Main Ideas
Describe why a balance was important during the Pre-Civil War era? What was the balance between?
There was a balance between free and slave states that was trying to be maintained. Then, no side had more power than the other.
Describe the Underground Railroad.
The Civil War in the USA was between which 2 groups.
North and South
True or False: Dred Scott was white.
False, he was African American.
Define sovereignty.
Sovereignty is the ultimate power a country has to control what happens within its borders.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The Kansas‑Nebraska Act was an 1854 bill that allowed settlers of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether slavery would be allowed within their state's borders.
True or False: The South was a center of manufacturing and trade. It had big cities, factories, railroads, and lots of immigrants from other countries. In contrast, the North was a center of farming or agriculture. They used slaves to work in the fields and grow cash crops like cotton and tobacco.
False, it's the opposite. The North was a center of manufacturing and trade. It had big cities, factories, railroads, and lots of immigrants from other countries. In contrast, the South was a center of farming or agriculture. They used slaves to work in the fields and grow cash crops like cotton and tobacco.
What decade did the Dred Scott case occur in?
1850s
3 Main Ideas/Causes of the Civil War
Sectional Conflict: disputes over and territory land
Beginnings of violence: small battles
Conflict deepens: sparks of bigger war beginning
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
Any African American could be accused of being a runaway and captured. The accused would be brought before a federal commissioner (like a judge), but would not be allowed to defend themselves.
Describe sectionalism.
Sectionalism, is an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of another. Division.
Throughout American history, tension has existed between several regions, but the competing views of the institution of slavery held by Northerners and Southerners were the preeminent sectional split and the defining political issue in the United States from the founding of the country until the American Civil War.
Did Dred Scott live in both free and slave states?
Yes
Describe what popular sovereignty means.
Popular sovereignty means that the power of the government comes from the people. It's saying that the government is there because the people agree to it and let it make decisions for them.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation. It also outlawed slavery above the 36º 30' latitude line.
What was Bleeding Kansas?
Series of small yet deadly battles that contributed to the Civil War. These battles were in Kansas and over territory/borders and slavery.
Became the first battleground between those favoring the extension of slavery and those opposing it.
What did Dred Scott sue for?
He sued for his freedom, stating that since he had lived in free states that meant that he should be a free man.
_________ (person) 4 Proposals turned into the Compromise of 1850!
Henry Clay’s 4 Proposals turned into the Compromise of 1850!
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
Rep. David Wilmont proposed to end slavery. It stated that slavery and involuntary servitude shall never exist in any territory gained from Mexico.
Did anyone reject or oppose the Wilmot Proviso?
John C. Calhoun opposed this. He prepared a series of resolutions explaining that because the states collectively owned the territories, Congress had no right to ban slavery there.
What was the ruling from the US Supreme Court on the Dred Scott case?
The case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, where Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was on the case. The Court ruled against Scott, stating that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, were not citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal courts.