Politics
Abraham Lincoln
Who lead the raid on Harpers Ferry? (Weapons armory).
John Brown
What is a tariff?
Tax on imported goods.
What was the fugitive slave act?
What is the name for the economic downturn that effected the whole world? Did it effect the North or South more?
Panic of 1857. North.
What is the name of the violence that occurred as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska act?
What is the purpose of a tariff?
Encourage people to buy domestic goods.
Why was the North upset about the Fugitive slave act?
They felt like they had to take part in slavery.
What was the Missouri Compromise? List both parts.
Missouri slave state, Maine free state. 36-30 line. North free, South slave.
Abolitionist newspaper writer murdered for his writing.
Elijah Lovejoy
What is the name of the crisis in which South Carolina was upset about tariffs and attempted to secede from the union?
Nullification crisis.
Who was the slave who was taken to a free state and sued for his freedom?
Dred Scott
The name for someone who dies for their beliefs and furthers their cause?
What effect did Uncle Toms cabin have?
How did enslaved peoples communicate with each other to get routes to freedom, what was this route to freedom?
Song, Underground railroad.
List the 5 compromises in the compromises of 1850, put a "N" or "S" to represent who it benefited.
California-N
Utah New Mexico- S
Fugitive Slave Act- S
Slave trade banned DC - N
Texas Border- S
What core principle was established to decide whether Kansas and Nebraska would be free states?
Popular Sovereignty (Popular vote)
Who was the first state to secede?
South Carolina
What rulings did the supreme court make in the Dred Scott case? List all 3
1. African Americans, free or slave, could not be US citizens.
2. 5th amendment rights protected slave owners "right to property"
3. Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.