Senators and Congressman
Laws
Regions
famous people, places and things
Misc. Vocabulary
100
Henry Clay
Who is the senator from Kentucky, known as the Great Compromiser that helped create the Missouri Compromise which included the 36'30' line.
100
Fugitive Slave Act
What is the law that made the capture and return of runaways legal, even if they lived in free states and had obtained their freedom.
100
North - Geographical characteristics
What is long winters, short growing season, rocky soil, Mississippi, and Ohio rivers, great lakes, Appalachian mountains
100
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who is the woman who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" that told the story of slavery and exposed the moral issue of slavery.
100
Reasons for sectionalism
What is state's rights, tariffs, slavery, and economic differences
200
John C. Calhoun
Who is the senator from South Carolina who argued in favor of slavery and nullification.
200
Dred Scott Vs Sanford
What is the court case that decided that African-Americans were not citizens, were not allowed in court and they had no rights.
200
South - Geographical Characteristics
What is humid, sub-tropical (hot summers, mild winters), rich fertile soil & long growing season; Mississippi, Ohio, & Rio Grande rivers; Appalachian mountains.
200
Quakers
What is the name of the religious group that believed owning another person contradicted their belief in the equality of all human beings.
200
The reasons for spread of slavery
What is Missouri compromise, annexation of Texas, Kansas-Nebraska Act, cotton gin
300
Daniel Webster
Who is the northern senator who was very pro-union and argued against the doctrine of nullification.
300
Missouri Compromise
What is the law that kept equal balance between free and slave states by allowing Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Dividing line was the 36'30' line
300
West - people who lived there and their jobs.
What is the Americans, immigrants, and slaves; farming lumber, mining.
300
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What is the book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that exposed the evils of slavery and helped ignite the civil war.
300
Tariffs affect on the north and the south
What is tariffs protected the north by making American goods cheaper, but hurt the south because imported goods from Europe were more expensive.
400
Stephen Douglas
Who is the senator who debated against Abraham Lincoln and wanted to let slavery be decided by popular sovereignty (popular vote).
400
Compromise of 1850
What is the law that allowed 1.California to enter as a free state, 2.banned slave trade in District of Columbia, 3.created the Fugitive Slave Act 4. allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to decide whether to be a slave or free state.
400
North, South, West regional differences
What is the north contained free states, south slave states, and the west Kansas-Nebraska, New Mexico/Utah, Louisiana Purchase and Mexican-Cession Territories
400
Chief Justice Roger Taney
Who is the judge that ruled in the Dred Scott vs Sanford case stating the current or former slaves and their descendants had "no rights that the white man had to respect."
400
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is the law that repealed the Missouri Compromise by allowing the people (popular sovereignty) to decide whether their state was free or slave. Caused fighting to break out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups.
500
Abraham Lincoln
Who is the 16th president of the United States who debated Stephen Douglas;Lincoln argued against slavery and wanted it contained to the South.
500
Wilmot Proviso
What is the proposal that stated slavery should not be allowed on the land acquired by the Mexican-American War.
500
North and South "human" characteristics (jobs and people)
What is the North had factories, merchants, lumber, fishing, and small farms. Populated by American and immigrants & small slave populations in wealthy homes. South had farming of cash crops such as cotton, tobacco, rice. Labor was mostly poor white farmers and large slave plantations.
500
Harper's Ferry
What is the federal armory where John Brown, motivated by his religious beliefs, led a group to raid the armory and start an armed slave revolt to destroy slavery.
500
Nullification Crisis and South Carolina
What is the south wanted to nullify or cancel the protective tariffs that helped protect and boost the Northern economy. South Carolina wished to nullify the tariffs in the 1830's.
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