Fugitive Slave Act
Free blacks forming protective leagues for fugitive slaves was not a result of the Fugitive Slave Act, 1850.
True or False
False, Protective Leagues were directly connected to the Fugitive Slave Act
What was used to signal that it was not yet safe to try and escape to the north?
Lit lanterns
What court case declared the Fugitive Slave Act unconstitutional, but the Supreme court overruled and said it was constitutional?
Ableman v. Booth
Jefferson Davis wanted the transatlantic railroad to start in Mississippi and go to California/The Pacific. He had something happen in order to accomplish this. What was it?
Davis sent James Gradsden to buy a large chunk of Mexico. This was called the Gradsden Purchase
Riots in the north started because they wanted fugitive slaves to return to the south.
True or false
False, riots started because northerners were protecting fugitive slaves and did not want them to return to harsh southern conditions.
Protective Leagues only consisted of free blacks.
True or False
False, whites and free blacks
Who protected slaves as they tried to escape to the north?
Planters' wives and non-slaveowners
Why did the Compromise of 1850 fail even though all of its individual bills passed?
It killed off nationalism and promoted sectionalism
Stephen A. Douglas wanted the transatlantic railroad to start from Chicago and go where?
Sacramento or San Francisco
Who authored the Compromise of 1850?
Stephen A. Douglas
Name two specific things the Fugitive slave act did.
1) Authorized appointments of federal commissioners before all US countries
2)Certificate of Removal - Posse Comitatus
3) 6 months jail, $1k fine
4) Process called Summary Proceeding
5) Payment to commissioners (controversial)
What did the term "Underground" in the Underground Railroads refer to?
The secrecy of the act of people attempting to help slaves escape to the north
Who were the three candidates in the presidential election of 1852?
Winfield Scott - Mexican war hero
John Hale - Free Soil Party
Franklin Pierce - Democratic Party
What was Stephen Douglas' 2 options for the transatlantic railroad?
He would be running trains through Indian territory and wanted to remove them (Plan A)
He would organize unorganized territories (Plan B)
Popular Sovereignty refers to allowing the states to determine whether they wanted to be a free or a slave state.
True or False
True
Explain the Fugitive slave act in your own words.
A law making it a crime to help runaway slaves
Name two states where a lot of abolitionists resided?
Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa
After the 1852 election, the Whigs died as a whole and split in two. What were the two factions?
Conscience Whigs - joined Free Soil Party (opposed slavery)
Cotton Whigs - advocate/support slavery
Name 2 stipulations proposed in the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854.
A) Shrink Indian territory
B) Creates to territories: Kansas and Nebraska
C) Repeals the Missouri Compromise line
D) Popular Sovereignty for the 2 territories
What was the alternate name for the Fugitive Slave Act?
Bloodhound Law
What did the Fugitive Slave act pass as a part of?
The Compromise of 1850
Some African Americans put on the path of the underground railroads were forced.
True or False
False, the choice to escape was made by each individual.
Who wins the 1852 presidency but failed to effectively perform their duties due to the death of a child?
Franklin Pierce
What were the consequences of the Kansas- Nebraska Act, 1854? Name 2
repeal Missouri Compromise line
popular sovereignty = referendum (vote) on slavery
division of the northern democrats
spurred creation of Republican party (free soil party)
What was the event of violent civil confrontations in the US in a specific state called?
Bleeding Kansas