Compromises
"Compromise of 1820" over slavery in Missouri.
1. Missouri entered as a slave state
2. Maine entered as a free state
3. all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.
This Abolitionist started an Anti-Slavery newspaper called the liberator and founded the Anti-Slavery Society
William Lloyd Garrison
Why did many southern states secede after Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860?
They believed Lincoln was going to end slavery and change their way of life.
How did Southern slave holders react to 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'
They were outraged and claimed slavery was not that violent. They called for Harriet Beecher Stowe's imprisonment.
Name this Compromise: compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union as a free state in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Compromise of 1850
or
Great Compromise
Correct this statement: After reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, many Southern slaveholders realized the horror of slavery and freed the enslaved people.
After reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, many Southern slaveholders were (student answers may vary).
Which candidate in the election of 1860 supported popular sovereignty (states' right to vote on the issue of slavery)
Stephen Douglas
Which southern state was the first to secede from the U.S.
South Carolina
Stephen Douglas wrote the Kansas-Nebraska act which allowed new states to use popular sovereignty to determine whether they would allow slavery. Describe what that means.
The states would vote to determine whether or not they would allow slavery.
This Abolitionist escaped from slavery and began sharing his story through his book and many speeches.
Frederick Douglass
What does 'secede' mean when we are talking about the Civil War.
Secede or secession is when the Southern states decided to break away from the U.S. to form their own country that protected slavery.
How many candidates ran for President in 1860?
Four
After the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, Kansas experienced a time period known as Bleeding Kansas. Why was it named that?
People flooded Kansas to try to sway the vote in favor or against slavery and it led to violence between the two groups.
(ex. John Brown and his supporters killed 5 pro-slavery people, riots in Lawrence, Kansas)
This Abolitionist became determined to fight slavery after seeing an enslaved women separated from her child.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This is two part question:
Abraham Lincoln sent supplies to which location in South Carolina?
How did the South react to Lincoln's decision?
1) Fort Sumter
2) The South attacked Lincoln's ships and the Fort.
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed with the Compromise of 1850. Describe what the law states.
This was a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
What was different about the way Congress compromised on slavery in the Missouri Compromise compared to the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
In the Missouri Compromise, Congress determined where slavery was allowed and where it wasn't. In the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the people chose where slavery would be allowed or not though voting.
This Abolitionist felt talking would not be enough to convince people to end slavery. He planned a raid at Harper's Ferry in the hopes of sparking a slave rebellion.
John Brown
Why is the battle of Fort Sumter so significant?
It is considered the first battle of the Civil War (bonus - add 100 more points if anyone states that more Southern states began to secede)
What was Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery when elected as President?
He believed slavery should not expand into any new states but did not plan to end it in the South immediately.