Name the Presidents during the 1856 and 1860 terms.
James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln
100
Name the book that influenced many antislave supporters.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
100
What political parties created the Free-Soil Party that opposed the spread of slavery in 1848?
Whigs and northern Democrats
100
Define secession.
To break away, to break apart
200
TWO PART QUESTION:
Define "social reform" and "civil disobedience".
Social Reform: An organized attempt to improve what is unjust or imperfect in society. p. 434
Civil Disobedience: The idea that people have the right to disobey unjust laws if their consciences (hearts) demand it.
200
What was the Missouri Compromise?
In 1820, the compromise kept the number of free and slave states equal. p.460
200
Name the man that felt he was a messenger from God who had the job of eliminating pro-slavery supporters.
John Brown
200
Maine was added as a state with what other state?
Missouri
200
Southerners and southern politicians viewed the new ____________ territories as opportunities to expand ____________.
western, slavery
300
What was the "Underground Railroad"?
A network of black and white abolitionists who secretly helped slaves escape to freedom in the North and Canada.
300
What was the Compromise of 1850?
1. California becomes a state
2. Created NM and UT territories
3. Ended slave trade in DC
4. Slave fugitive law
5. Settled borders between TX and NM
300
What were Republican beliefs about slavery BEFORE the Civil War?
To compromise, to keep slavery in the South, and the keep the slavery out of the West.
(p.473)
300
The __________ _____________ _______ required Northerners return slaves to their owners. If they didn't, they would be fined $1000 and jailed.
Fugitive Slave Act
300
What day was the Confederate States of America created?
Who was the president?
February 4th, 1861
Jefferson Davis
400
Define "transcendentalism".
The most important truths in life transcended, or went beyond, human reason. p. 450
400
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The division of the Nebraska Territory (which created KS) and slavery was decided by each territory.
400
What were the views (max of four) of slavery in the 1840s?
1. Abolition
2. No slavery in the West, but keep it in the South
3. Popular sovereignty
4. Slavery legal in the U.S.
400
Name the former slave who fled to the North, learned to read, and began an antislavery newspaper, the "Northern Star".
Frederick Douglass
400
Name the first battle of the Civil War? What state did it happen in? Who won?
Battle at Ft. Sumter
South Carolina
The South
500
Name the two most important transcendentalists in the 1850s.
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
500
What was "Bleeding Kansas"?
A mad rush of abolitionists and slave owners to KS and their fighting left 200 dead.
500
Name the effects of the Dred Scott Supreme Court case. (4 total)
1. Scott could not file for his freedom because he was not a citizen.
2. Slaves were considered to be property.
3. Congress did not have the power to outlaw slavery in any territory.
4. The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
(p.471 )
500
Name the presidential candidates in the 1860 election.
1. John Bell - Constitutional Union Party
2. Abraham Lincoln - Republican
3. Stephan Douglas - Northern Democrats
4. John Breckinridge - Southern Democrats
500
Name reasons why the South seceded from the North.
1. They feared that Lincoln would take slavery away from the South.
2. They feared that they economy would die.
3. They feared that they would have no voice in national government.
4. They feared that Lincoln would ban slavery in the new western territories.