The Northwest Ordinance & Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850 & Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas Nebraska Act & Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Dred Scott Decision & John Brown & Lincoln Douglas Debates
Election 1860 & Southern Secession
Dates
100
Which law was created early on in our country's history that limited the spread of slavery North of the Ohio River?
The Northwest Ordinance 1787
100
The United States acquired land in the West after a war with Mexico (1846-1848). Which state wanted to join the Union as a free state in 1849?
California
100
What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
It further divided the nation between the North and South.
Many northerners became even angrier about the abuses of slavery.
100
Who did Abraham Lincoln debate in 1858 when he was trying to become the senator for Illinois?
Stephen Douglas
100
What does it mean for states to secede?
to formally withdraw and leave the United States
100
Missouri Compromise
1820
200
What was the fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?
Southerners could lose voting power in Congress and they wouldn't have the ability to stop the abolition of slavery
200
What law required citizens of the United States to help return fugitive slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Act
200
What do we call the time period in Kansas when pro and anti-slavery citizens had violent confrontations?
Bleeding Kansas
200
What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harpers Ferry?
to create a slave rebellion that would bring an end to slavery
200
'A house divided against itself cannot stand.'
What does the word "house" in Lincoln’s statement refer to?
the United States, or the country
200
Dred Scott Decision
1857
300
Which state wanted to join the Union as a slave state in 1819 which would upset the balance between slave and free states?
Missouri
300
Which two people worked together to balance the interests of the North and the South with regard to slavery?
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
300
What was the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in Kansas?
It led to a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas.
300
What was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case?
that African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens and could never become citizens of the United States.
300
Which state was the first to secede from the United States?
South Carolina
300
Fugitive Slave Act
This was part of the Compromise of 1850
400
How did Missouri's application as a slave state challenge the Northwest Ordinance boundary?
Missouri was mostly above the Ohio River which served as the current border between where slavery was allowed and abolished. Admitting Missouri as a slave state would upset the balance between free and slave states.
400
Why was the Fugitive Slave Act ineffective?
many enslaved people moved to Canada.
Many northerners refused to obey the law.
Harassment from northerners toward slave catchers would make them return south
400
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act abolish the Missouri Compromise?
Both Kansas and Nebraska could now vote on the issue of slavery in their territory even though they were above the Missouri Compromise line (36, 30) where slavery was previously abolished.
400
How did the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 impact Lincoln’s political future?
He became known throughout the nation. These debates brought the moral question of slavery into sharp focus.
400
Why was the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 very unusual?
Lincoln only received 40% of the popular vote all cast in the Northern States.
He didn't even appear on the ballot in 10 Southern States
Southerners were fearful that if Lincoln were elected it would mean an immediate end to slavery
400
Abraham Lincoln won the presidency and South Carolina secedes from the Union
1860
500
Identify the three parts of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Missouri came into the country as a slave state
Maine came into the country as a free state
Congress picked the 36,30 line of latitude to determine where slavery was allowed and banned in future territories of the Louisiana Purchase.
500
According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area was slavery banned?
land acquired from Mexico
500
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed slavery in the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska if their citizens voted for it. What do we call this type of system?
Popular Sovereignty
500
Why did Dred Scott argue that he should be freed from slavery?
He argued that his stay in a free state and territory should have made him a free person.
500
Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?
South Carolina's shelling of Fort Sumter
500
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia
1859