Missouri Compromise
What is sectionalism?
Worrying only about what’s best for YOUR geographical section/region of the country
What year was the Compromise of 1850?
1850
True or False: Kansas and Nebraska were below the 36 latitude line that divided the free and slave states.
False
What state was Dred Scott a slave in?
Missouri
Who were the two main candidates in the Election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln (republicans) and James Buchanan (democrats)
YES or NO: Was the Missouri Compromise a permanent solution?
No
Henry Clay
What is popular sovereignty?
the people are the ultimate source of the authority of their government. (States would get to vote one whether they had slavery or not).
Who was the Chief Justice that issued a statement about the Dred Scott supreme court case?
Roger B. Taney
Which event resulted in the immediate cause of the Civil War?
The attack on Fort Sumter
What was the "slavery question" that was asked around the country?
As the USA expands to the west, should slavery be allowed to expand westward as well?
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
All citizens must help catch self-emancipated African American men and women.
Why were the northerners angry at the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Because territory's that were above 36 latitude could potentially become slave states (Missouri Compromise said that this wouldn't happen).
After the Dred Scott court case, which political party did many Northerners join?
Republicans
What was the first state to secede from the United States?
South Carolina
What year was the Missouri Compromise?
1820
Why was California becoming a state a problem for the United States?
Because the Missouri Compromise only regulated slavery Louisiana Territory, not the territory gained from Mexico. (threatened the balance of power).
Why did Preston Brooks hit Charles Sumner over 30 times with his cane?
Sumner made a speech that attacked people that were proslavery and made fun of Preston's Brooks cousin (South Carolina Senator A.P. Butler).
Because his owner had sent him to a place where slavery was not allowed, making him a "free" man. He claimed that since he was free man there, he should be a free man in general.
What was the name of the Country that the south formed after Lincoln was elected president in 1860?
Confederate States of America (Confederacy)
What were all three main parts of the Missouri Compromise?
1.) Missouri is admitted as a slave state.
2.) Maine is admitted as a free state.
3.) A line (36 latitude) is drawn to separate the slave and free states.
What were 3 parts of the Compromise of 1850?
California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.
It divided the rest of the Mexican Cession into the territories of New Mexico and Utah. Voters would decide (popular sovereignty) if they became slave or free states.
Buying and selling enslaved people was prohibited in Washington D.C.
A strict fugitive slave law was created.
It settled the border dispute between Texas and New Mexico.
How did the attack on Charles Sumner help the Republican Party gain more supporters?
It made the people more sympathetic towards the Republican party because it depicted Charles Sumner as a victim and Preston Brooks as a savage.
Why did Dred Scott lose his supreme court case?
Because Chief Justice Roger B. Taney said that since Scott was not a citizen, he could not file a suit in the US courts.
Why did the south secede right after Lincoln was elected president?
Even though Lincoln had said that he would not abolish slavery, they did not trust that he would keep his word.