Sectionalism
What eventually contributed to the breakup of the Union?
Sectional differences
What was President Taylor's position on California statehood?
He supported California becoming a free state.
What state did Henry Clay represent and what cabinet position did he hold?
Kentucky
Secretary of State
Who was elected President in 1856 and what party did he represent?
James Buchanan, Democrat
What major ethnic and religious difference did Christ bridge?
Division between Jews and Gentiles.
Who made up the southern middle class?
Plantation overseers, small farmers, skilled workers, and shopkeepers.
The Compromise of 1850. Who organized the compromise package and guided it through Congress?
Henry Clay
What two states did Daniel Webster represent in Congress?
NH & Massachusetts
What was the Ostend Manifesto?
A statement of the US interest in purchasing or taking Cuba.
Why are Christians able to have unity?
Because God gives unity.
What petitions were presented in Congress year after year? How were they stopped?
Petitions to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. The House adopted a gag rule to kill such petitions.
Who won the presidential election of 1852 and what party did he represent?
Franklin Pierce
Democrat
John C Calhoun represented this state in Congress, and he was a defender of this controversial practice.
SC and Slavery
In what year did the Lincoln-Douglas debates take place?
1858
What middle ground was proposed to help solve the issue of slavery in the territories?
Popular sovereignty; letting people of the territory decide whether the territory would be slave or free.
Who promoted Chicago as the eastern terminus for a transcontinental railroad?
Stephen Douglas
Clay, Webster, and Calhoun all aspired to this office, but never won it.
The presidency.
John Brown led a raid on this location in October of 1859.
The US military arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA
Charles Sumner gave a speech in the Senate, strongly denouncing slave interests. What happened to him as a result?
He was attacked by Preston Brooks, a Congressman and a nephew of SC Senator Andrew Butler.
List 10 of the first 15 Presidents of the United States.
Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan