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The Early Years
Compromise or war?
It Gets Messy
Conflict grows
war
100
It was decided at the Constitutional Convention that the issue of slavery would not be discussed by Congress. In what year could slavery next be discussed?
What is 1808
100
Why was latitude 36 30' so important as a part of the compromise?
What is any state south of that latitude becoming slave and any state north of that latitude becoming free?
100
In 1831, a slave preacher led a revolt against slave owners in Suffolk, Virginia. Before they were stopped they were able to kill about 60 slave owners and their families. This episode shocked the South.
What was the Nat Turner Slave Revolt?
100
The capital city, Washington D.C. would ban an activity that many found shameful for a national capital.
What is slave BUYING AND SELLING. Owning was still legal until 1863.
100
Over two hundred pro and anti-slavery people were killed in 1856 as Kansas decided whether to enter the union as a slave or free state. This conflict was called-
What is Bleeding Kansas?
200
The number of senators granted to each state and the number of representatives granted to each state.
What is two? (Senate) What is a number depending on the population of each state?(House of Representatives?)
200
Name the man who came up with both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
Who was Henry Clay of Kentucky?
200
Many people of different races and classes worked to get rid of slavery totally in the United States. These people were called:
What were abolitionists?
200
The South gained from the Compromise of 1850 as well. Slavery in the Utah and New Mexico territories would now be determined in a way that negated the Missouri Compromise.
What is popular sovereignty?
200
He was a slave who sued his master for his freedom, claiming that since he had lived in a free state he was a free man. In 1857, the Supreme Court disagreed paving the way for more bitter feelings between north and south.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
300
It was decided at the Constitutional Convention that slaves would count as a fraction of free people so the South could have more representatives in congress. What was that fraction?
What is 3/5?
300
A greater loyalty to one's area or region is known as:
What is sectionalism?
300
The Mexican War (1846) did two major things that contributed to the American Civil War. Name them.
What is allowing the United States to acquire new territory where the issue of whether that territory would allow slaves or not became a large issue? What is acting as a training ground for many of the men who would become the leading generals on both sides during the Civil War?
300
The biggest "gain" the South made in the Compromise of 1850 was the strengthening of what law?
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
300
Abe Lincoln and Stephan Douglas staged a series of debate around Illinois in 1858 to see who would be elected senator. While Douglas won the election Lincoln gained national attention for his views, especially on slavery.
What were the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
400
How did the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 affect slavery?
What is increasing the demand for slave for now more cotton could be processed?
400
a tax on imported goods is called a: South Carolinians called the tax on imported goods in 1832 the :
What is a tariff? What was "The Tariff of Abomination?"
400
What bill was brought to congress in 1848 in order to stop slavery in the territories gained from the Mexican War?
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
400
Harriet Beecher Stowe burst on the American scene in 1852 with the publication of her blockbuster fiction book about slavery. Northerners were shocked. Many Southerners were angered. Name the book
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
400
The October 16, 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry was an attempt to start a slave rebellion in the South. Southerners were outraged at the attack, especially after it looked like the attack was supported by many, including "The Secret Six".
What is John Brown's Raid?
500
Name the two states involved in the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Tell which entered as a slave state and which entered as a free state.
What are Missouri (slave) and Maine (free)?
500
Many in South Carolina believed a law could be ____________ or ignored if, in the opinion of its leaders, it was not good for the state.
What is nullified?
500
By 1850 California had gained enough citizens to petition for statehood. An argument arose as most Californians wanted to enter as a free state. Henry Clay offered another compromise. California would enter the Union as a _______ state.
What is free?
500
This 1854 act, championed by Senator Stephan Douglas of Illinois, allowed territories to vote whether to become free or slave states by popular sovereignty in exchange for railroad support.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
500
Four candidates were running for president. Abraham Lincoln, Stephan Douglas, John Breckinridge and John Bell. Lincoln's view that slavery would continue in southern states but not in any new states made some southern states vow to leave the union if Lincoln won. Lincoln won and on December 20, 1861, South Carolina seceded.
What is The Presidential Election of 1860?