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What was causing the rupture between the North and South? (1)
the long running dispute concerning slavery and especially its status in the federal territories
What could sustain the slaveholders' political power in Congress and the Electoral College? (6)
the creation of new slave states
What legislative compromise was made on Missouri? (11)
-Missouri was granted statehood as a slave slate
-Maine entered the Union as a free state
-Slavery made illegal in all federal territories purchased in 1803 that lay north of Missouri's southern border
Why did congressmen agree to the compromises even though they disliked them? (16)
For the sake of maintaining national peace
What happened as a result of Abraham Lincoln being elected president in 1860? (21)
South Carolina's leaders voted that state out of the United States in December 1860
What did Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, mean by saying slavery "was and is indispensable" to the South's kind of society? (2)
Slavery was absolutely necessary to the South's society
Many people who opposed slavery wanted to be able to move to the West without...(7)
-living among slaves
-competing with cheap slave labor
-being governed locally by slave-owning politicians
What did Representative David Wilmot propose to do with all the land won from Mexico? Did the plan pass? (12)
-Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall every exist in any of the land seized during the war
-The Wilmot proviso did not pass
What did Senator Stephen Douglass do in order to gain southern support for the organization of the Kansas and Nebraska territory? (17)
What did political leaders do once South Carolina seceded from the U.S? (22)
Political leaders created compromise bills to stop southern states from seceding from the U.S.
Name two examples that show how much the South relied on slavery (2)
- 1/3 of the southern population was enslaved (4 million)
-slaves were worth around 3 billion dollars
-slave labor produced half of the South's tobacco, almost all of its sugar, rice, hemp and 90% of cotton
What two compromises were made over the issue of the expansion of slavery to try and maintain national harmony? (8)
-Missouri Compromise
-Compromise of 1850
Name 4 parts of the Compromise of 1850. (13)
-accepted California as a free state
-Utah and New Mexico territory admitted with the choice of allowing slavery
-Washington DC banned the slave trade
-Strengthened the Fugitive Slave Law
What two effects happened as a result of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise? (18)
-gave rise to the Republican party
-a war known as bleeding Kansas erupted between pro and anti slavery settlers
What plan did they have to try and make Southerners happy? (23)
Extending the Missouri Compromise line and outlawing slavery above that line and protecting slavery south of the line to all territories now held or acquired later.
How did Northerners view the ownership of one human being by another? (4)
-economically backward
-morally repugnant (unacceptable)
-politically antidemocratic
What plan did northern congressmen have for admitting the state of Missouri to prevent the spread of slavery? (9)
-preventing any additional slaves from entering Missouri
-emancipating all slave children born in Missouri following statehood once those children reached the age of 25
What did the Compromise of 1820 and 1850 not resolve? (14)
-dispute over slavery and its merits
-the future of slavery in the U.S
What two parts did the Court declare in the Dred Scott case? (19)
-slaves were not free even after living in free territories/states
-unconstitutional to outlaw slavery in any federal territory
How did Abraham Lincoln feel about Crittenden's plan? (24)
Lincoln warned that the South would continue to take over lands in order to make them slave states
What 5 issues caused conflict between the North and South? (5)
-how to apportion representation in Congress
-the right to petition Congress
-the right of states to nullify federal laws
-the recapture of runaway slaves
-slavery's geographical expansion
Why did Tallmadge's plan for Missouri statehood not pass the Senate? (10)
slave and free states had the same amount of representation in the Senate and slave states voted to admit Missouri with no restrictions on slavery
How did they make the bills in order to get both Northern and Southern congressmen to support? (15)
Omnibus compromise bills were broken up into separate measures so that each could be voted on
What two things happened as a result of the ruling in the Dred Scott court case? (20)
-brought additional support to the Republican Party
-John Brown mounted a raid in 1859 against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, VA
What happened as a result of Crittenden's plan failing? (25)
The rest of the states of the lower South cotton kingdom declared themselves out of the Union