Important Info
Which two new territories were created in 1854?
Kansas and Nebraska
Abolitionist who led a raid on U.S. Army weapons stored at Harpers Ferry
John Brown
California’s call to join the Union in 1850 would have done what?
Given free states an advantage over slave states
Which senator deeply opposed the Compromise of 1850?
John C. Calhoun
Did Kansas and Nebraska both allow popular sovereignty?
Yes!
False or misleading information that is spread to further a cause
Propaganda
Was an abolitionist pro slavery or anti slavery?
Anti slavery, they wanted to end slavery
What type of person would have supported John Brown? Proslavery settlers OR abolitionists
Abolitionist
Name the 2 direct causes of the Civil War
1. Lincoln was elected president
2. Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter
Candidate for the Senate who argued that slavery was morally wrong
Abraham Lincoln
How did the south react to Lincoln becoming president?
Seven southern states seceded, or split from the Union, and formed the Confederate States of America (South Carolina was 1st to secede)
True or False: Union troops attacked confederate forts in South Carolina and this was a direct cause of the Civil War
False
What did Lincoln do or proclaim during the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Insisted that the territories be kept free from slavery
Senator from South Carolina who opposed the Compromise of 1850
John C. Calhoun
What point was made during the Dred Scott decision?
Slaves were property, even if they lived in free territory
California entered the Union as a free state in the...
Compromise of 1850
Would John C. Calhoun say that preserving the union is more important than states' rights OR states' rights are more important than preserving the union?
States' rights are more important than preserving the union
Process that allows people in a territory or state to vote directly on issues rather than have their elected representatives decide
Popular Sovereignty
Which of the following was a result of the Wilmot Proviso?
Some democrats and Whigs formed the Free-Soil Party AND southerners became increasingly concerned that the North was trying to end slavery in the United States
How did the Dred Scott decision widen the gap between the north and the south?
(Written Response Question)
It pleased the south and angered the north. The court ruled that slaves were property, no matter where they lived in the United States. The ruling also prohibited the federal government from restricting slavery anywhere in the country. The decision reopened the debate over slavery because it declared acts like the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act unconstitutional.