Unit 1 Flashcards
(27 cards)
What was sectionalism?
Different people wanting to think like the people around them.
Describe the pre-war North.
Most people in the north wanted no slaves, big factories, big cities, and a strong central government.
Describe the pre-war South.
People in the south liked to have slaves, own big plantations, and wanted more state power.
What was an abolitionist?
People who didn’t like slavery and tried to get rid of it were abolitionists.
What was the Missouri Compromise and what was it’s main goal?
Included California as a free state, banned the slave trade in Washington D.C.,required citizens to assist in helping return runaway slaves and they couldn’t have a jury trial, and said that popular sovereignty would be used to decide if a state would be a slave state or not.
Who wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act? What did the act do? What was the result?
Stephen Douglas and Andrew butler wrote the Kansas Nebraska act. The act created Kansas and Nebraska and they would be voted on using popular sovereignty.
Who was Stephen Douglas?
Which topics should you connect with this man?
He is the person that wrote the Kansas Nebraska act. He was an Illinois senator
Define popular sovereignty.
The people get to rule by voting.
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin? How did this novel further divide the North and South?
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book. It made the people in the north want to get rid of slavery even more.
How did Kansas earn the nickname “Bleeding Kansas” in the 1850s?
Kansas earned the nickname “bleeding Kansas” from the Wakarusa War and the burning of lawrence and all of the massacres because some people wanted kansas to be a free state and some people wanted it to be a slave state.
What were the “Bogus Elections?”
They were elections that were not fair because people in Missouri illegally voted.
Who was David Rice Aitchison? What event should you connect with this man?
He was a missouri senetor. We should connect the bogus elections with him.
Who were the Border Ruffians?
The people who illegally voted for a proslavery legislature.
What was the Wakarusa War?
The Wakarusa War was the war that was the first act of real violence in Kansas over slavery.
Who was John Brown? What events should you connect with this man?
John Brown was a well known abolitionist leader. You should connect him with the pottawatomie creek massacre and the raid on Harpers Ferry
What was the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre?
The Pottawatomie Creek Massacre was the massacre that John Brown led against pro slavery people.5 people died
Who were the Jayhawkers and what did they do?
The jayhawkers were the people that wanted to get rid of slavery and they fought the pro slavery people.
Who were the Bushwhackers and what did they do?
The Bushwackers were the people who were pro slavery and they fought the anti slavery people.
Who was James Lane? Which topics/events should you connect with him
James Lane was one of the people who played a big role in making Kansas a free state. Some of the things he did were bringing over lots of abolitionists to Kansas and leading the Jayhawkers against the Bushwhackers.
Who was Dred Scott? What decision was reached in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Dred Scott was a slave. They said it was unconstitutional to prohibit slavery and he couldn’t sue for his freedom
Who led the Raid on Harpers Ferry? What was at Harpers Ferry that he was after? What was his goal?
John Brown led the raid. He wanted to get weapons. They were captured by the U.S. His goal was to give the slaves weapons. He was hanged.
Who was Abraham Lincoln? What events should you connect with him
Abraham Lincoln was the president in 1860. He spoke out at the Kansas Nebraska act and the institution of slavery. Ran against Douglass. Southern states are going to secede once he get elected.
What does it mean to secede?
To secede means to leave
What happened at Fort Sumter in South Carolina?
The confederates took it. That is what started the war.
