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Election of 1860
Compromise of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act
Bleeding Kansas
Harper's Ferry
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Since Abraham Lincoln hated slavery
What is the reason for why the south was not in favor at all for Abraham Lincoln?
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popular sovereignty
What is the system used in the mexican cession to decide whether a part of new Mexico should have slavery or not according to the compromise?
100
It made it so that escaped slaves could be recaptured anywhere they went.
What did the fugitive slave act do about runaway slaves?
100
Stephen Douglas
Who introduced the Kansas-Nebraska act?
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Virginia, attacked on the federal arsenal
Where did John Brown attack, and what did he seize?
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The south had a lower population, making the north stronger politically, and the north was for Abraham Lincoln
Why was Abraham Lincoln (north) elected in 1850 even though most of the south was against him?
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made Texas lose all land east of the upper Rio Grande and made the government pay Texas' old debts.
What did the compromise do about the border between texas and new Mexico?
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They disliked the lack of trial by jury for the cases, and the higher fees given to people who returned fugitive slaves.
What two things did northerners dislike most about the fugitive slave act?
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The two groups, pro-slave and anti-slave began to arm themselves with guns, the state was divided between the two groups and violence occurred.
Why did war break out in kansas?
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John Brown was upset by an anti-slavery group that talked about using non-violence to stop slavery, and he was angered since he thought it was all talk
What caused John Brown to try to raid the federal arsenal?
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It recognized no political principles other than the constitution, the union of the states, and the enforcement of laws.
What did the constitutional union party recognize?
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called for the admission of California "directly, without conditions, without qualifications, and without compromise."
What is Senator William Seward.
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11 of them were won in court.
Out of the 343 fugitive slave cases, how many fugitive slave cases were won by the slaves?
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The Pottawatomie Massacre
What had caused Kansas to fall into a full-on civil war?
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The slaves knew that if they helped Brown, they would be severely punished if they were caught.
Why did John Browns plan fail to help enslaved African Americans?
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John Bell, John C. Breckenridge, Abraham Lincoln, and Douglas.
Which for people ran in the election of 1860?
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John C. Calhoun
Who criticized the compromise of 1850 in the south who was also near death when he wrote his criticism?
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Burns was a fugitive slave from Virginia, who was jailed in Boston, and had a group of abolitionists try to rescue him by force. A deputy marshall was killed in the attempt.
What is the case of Anthony Burns?
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He beat Charles Summer, an anti-slavery supporter, unconscious with a walking cane, which the south supported by sending him walking canes, and the north was outraged.
How did Preston Brooks spark more trouble in the pro-slavery vs. anti-slavery battle?
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he was charged of murder, treason, and conspiracy to start a slave rebellion
What was Brown charged of committing?
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The Democratic party split
What did the Democratic party do when they couldn't agree on a candidate?
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He was opposed to the expansion of slavery, thought that preserving the union was important, and thought that fighting over slavery in the west was unnecessary
What did Daniel Webster believe about the Compromise of 1850?
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Uncle Tom's cabin
What is the name of the book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that is about the fugitive slave act?
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They rode to Lawrence, and destroyed buildings and printing presses.
More than 700 men rode to where and destroyed what at that place?
500
She called him Saint John the Just.
What did novelist Louisa May Alcott refer to John Brown as after his death?