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Wanted to connect East to West by train for 1. Kansas slave state and Nebraska free 2. invalidates Missouri Compromise 3. people get to decide by voting for slave or free 4. State’s Rights – popular sovereignty 5. Congress passes The North was outraged, the South pleased because they had spread slavery to the West.
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 (transcontinental railroad)
100
Nickname for Kansas because of the brutal fighting and bloodshed in Lawrence and Pottawatomie Creek. Guerrilla warfare.
What is Bleeding Kansas
100
The idea that voters in territories should decide whether they would enter as a slave or free state State’s Rights (people to decide) What happens? 1. balance between slave/free states not guaranteed 2. new political parties form (breaks up the Whig party) 3. leads to “bleeding Kansas”
What is Popular Sovereignty
100
abolitionist; seized guns to give to slaves (Harper’s Ferry); was hung Had encouraged slave to rebel
What is John Brown
100
— the belief in the movement that demanded an immediate, and no compromise, end to slavery. Began in the religious sector and grew.
What is abolitionism
200
15th President (Democratic) of 1856; believed in popular sovereignty
What is James Buchanan
200
Each section of the Omnibus idea was voted on independently of each other as separate bills. People could “abstain” from certain votes. (5 points) Stephen Douglas promoted the ideas. 1. CA free state 2. New Mexico – Texas border resolved (favored NM) 3. NM territory no slave restrictions 4. slave trade stopped in District of Columbia 5. stronger fugitive slave law
What is Compromise of 1850
200
an idea to control of slavery by limiting rights of slave owners Stephan Douglas response to Lincoln during the Illinois Senate debate became known as the Freeport Doctrine. He stated the people could exclude slavery by refusing to past laws protecting slaveholders’ rights.
What is Freeport Doctrine
200
dedicated to stopping immigrants (pro native-born) Ceased after the election of 1856
What is Know-nothing Party or the American Party
200
began in 1854 Antislavery Whigs & Democrats join Free-Soilers to form new Party (purpose to overthrow slavery) anti-slave, strong federal govt, mostly made up of Northerners
What is Republican Party
300
storage place for weapons & ammunition
What is arsenal
300
a person who dies for a great cause
What is martyr
300
people (from Missouri) who crossed the border to illegally vote in Kansas for slavery
What is border ruffians
300
to take control over; to bring into (as we did with Texas)
What is annex
300
11th President; he fulfills “Manifest Destiny”
What is James Polk
400
the idea we should expand from Atlantic to Pacific oceans. That “god” had told the U.S. we have the right to move others off of land
What is Manifest Destiny
400
guided slaves to freedom (North and Canada) by secret Means
What is Underground Railroad
400
slave that declared himself free
What is Dred Scott
400
Illinois Senator who wrote K&N Act; pro popular sovereignty; debated Lincoln for a Senate position and wins. He wanted to become President and saw this opportunity to receive votes and advance his career.
What is Stephen Douglas
400
Runaway slaves must be returned to their owners
What is Fugitive Slave Act
500
novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe; explains the horror of slavery
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin
500
gun depot (arsenal); where intense fighting took place
What is Harper’s Ferry
500
Congressman beaten by Preston Brooks; brutally beaten He was against slavery
What is Bleeding Sumner
500
16 President; South immediately secedes when he is elected
What is Abraham Lincoln
500
Chief Justice of Supreme Court Resided over Dred Scott case Decision: Scott is still a slave because he is not considered a citizen & therefore, could not bring on the lawsuit It addresses a broader issue: 1. Enslaved persons are property 2. 5th amendment protects property and therefore, Congress can’t take property away. 3. Congress has no power to prohibit slavery in territories 4. Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional
What is Roger Taney
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