Missouri/Kansas/Nebraska
What did the 36˚30´ parallel determine?
Where slavery was to be allowed and banned.
Review from last year: what is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Five slaves count as three people for representation
Where did Lincolns' quote "A house divided against itself cannot stand" come from?
The Bible
What affect did "Uncle Tom's Cabin" have on the people of the United States?
Turned many people against slavery
Why was Missouri applying to be a slave state controversial?
States North of the Ohio River were supposed to be free states.
Alex wants to watch the baseball game, but Sam wants to watch the football game. Give an example of a possible compromise.
ex: They watch a movie together instead
Why did Southern congressmen not want there to be more free states than slave states?
Slave states would have less voting power
What event ultimately led to the Civil War?
The attack on Fort Sumter
What was one effect of the Missouri Compromise?
- Maine = free state, Missouri = slave state
- 36˚30´
How did the Compromise of 1850 benefit the South?
- Made a law that required those who escaped slavery had to be returned to their owners.
- allowed the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery
True or False: After the election of 1860, the nation was no longer divided over slavery.
False
What is one reason the Fugitive Slave Law failed?
- many enslaved people moved to Canada.
- Northerners refused to obey the law.
- People who caught fugitives from slavery were driven back to the South
What was one effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
- created two new territories, Kansas and Nebraska.
- abolished the Missouri Compromise (popular sovereignty)
- violence in Kansas
What agreement banned slavery in land acquired from Mexico?
Wilmot Proviso of 1846
True or False: Abraham was a senator before he was elected president
True
A farmer has 1,200 apples and wants to put them into bags that hold 12 apples each. If he needs to send 20 bags to a grocery store, how many apples will he have left over?
960 apples
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act affect the Missouri Compromise?
Went against the compromise by allowing slavery in Northern territories.
Which two people worked together to try and balance the interests of both the North and South in regards to slavery?
Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
What event caused Lincoln to become a well known political figure throughout the nation?
Lincoln-Douglas debates
Why did John Brown want to organize a raid on Harper's Ferry?
He wanted to bring an end to slavey by having enslaved people lead a rebellion.
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