Slavery
What act allowed both Missouri and Maine to become states (one slave, one free) and outlawed slavery north of the 36 30 line?
the Missouri Compromise
Who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act which organized those territories on the basis of popular sovereignty, breaching the containment of slavery that was the status quo?
Stephen Douglas
The term for anti-slavery advocates who promoted freedom for slaves and equal rights for blacks
abolitionists
Who was the man who sued for his freedom after his master died, leaving him in a free state?
Dred Scott
California became a ___________________ state
free
Why was Eli Whitney's cotton gin significant?
it greatly increased the amount of cotton that could be extracted by a single worker
What was the message of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin?
even the most humane slave owners cannot reverse the inherent cruelty of the system
The publisher of the newspaper the Liberator in 1831 who became a leading member in the abolition movement
William Lloyd Garrison
What was the platform for the Republican Party?
the non-extension of slavery
The ___________________________________ was abolished the District of Columbia
slave trade
Who was the leader of a slave rebellion in 1831?
Nat Turner
What congressional measure during the Mexican War hinged war appropriations on the outlawing of slavery?
the Wilmot Proviso
What was the principle that because the federal government is an agent of the states, ultimate power lies with the states?
compact theory
Who was the Massachusetts Senator was clubbed almost to death by Congressmen Robert Brooks after the Senator gave a virulent, insulting speech on the Senate floor?
Charles Sumner
The boundary of the state of __________________ was set to its current limit
Texas
What principle allowed the people in the territories to decide the issue for themselves?
popular sovereignty
How did the economies of the North and the South differ?
North industrial
South agricultural
What is the principle that when a party (the state) to a contract determines that their agent (the federal government) has exceeded its powers, that party can nullify the actions of its agent?
Nullification Theory
What is the term for John Brown's slaughter of pro-slavery settlers in Kansas which sparked more violence?
Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
The ______________________________________ was strengthened
fugitive slave law
Describe the basic form of the triangular slave trade.
rum to Africa for slaves, slaves to the Caribbean for molasses (from sugar), and molasses to America for rum (distilled from molasses)
Describe how the Tariff of Abominations was particularly damaging to the South.
Southerners had to pay a higher price for their imported and domestic goods, they sold less cotton because of England’s retaliatory cotton tariff, and the money from the tariff benefited businessmen of the North
What is the concept that a state can intervene between its people and the federal government?
Doctrine of Interposition
What three things did the Supreme Court say in Dred Scott v. Sanford?
slaves are not U.S. citizens
the Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional
Congress has no authority to ban slavery in the territories
The territories of New Mexico and Utah were organized on the principle of __________________________________
popular sovereignty