The Missouri Compromise / Nate Turners Rebellion
The Missouri Compromise had two parts. The first part said that for Missouri to become a state that allowed slavery, another state would have to be allowed to become a free state. Which state was that state?
Maine
What were the four separate bills, or main points, of the Missouri Compromise?
1. Outlawed the slave trade.
2. Added California as a free state/
3. Utah and New Mexico could decide to be a free or slave state.
4. Defined the state boundaries of Texas.
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beacher Stowe.
Why did the Supreme Court say allowed them to rule against giving Dred Scott his freedom?
People of African descent could not be American citizens, the Fifth Amendment protected slave owners, the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, and that Congress had no right to end slavery.
Why did John Brown decide to raid Harpers Ferry?
To overall abolish the institution of slavery.
The Missouri Compromise had two parts. The second part said for Missouri to become a state that allowed slavery, it has to guarantee another part, or area, of the United States would remain free of slavery. What and where was that area that would not allow slavery?
All lands of the former Louisiana Purchase north of the 36'30' latitude.
What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 compel people living in the Northern States to do?
Return runaway enslaved peoples to Southern states.
Which president said Uncle Tom's Cabin was responsible for starting the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln.
How did the Supreme Court’s decision affect America?
Enraged abolitionists and further divided the Northern and Southern states.
How did the Harpers Ferry raid affect America?
It influenced the presidential election of 1860 and inflamed tensions between Northern and Southern states.
How many people participate in Nate Turner's rebellion?
80
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 increased traffic, or people following, on what thing?
The Underground Railroad
How did Uncle Tom's Cabin affect America?
It allowed everyone in America to understand the true nature of the institution of slavery.
Was Dred Scott finally given his freedom?
Yes.
How many of John Brown's men died during the Harpers Ferry raid?
10.
How many people were killed in Nate Turner's Rebellion?
55
What did Northern Democrats, and other politicians, fear would happen to newly acquired territory in the United States?
The territory would be crafted into slave states.
There were two sides fighting each other in Kansas. What were they fighting over?
Whether or not to make Kansas a free state.
What was Abraham Lincoln's fundamental argument and conviction about slavery?
It was a moral issue that needed to be recognized as a great evil.
How much of the vote did Abraham Lincoln receive? Why?
40%. The Democratic Party was divided into three candidates.
What were the results on enslaved peoples after Nate Turner's Rebellion?
Harsher laws on enslaved peoples and further divided the Northern and Southern states.
What was the Wilmont Proviso designed to do?
Ensure territory acquired by the U.S. from Mexico would be made into free states.
In 1858, what did the State of Kansas reject?
The proslavery Lecompton Constitution.
Stephen Douglas.
What happened just before Abraham Lincoln was elected president?
Seven states had succeeded from the Union, the Confederate States of America had been formally established, and Jefferson Davis had been elected their president.