Voters and Slavery
Who was the leader of the Pottawatomie Massacre and the raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown
He Sued for his freedom but was denied because of Supreme Court's ruling that slaves were property and had no rights.
Dred Scott
Political party established to abolish slavery.
The Republicans
What does Secession mean?
To break away from the country
What does Abolition mean?
To totally end slavery
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The people of a territory would vote to ban or allow slavery
The movement to end slavery in the United States was known as?
Abolition
Did Abraham Lincoln agree with Stephen Douglas about how slaves should be treated?
No, he thought slaves should be allowed to earn based on their work.
Did Abraham Lincoln want to abolish slavery in all the states in the United States?
No, he only wanted to stop the spread of slavery.
When people favor the interests of one region over the country as a whole it is known as?
Sectionalism
Which territory was the first to test the idea of popular sovereignty with the results being violence, 2 governments, and the sack of Lawrence?
Kansas
What was NOT an outcome of the Dred Scott Decision?
Dred Scott was allowed to be free based on popular sovereignty
The winner of the 1860 presidential election was?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the goal of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
He wanted to create a slave army to end slavery
The Republican Party wanted to do what with slavery in the United States.
Stop the spread of slavery
This law introduced by Stephen Douglas divided the territory into 2 sections and allowed popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery in each section.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Under the Fugitive Slave Act, commissioners got more pay if?
They found in favor of slave owners
What two men debated while running for the Senate seat in Illinois? Much of their debated centered on the question of slavery and popular sovereignty.
Lincoln and Douglas
What happened to John Brown as a result of his attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
He was hung for treason.
Under popular sovereignty, who decides which states have slavery?
The people of that state.
Which are the parts of the Compromise of 1850?
California enters Union as free state
Mexican session organized and popular sovereignty used to decide issue of slavery
End of slave trade but not slavery in Washington D.C.
More effective fugitive slave law
Was the Fugitive Slave Act fair for African Americans, especially those accused of being runaway slaves?
No, it was unfair. Often free people were returned to slavery.
The South threatened to do what if a Republican won the presidency in 1860.
Secede
The first territory where popular sovereignty was tried with violent results?
Kansas
Who was Senator from Illinois who wanted to build a railroad from Chicago to the Pacific?
Stephen Douglas
How did Slaves sometimes resist?
They often took a little bit of food, worked slower, and broke things as a form of resistance.
The Supreme Court that heard the Dred Scott case was made up of mainly men from the North who were not slave owners.
Mainly men from the South who were pro slave or slave owners.
Who was the first Republican president who promised to stop the spread of slavery but not end it where it already existed
Abraham Lincoln
The Part of the Compromise of 1850 that allowed slave owners to get back their runaway slaves
Fugitive Slave Act