Expansion
-France
-Mexico
-Great Britian
-France
-Spain.
What issue caused the most Sectional Tensions?
Slavery
What idea allowed the people in states to vote on whether or not to have slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
What court did Dred Scott v Sanford end in ?
The Supreme Court
What party opposed the spread of slavery?
What belief said the U.S. was destined to expand across North America?
Manifest Destiny
What are the two "sections of the United States" that we refer to?
-North & South
or
-Free & Slave
What is the historical term used to refer to the violence that broke out in Kansas over slavery?
Bleeding Kansas
Why did Dred Scott believe he was a free man?
He lived in Free States for some time.
What party supported states' rights and protected slavery
The Democratic Party
What war started between the U.S. and Mexico because of a border dispute?
Mexican-American war
What is the word for when people feel more loyal to their region than to their country?
Sectionalism
Who was the abolitionist who used violence in Kansas and would later attack Harpers Ferry
John Brown
What did the Dred Scott Decision say about black citizenship?
-It did not exist
-black people were not citizens
What is the term we used to refer to states formally leaving a country
secession
What is the land the U.S. gained after winning the war against Mexico called?
The Mexican Cessation
The Compromise of 1850 solved what issue?
What is the name of the law that caused violence in Kansas
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- It removed them, slavery was allowed to spread to any state
What happened as a result of the 1860 election?
southern states starting leaving the union/united states
Why did adding new territories create issues?
there needed to be a balance between slave states and free states
The Compromise of 1850 had several parts. What part of the compromise caused the most issues?
The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act
What group of people were unfairly described as wanting to end slavery through violence?
(2 words)
Radical Abolitionist
What was the idea called that claimed a small group of slaveholders controlled the government and were trying to expand slavery?
slave power (conspiracy)
How many southern states did not provide ballots for Abraham Lincoln?h
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