephen Douglas?
senator who introduced what would become the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a law that divided the rest of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories ( Kansas and Nebraska )
What is the Pottawatomie Massacre?
it was the murder of five pro-slavery men at the pottwawtomie creel by john brown and several other abolitionist.
Who was Preston brooks?
South Carolina representative who used a cane to beat senator Charles sumner.
Who was Charles Sumner?
A Massachusetts senator who was an outspoken critic of pro-slavery leaders.
Why was Franklin Pierce a popular candidate in the south?
He honored the compromised of 1850 and assured the southern votes.
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act get its name?
It got it from the Louisiana territory ( Kansas and Nebraska )
Was senator Charles Sumner for or against slavery?
He was against slavery, a antislavery person.
Who attacked Charles Sumner?
Preston Brooks
Who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen Douglas
What divided the Louisiana Purchase into two territories?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
What removed the Missouri compromises restriction on slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who was responsible for the massacre of 5 pro-slavery men that led to a civil war in Kansas.
John Brown and his sons.
What resulted in the deaths of 5 pro-slavery men in Kansas?
A pottawatomie Massacre
Who won the presidential election in 1852?
Franklin Piercer
Who was a senator from massachusetts hat spoke against the pro-slavery people in Kansas and was beaten by a fellow senator?
Charles Sumner
What caused the sack of Lawrence?
It was cause by pro-slavery jurors that charged antislavery leaders with treason.
What do you think would be the consequences of one state having two governments?
They would btoher one another and get into arguments.
What is the meaning of Popular Sovereignty?
the idea that political authority belongs to the people.
What is uncle toms cabin?
A book made about antislavery leaders, made by Harriet Beecher stowe.
Who is Anthony Burns?
A fugitive from virginia
What is the meaning of a free soil party?
A party formed in 1848 by antislavery notherners who left Whig and democratic parties because neither adressed the slavery issues.
Who is wilmot proviso?
a proposal to out law slavery in the territory added to the US, by the mexican cession.
