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What was the main reason for sectional conflict between the north and the south?
Slavery
Slaves were viewed as...
Property
Which part of the Union was against slavery? Which part was proslavery?
South: pro-slavery
North: Against slavery
Nearly 80 percent of forty-niners were from where?
America
What does sectional conflict allude to?
Civil War
Who wrote this quote and what does the following quote mean?
"is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence… and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper."
President Jefferson was saying that the Missouri Compromise was only a 'band aid" and that sectional conflict would continue as soon as something else arose that sparked its fire again. It reveals his fear that the extension of slavery would more than likely lead to war.
The Whigs nominated _______. However, they did not know his views on slavery even though he owned one himself. He was known as a Mexican War hero.
Zachery Taylor
Why was Missouri denied statehood BEFORE Maine applied for statehood?
There was an equal number of free states and slave states and the government did not want to disrupt that balance.
The migrants of the gold rush were known as what?
forty-niners
Discovery of gold led to a huge number of incoming people to join the search over California Trail. This became known as what?
The California Gold Rush
It gave Kansas voters only the right to decide if more slaves could enter the territory, not whether or not slavery should exist. Douglas speaks out against this "Constitution."
Lecompton Constitution
Sold 300,000 copies in nine months, over 2 million copies in U.S. by end of 1850s. It was banned in parts of the south, where many novels defending slavery appeared. It was another event that widened the gap between north and south.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who wanted to wanted to make it a law and ban slavery in all lands that were added from Mexico?
Wilmot Proviso
Jefferson- bought land that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. What was is transaction known as?
Louisiana Purchase
What was the result of the Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago: ended war
Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory to the United States, including California.
What is the name for southern political leaders who were extremely pro-slavery. They wanted slavery to be protected by federal law or constitutional amendment, otherwise wanted southern states to secede from the Union
fire-eaters
What is the name of the act that did the following:
-Repealed the Missouri Compromise -Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska -Determine statehood based on popular sovereignty
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Pro-slavery raiders trashed the town that was headquarters of the Free State Party as the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. There was an attack on pro-slavery settlement, five men beaten and killed in middle of the night... This event became known as what?
Bleeding Kansas
This party was created in 1854 by antislavery Whigs and Democrats along with some Free-Soilers.
Republican Party
“Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Men, Fremont
and Victory!”
Which Republican candidate used this as their slogan?
John C Fremont
What were the results of the decisions of the Dred Scott case?
Congress was unable to outlaw slavery in the territories
Which Compromise outlawed slavery above the 36º30' latitude in the Louisiana territories, and reopened the national struggle over slavery in the western territories.
-Missouri admitted as a slave state
-Maine admitted as a free state
Missouri Compromise
What is the name of the agreement that was proposed by Henry Clay that created the following "deal"
- California admitted as a free state
- All territories acquired from the Mexican- American war decide on slavery by popular sovereignty.
Compromise of 1850
It was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
Fugitive Slave Act
This war was the result of President James K. Polk putting military on forbidden zones between Rio Grande and Nueces River. He instigated this fight so he could obtain California and other territories
Mexican-American War