Vocabulary
A tough, lawless person; a bully
Ruffian
The passing of this made the Missouri Compromise obsolete and left the issue of slavery up to the people of the state:
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Anti-slavery Whig party joined forces with the Free-Soilers to become what:
The Republican Party
This person fueled the abolitionist cause by petitioning for his freedom after having lived in Illinois, a free state:
Dred Scott
TRUE OR FALSE: One of the main points of Lincoln’s Inaugural Address was that war is not a reasonable option.
*If false, must make true
True
Means to pillage of plunder
sack
This event had a huge impact on the South, as they began to fear an armed rebellion by slaves:
The Raid on Harpers Ferry
He was elected as the President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
The suggestion that slavery be banned in any territory acquired through the Mexican Cession was the foundation for:
The Wilmot Proviso
Ruffians crossed the border to vote in Kansas, even though they didn’t live there, resulting in two governments for one state. This action eventual led to...
“Bleeding Kansas”
Means relief from an injury or wrongdoing
redress
Northerners would be required to cooperate with slave-catchers and deny runaway slaves a fair trial as part of the...?
Fugitive Slave Act
What was a common opinion shared by both Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas?
Both were anti-slavery
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, this was a story about the harsh realities of slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
As a result of the failure of the Wilmot Proviso, this party was formed:
Free-Soil Party
Define: confederate
Part of an alliance or confederacy
TRUE OR FALSE: The Fugitive Slave Act divided the Nation. The North felt vindicated and the South hated it.
*If false, must make true
False // North, hated it, South felt vindicated
TRUE OR FALSE: Abraham Lincoln was the winner of the 1856 Election for President.
*If false, must make true
False // James Buchanan
List one point that was part of the Compromise of 1850.
The slave trade is banned in Washington, D.C.; Congress passing stronger laws to return runaway slaves; California admitted as a free state.
Define Civil Disobedience
Northern whites refused to practice the new law because it was unjust.
Lincoln's inaugural address was well-known for this:
its eloquence
List three EFFECTS of the Fugitive Slave Act:
1. Civil Disobedience 2. Many free blacks fled to Canada 3. Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Uncle Tom’s Cabin
How does Abraham Lincoln end up winning the election of 1860?
He sweeps the votes in the Northern states as well as California and Oregon.
Congress couldn't ban slavery in territories because that would violate the property rights of people bringing slaves there. Who declare this? AND as part of what ruling?
Chief Justice Roger Taney // The Dred Scott Decision
South Carolina, along with many other Southern states, secede from the Union and develop the Confederate States of the Union. This was an EFFECT of what?
Abraham Lincoln becoming President