Confronting Slavery
Generally, slavery was banned North of what river?
Ohio River
Why could states like Virgina, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware still have slavery if they were North of the 36 30 line?
They were already established slave states before the Missouri Compromise.
How did the fugitive slave law support the South?
Enacted stricter laws/punishments for runaway slaves and made it easier to return them.
Who was Dred Scott?
A slave who was trying to earn his freedom by Sueing in court
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincolin
What was the first state to secede the Union?
South Carolina
What was the "unspoken" agreement Congress made about the number of states in the Union?
The number of slave and free states had to be even
True or False: The Missouri Compromise outlawed slavery in all future U.S. Territories
False, it outlawed slavery in most US territories, but not all specifically the territories south of the 36 30 line.
What was the name of the island that the U.S. wanted to purchase from Spain. This angered the Northerners because they thought the government wanted to add another slave state to the union.
Cuba
What was Dred Scott's argument to the court?
Because he travelled to free territory/state he should be a free man
How did the North and South View John Brown?
North = Hero
South - Villian
True or False: Many fugitive slaves fled to Great Britian to escape slavery
False
What was the Tallmadge Amendment?
Missouri could join the Union, but only as a free state.
What was the "gag rule"?
It silenced all congressional debate over slavery
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin about?
What was the Dred Scott decision?
African Americans could never be citizens of the United Staes and that the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional.
What is considered the official start of the Civil War?
South's attack on Fort Sumter
Treu or False: the court decided that African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court
True
What was the other state that was added to the Union at the same time that Missouri applied for statehood?
Alabama
What were the 3 different parts of the Missouri Compromise?
1. Missouri would join as a Slave State
2. Maine would join as a free state
3. 36 30 line would ban slavery to the North
What act led to a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas?
Nebraska Kansas act
Why was the Dred Scott decision so nerve-racking to Northerners and Free African Americans?
It allowed slavery to expand into all territories also said that Africa Americans can never be citizens of the United States
What is popular sovereignty?
States right to vote on issues/make decisions for themselves without the federal government intervening
What did John Brown hope to achieve during his arsenal raid in Harpers Ferry Virginia?
To create a slave rebellion that would end slavery
Why was adding Missouri into the Union such a big deal? Must share 2 reasons
1. It would imbalance free and slave states
2. The Ohio river ran through the middle of Missouri
What was the Wilmont Proviso?
A proposal made to prohibit slavery in the new territory gained from the Mexican American War.
What were 3 of the 5 different components of the Compromise of 1850?
1. California joins as a free state
2. Stronger Fugitive Slave laws
3. End Slave Trade in D.C.
4. Popular Sovereignty
5. Texas Land Deal
What amendment protected property rights of slaveholders?
5th
What were the next 6 states to leave the union after South Carolina?
1. Texas
2. Louisiana
3. Mississippi
4. Alabama
5. Georgia
6. Florida
Which event caused South Carolina to secede from the Union?
Election of Abraham Lincolin