Category 1
Senator from South Carolina who opposed the Compromise of 1850.
John C. Calhoun
This process allowed voters in a territory or state to decide on issues, such as slavery, directly.
Popular sovereignty
Candidate for the Illinois Senate seat who argued against the spread of slavery. Won the Presidency in the 1860 Presidential Election.
Abraham Lincoln
What is propaganda?
Write the entire definition from the study guide.
False and misleading information that is spread to further a cause.
Abolitionist who led a raid on a federal arsenal stored at Harpers Ferry
John Brown
In 1850, ________ asked to be admitted as a free state, which again upset the balance of free and slave states.
California
This Illinois Senator introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act, proposing that popular sovereignty decide the slavery issue in those territories.
Stephen Douglas
Which of the following was NOT true about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850? Write 1, 2, or 3.
1.) It required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves.
2.) Judges were paid more to send slaves back South.
3.) Enslaved people could pay for a slave's freedom
3.) Enslaved people could pay for a slave's freedom
Many Southerners were outraged at Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, and criticized it as ___________.
propaganda
What was a result of the Mexican-American War?
(Hint: #2)
The states renewed their struggle over slavery and states' rights.
______________ suffered widespread violence as proslavery and antislavery settlers fought for control of the territory. (one word, no commas or dashes)
Kansas
In this 1857 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that ____ _____ was not a citizen and slaves could not file lawsuits
Southerners attacked US fort ____ _______
(South Carolina) in what would be considered the first shots of the American Civil War.
Fort Sumter
John Brown mounted his raid on Harper's Ferry because he thought what would happen?
He thought it would result in a slave revolt.
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 (shown below) was most likely demanded by southern members of Congress?
- It allowed California to enter the Union as a free state
- Divided the rest of the Mexican Cession into the territories of New Mexico and Utah.
- Voters in each territory would decide the slavery issue by popular sovereignty.
- It ended the slave trade in Washington, DC; Congress declared it had no power to ban the slave trade between states.
- It included a strict fugitive slave law.
- Settled a border dispute between Texas and New Mexico.
the Fugitive Slave Law/Act
How did the South react to Abraham Lincoln's election as President in 1860?
1.) Seven Southern states seceded and
2.) formed the Confederate States of America
(either answer is fine)
The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to join the United States as a free state and passed a strict _____________ ______________ _____________, which allowed escaped slaves in the North to be recaptured.
Fugitive Slave Act
In 1850, the slave trade was banned in ___________.
Washington, D.C.
The Rise of the Republican Party
A group of ____ _______, ________ _________, and anti-slavery _____ combined to form the new Republican Party.
Free Soilers, Northern Democrats, and Whigs
The _______ ______ Party did not want the land gained in the Mexican-American War to allow slavery. (2 words, no commas or periods)
Free Soil
BONUS: DOUBLE OR NOTHING (1 MIN)
Write in the correct group for each below:
Daily Double (2X Points)
In the 1858 Illinois Senate race, candidate Abraham Lincoln had this quote to say about the evils of slavery in America. Many thought he was an abolitionist because of this.
In one of the debates Lincoln declared,
“If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”
You MUST answer ALL 3 questions correctly for full credit.
What was...
1.) The name of the new southern country,
2.) who was its president, and
3.) where was he from?
1.) Confederate States of America
2.) Jefferson Davis
3.) Mississippi
Three days after giving a fiery anti-slavery speech, THIS happened between a Massachusetts and South Carolina senator.
Include both names and what happened.
The Wilmot Proviso was proposed by David Wilmot and its goal was to:
Ban slavery in any lands won from Mexico.