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Her book was a response to the Fugitive Slave Law and was intended to show the cruelty of slavery, especially the separation of families
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
100
This party was anti-foreign and anti-Catholic
What is the Know-Nothing Party
100
The most "fateful" election arguably in American history was the election of
What is 1860
100
This famous event, which happened in 1849, threatened to upset the balance of power as a result of people rushing west
What is the Gold Rush/California bidding for statehood
100
This was an informal network of homes which hid slaves on their way to freedom
What is the Underground Railroad
200
He would become famous as a result of his Kansas-Nebraska Act, his presidential run, and his debates with Lincoln
Who is Stephen A. Douglas
200
This part, which was a reactionary party that was all about preserving the Union, showed up only in the 1860 election
What is the Constitutional Union Party
200
During the 1848 election, both Whigs and Democrats remained quiet on this issue
What is slavery
200
Sectional tensions became more inflamed as a result of this, when the question of free or slave was brought up once again
What is the Mexican cession
200
John Brown's intent when taking over Harpers Ferry in 1859 was to do this
What is start a slave rebellion and create a free black state
300
The clash between these two men and the resulting caning - name one of them - showed that passions over slavery were becoming inflamed in both the North and the South
Who is Charles Sumner or Preston Brooks
300
This party grew directly out of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is the Republican Party
300
Lincoln, interestingly enough, was one of only two presidents to this point in American history that didn't do this
What is receive a majority of votes
300
As a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Stephen Douglas essentially repealed this, which really upset northerners who held it to be as sacred as the Constitution
What is the Missouri Compromise
300
This idea fit the American belief in the democratic tradition of self-determination and thus was popular, even though the repercussions of its implementation were far from predictable
What is popular sovereignty
400
This man famously opened up Japan between 1853-1854
Who is Matthew Perry
400
This party condemned slavery because it destroyed the chances of free white workers to rise from wage-earning to self-employment
What is the Free Soil Party
400
The election of 1856 was significant for Republicans because
What is although they did not win, it showed that they had massive appeal in the northeast and west for their first presidential election
400
As a result of this famous event, the Supreme Court said that because slaves were not citizens, they could not sue, it said that because slaves were private property, they could not be taken into free or slave territories, and it declared that the Constitution protected a slave owners’ rights to property no matter where they resided.
What is the Dred Scott decision
400
Trade was opened with China through this treaty
What is the Treaty of Wanghia
500
His book argued that the institution of slavery actually had a negative effect on the plantation owners
Who is Hinton R. Helper
500
Most parties avoided this during the 1840's and 1850's in order to maintain national unity
What is slavery
500
The most significant result of the election of 1852 was this
What is the end of the Whig party
500
As a result of the Compromise of 1850, the issue of slave or free in the New Mexico and Utah territories would be decided by
What is popular sovereignty
500
Southerners justified secession by looking at this historical example
What is the idea of self-determination found in the Declaration of Independence