Political Instability
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The ability for a state to decide whether it be free or slave.
What is the slave trade?
The system in which slaves are sold, traded and brought from Africa to be slaves in America.
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
The law stated "Free slaves in the North can now be taken back to the plantations they escaped from in the South by the Northerners.
What was California to be entered as?
a free state
Where was he born?
Kentucky.
What did Martain Van Burren found?
The Democratic Party
How many slaves were in America by then?
4 Million
What was the Kanas-Nebraska Act?
The Act gave Kanas and Nebraska a choice to be free or slave.
What were Utah and New Mexico given the choice to be?
Slave or Free
Who did Abraham marry?
Mary Todd.
Did any acts passed back then help the slavery issue?
No or maybe only half
Who was a slave sued for being free?
Dred Scott.
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act cause?
Bleeding Kansas
Which state's border was agreed upon during this time?
the Texan border
Who taught Abraham after his mom died?
Sharah.
What was written on the senator's cane?
"Beat him again"
Did slavery cause death
Yes.
What law did politicians repeat and made stronger
the Second Fugitive Slave Law
which state was the slave trade made illegal in the West
Washinton DC
What were Lincon's views on slavery?
He believed that it was a moral evil and was to be abolished immediately.
Who later solved the slavery puzzle?
Abraham Lincon.
Who was beat up with a cane, in the senate?
Sumners
what was the Dred Scott Decision?
This stated that the slaves were slaves and were only here to be our servants and that they didn't have any rights, all over the US.
What law did pro-slavery politicians pass (again)?
The second Fugitive Slave Law.
Who did Lincon run against?
Stephen Douglas.