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People are more loyal to their state or region than to the country as a whole.
What is sectionalism?
100
He was apart of the Whig Party for 20 years until it collapsed and he joined the Republicans. He ran for senator, but lost against Douglas. In 1860, he became president of the US.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
It kept the number of slave states and free states equal. Henry Clay proposed that Missouri enter as a slave state and Maine be a free state. Congress drew an imaginary line at the 36degree 30minute line. Any state north of the line would be free and any south would be slave.
What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
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In 1854, Stephen Douglas introduced a bill to help solve the problem of slavery in the new Nebraska territory. He proposed that Nebraska be divided into two territories — Kansas and Nebraska. The settlers of the new territories would decide whether they would be slave or free. This proposal set off a storm of controversy because it effectively undid the Missouri Compromise.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
100
After the Missouri Compromise, how many states were free and how many were slave?
12 free and 12 slave.
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To withdraw from a large political body.
What does it mean to secede?
200
President of the Confederacy.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
200
It was a proposal to prohibit slavery in the territory acquired by the United States at the conclusion of the Mexican War. This would have prevented slavery's expansion into any of this new territory. On February 1, 1847, the Senate approved the bill but rejected proposal. As a result, this never went into effect.
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
200
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
In 1857, the United States Supreme Court made a landmark ruling in this case. Scott was a slave who applied for freedom. He claimed that because his master had taken him to the free territories of Illinois and Wisconsin, he should be free. The court ruled that because Dred Scott was not considered a citizen, but property, he could not file a lawsuit. The Court also ruled that Congress had no power to decide the issue of slavery in the territories. This meant that slavery was legal in all the territories and the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
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After the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what was the event called when the slave and free states were fighting resulting in over 200 deaths?
Bleeding Kansas
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The notion that people should have the right to rule themselves.
What is popular sovereignty?
300
He was a senator that beat Lincoln and was famous for the Great Debates.
Who was Stephen A. Douglas?
300
In 1850, California applied for admission as a free state. Once again, the balance of power in the Senate was threatened. This had four parts: 1) California entered as a free state. 2) The rest of the Mexican cession was divided into New Mexico and Utah. In each state, voters would decide the issue of slavery. 3) Slave trade was ended in Washington D.C. 4) A strict new fugitive-slave law was passed.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
300
What were the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?
In 1858 another important election was held for the Senator of Illinois. One candidate was Stephen Douglas, the man who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He ran as a Democrat. The other candidate was Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln wanted all states to be free, but did not want to stop slavery in the states where it was already decided. Douglas and Lincoln held a series of debates. Douglas and Lincoln talked about a war. The debates helped the Americans decide how they really felt about slavery. People came for hundreds of miles to hear the debates. Lincoln lost the race by only a few votes.
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What was the statement made by Senator Stephen A. Douglas that a territory could decide if it supported slavery?
Freeport Doctrine
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The south, president was Jefferson Davis.
What was the confederacy?
400
He was an abolitionist who wanted to destroy slavery through killing. He formed a small armory of 18 followers and raided Harper's Ferry.
Who was John Brown?
400
It required that all citizens were obligated to return runaway slaves. People who helped slaves escape would be jailed and fined. The law enraged Northerners because it made them feel a part of the slave system.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
400
What was John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry?
In 1859, John Brown and a group of followers organized a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, a federal arsenal. Brown hoped that slaves would come to the arsenal and he would then lead a massive slave uprising. It was Brown’s belief that slavery could be ended only through the use of violence. Brown was unsuccessful, and troops led by Robert E. Lee killed 10 raiders and captured John Brown. He was found guilty of murder and treason and sentenced to death.
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Why did the south secede from the Union?
They disagreed with the abolition of slavery, were angry about Abraham Lincoln being elected as president.
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Statement made by Stephen A. Douglas that the territory could decide if it supported slavery.
What was the Freeport Doctrine?
500
An enslaved man who sued for his freedom in 1846 claiming he lived in free territory that made him a free person.
Who was Dred Scott?
500
In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book. In the novel, Stowe wrote of the evils and cruelty of slavery. The book sold more than 300,000 copies, was published in many languages, and was made into a play. It also helped change the way many Northerners felt about slavery. Slavery was now not only a political problem but a moral problem.
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin?
500
What was the Election of 1860?
In the mid-1850s, people who opposed slavery were looking for a new voice. Free Soilers, Northern Democrats, and anti-slavery Whigs formed the Republican Party. Their main goal was to keep slavery out of the western territories, not to end slavery in the South. The party grew and was ready in 1856 to challenge the older parties in power. They were not successful in 1856. In 1860, the Republicans ran Abraham Lincoln from Illinois. Lincoln was known to oppose slavery on the basis of its being morally wrong. However, Lincoln was not willing to end slavery at the risk of tearing the Union apart.
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Who was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
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