The Road To The Civil War Test Flashcards
(27 cards)
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who was known as “The Great Compromiser”?
Henry Clay
According to this agreement, slavery would not be permitted in any states coming out of the Louisiana Territory above the 36’30 line.
Missouri Compromise
Who authored the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen Douglas
What party’s strength was derived solely from the North prior the Civil War?
Republican
Who was the chief Justice of US Supreme Court?
Roger B. Taney
What is the belief that the people who live in a territory have the power to decide if slavery is permitted there?
Popular sovereignty
What law divided the Nebraska territory into two territories?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is the belief that salve owners were working together to spread slavery across the US?
Slave Power conspiracy
Who was the Republicans nominee for president in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Most Southerners owned slaves prior to 1860.
True or False?
False
The Kansas-Nebraska Act brought about the division and eventual downfall of the Whig Party.
True or False?
True
The North built built fewer railroads than the South because they depended primarily on water transportation.
True or False?
False
Uncle Tom’s Cabin sold very few copies until after the Civil War.
True or False?
False
In the 1850’s, the Republican Party believed in a strong national government and opposed the spread of slavery.
True or False?
True
What party formed out of the opposition to Andrew Jackson?
The Whig Party
List 2 Parts of the Compromise of 1850:
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- California was free
- The rest of the Mexican territory that was won would be decided by popular sovereignty
What was the name given to all the violence in Kansas after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Bleeding Kansas
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
The belief that slavery could remain where it already existed but should not be allowed to spread to the territories
What was the nation’s most valuable export in the 1850’s?
Cotton
List 2 Parts of the Dred Scott Decision
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- Slavery is allowed above the 36’30 line because the US Supreme Court said that Congress can’t decide if slaves can come above the 36’30 line
- You can take slaves into Northern Territory
What people engaged in a series of widely-followed debates during the 1858 Illinois Senate race?
Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln
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- Clean
- Chivalry
List 2 (often stereotypes and myths) that Southerners believed about the North
- Dirty
- Rude
