TCI Lesson 21 (SIMPLE VERSION) Flashcards
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Where was slavery banned?
Slavery was banned north of the Ohio River.
What did the Tallmadge Amendment say?
It said that Missouri could join the Union, but only as a free state.
How did the North and South react to the Tallmadge Amendment (hint: it lead to Congress being deadlocked)
Southerners opposed the Tallmadge Amendment, questioning Congress’s power to determine slavery. The North supported anti-slavery sentiments, while the South feared losing their antislavery bill blocking power if Missouri joined Union. House approval led to deadlock on slavery issue.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
In 1820, the Missouri Compromise resolved the issue by admitting Missouri as a state with slavery and Maine as a state without slavery. It also drew a line across the Louisiana Territory. In the future, slavery would be permitted only south of that line.
What was The Second Great Awakening, what did it resurface, and what did it lead to?
It was a period of widespread religious revivalism in the United States. It resurfaced slavery issues, and lead to strict laws and the “Gag Rule” (a resolution passed by the US House of Representatives that prohibited the discussion or debate of anti-slavery petitions. It was enacted to silence debate on the issue of slavery).
What party formed during the Kansas-Nebraska Act controversy?
The Republican Party.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
After the Mexican-American War, the Compromise of 1850 allowed California to become a free state, allowing New Mexico and Utah to decide on slavery. It ended Washington, D.C. enslavement trade, and implemented stronger laws targeting fugitives, fueled by Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
The treaty that concluded the Mexican-American War in March 1848 ceded to the United States all of present-day California, Nevada, and Utah, most of Arizona, half of New Mexico, and portions of Colorado and Wyoming. In 1846, the controversial Wilmot Proviso would have prohibited slavery in all this territory (it was unfortunately never passed tho)
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
In 1857, the Supreme Court issued a decision in the Dred Scott case: African Americans were not citizens and the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
What crisis happened after compromise?
Antislavery activists formed a new political party: the Republican Party. The party nominated Abraham Lincoln to represent Illinois in the U.S. Senate. Slavery was the focus of debates between Lincoln and opponent Stephen Douglas. Lincoln lost the election, but the debates brought slavery into sharp focus. A raid launched by abolitionist John Brown (a hero & martyr to the north, a horror for the south) raised fears of a rebellion against enslavement.
What was the Election of 1860, and what lead to secession?
Lincoln won the presidency in 1860. Soon afterward, South Carolina and six other Southern states seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. In early 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, marking the beginning of the Civil War.
