Important People
Who was the 16th president?
Abraham Lincoln
Who did Abraham Lincoln go against? (full name)
Stephen Arnold Douglas
What did Douglas call his new proposal of letting the voters vote on whether to allow slavery or not?
Popular sovereignty
What was a fugitive slave?
A runaway slave; a slave that fled from custody
What did the Missouri Compromise preserve?
The balance between slave and free states in the Senate
Where was Dred Scott before getting taken to Illinois (free state)?
Missouri
How many debates did Lincoln and Douglas have?
7 debates
Which Compromise did Douglas propose to repeal?
The Missouri Compromise
What happened to those who helped any fugitives?
What two things were unconstiutional?
The Missouri Compromise and popular sovereignty
Which president called for an annexation of Texas?
James Knox Polk
What was mostly discussed during these debates?
Which side protested against the new bill and which side supported the new bill?
Northerners protested, Southerners supported
What was this act apart of?
The Compromise of 1850
Who wrote that Congress had no power to ban slavery?
Roger B. Taney
What was James Buchanan?
A diplomat and former member of Congress
Where did the series of debates happen?
What group of people and person helped put the Kansas-Nebraska Act in law?
Northern Democrats and President Franklin Pierce
How did the free African Americans and whites respond to the Fugitive Slave Act?
They formed a network called the Underground Railroad to help runaways find their way to freedom.
Which person signed the Missouri Compromise into law?
President James Monroe
What was John C. Calhoun's approach towards slavery?
Neither Congress nor any territorial government could ban slavery from a territory
True or false:
The Lincoln-Douglas debates took place during the months of August, September, and October of 1859
False:
The year is 1858
What regions did this act organize as Kansas and Nebraska? (give the state and direction)
Western region of Missouri and Iowa
Which two presidents supported the Fugitive Slave Act?
Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
To temporarily resolve the problem of the growing national debate over slavery and to maintain balance between the nation so the power of the government would be unchanged