Sectionalism
Which side of the United States had Industries, large cities, diversity, and abolitionist?
What is the North
Which law went against northern beliefs on slavery?
What is the Fugitive Slave Law
Which states were open to using popular sovereignty to decide whether they were going to be free or slave states?
What is Utah and New Mexico territory
What is a tariff?
What is a tax on imported and exported goods
Which two speeches did Lincoln write that were most influential to the Civil War?
What is The Gettysburg Address and The Emancipation Proclamation
What did the South call themselves?
What is the Confederacy
Name some influential abolitionist we've talked about in class and their pieces?
Who is Frederick Douglass who wrote "what is a slave to the 4th of July" and Harriet Beecher Stowe who wrote "Uncle Toms Cabin"
What was the American belief that led to the Mexican American War?
What is the Manifest Destiny
How did the North benefit from these tariffs enforced on to South?
Tariffs were used for protectionist purposes benefiting northern manufacturing businesses and raising the cost of southern agriculture exporting industries
Which political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?
What is the Whig Party
What territories were added to the slave side due to the Missouri Compromise?
What is Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Louisiana territories
What was Dred Vs. Sanford and why was it controversial?
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri. From 1833 to 1843, he resided in Illinois (a free state) and in the Louisiana Territory, where slavery was forbidden by the Missouri Compromise of 1820. After returning to Missouri, Scott filed suit in Missouri court for his freedom, claiming that his residence in free territory made him a free man. After losing, Scott brought a new suit in federal court. Scott's master maintained that no “negro” or descendant of slaves could be a citizen in the sense of Article III of the Constitution. Its controversial because African Americans continued to be considered as subordinates and an inferior class with no rights or privileges even with things like the Missouri Compromise emplaced, as it did not grant Dred Scott his freedom.
What was the Kansas Nebraska Act and how did it affect the Missouri Compromise?
It was a bill to organize the Nebraska territory which would divide Nebraska into two territories and white settlers would decide the legal status of slavery in each territory using popular sovereignty. It repealed the Missouri Compromise triggering a huge political backlash which created a new political party, the Republican Party, which pledged to exclude slavery from all federal territories.” leading to a guerrilla war known as “Bleeding Kansas” broke out between pro- and anti-slavery settlers.
What kinds of goods were tariffed?
What is agricultural goods like cotton, Tabacco, rice.
Does Lincoln deserve the title of the “The Great Emancipator”? Did Lincoln solve the Slavery issue that has crippled our nation?
Lincoln does deserve the title "The Great Emancipator" because he resolved the divide between the North and the South and freed the slaves. During his speech he is restoring the union by forcing them to accept his proclamation and introduce a new birth of freedom in the Nation. Lincoln also solved the issue of slavery by stopping the debate slavery has caused between the North and the South by allowing slaves to be free.
What did Republicans argue against southern labor systems?
Members and politicians of the newly formed Republican Party were extremely critical of Southern society and argued that the system of free labor in place in the North resulted in much more prosperity. Republicans stated that their rapid growth in factories, farms, and schools as evidence of the superiority of a free labor system.
What impact did the Nat Turner rebellion have on the white slaveholders?
The Nat Turner rebellion incited fear in the Southerners and ended the organized emancipation movement in that region, this led to even harsher laws against enslaved people.
Why did Texas want to leave Mexico for the United States?
Texas wanted to leave Mexico for the United States because Mexico didn't support slavery. The United States offered to take care of all of Texas debt, up to $10 million if it would cede all its public lands to the United States due to the fact that Texas was an independent state for 9 years and had acquired a massive debt.
How did the South Carolina react to the tariffs emplaced on them by Congress?
South Carolinas governor called for a special convention, which voted to nullify the new tariff act. The convention declared that South Carolina would leave the Union if the federal government tried to collect tariffs within its borders.
How may the views of Lincoln differ between the North and South?
The North views him as a leader, a voice for the people and a symbol of freedom. The south viewed him as an enemy and a person who teared apart there way of life putting an end to slave labor.
Who was running in the election of 1860 and what was their political party?
Who is Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party and John C. Breckinridge of the Southern Democratic Party.
what did the Missouri compromise do to keep the balance between slave and free states ?
To keep the balance between slave and free states the Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state this law also prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line in American territory.
What is Senator Daniel's argument against Calhoun?
Senator Daniels argument was that the federal union was created by the union not by the states he explains that if we go Calhoun's argument we'd be living under the Articles Of Confederation which would be chaotic
Why did President Jackson dislike the compromise with South Carolina?
President Jackson wanted to end the battle over nullification by forcing South Carolina to back down. He saw that the state was encouraged by its success and He felt that South Carolina would threaten to secede from the Union again in the future.
He predicted that South Carolina would use the threat to secede from the Union again in the years ahead.
Did Lincoln really want to free the slaves? Or was there another motive?
Lincoln knew that slavery was morally wrong and he wanted to free the slaves in order to preserve the Union. He supported his motive by threatening anyone who opposed him with the army or navy.