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SCOTUS Vocab
100
Marbury vs Madison established the principle of -
Judicial Review
100
What role did Harriet Beecher Stowe play in the abolition movement?
She wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which increased Northern compassion for slaves, and strengthened the abolition movement.
100
Compromises before the Civil War were like a ____-____ on a bullet wound. They weren't fixing the real problem, and wouldn't last! It took surgery (the Civil War) to end slavery.
band-aid
100
John C Calhoun was the leader of the ________
South
100
What does "judicial review" mean?
That the Supreme Court can rule a law constitutional or unconstitutional (rule to keep a law or get rid of a law)
200
McCullough vs Maryland established that the ____ ____ was constitutional.
national bank
200
What role did Frederick Douglass play in the abolition movement?
As an escaped slave, Frederick Douglass gave speeches and wrote the North Star, an abolitionist newspaper.
200
The Missouri Compromise, designed by Henry Clay, said that Missouri would enter the US as a ______ state, and Maine would enter as a _______ state.
Missouri = slave, Maine = free
200
Daniel Webster was that leader of the ________
North
200
What does "constitutional" mean?
obeys the Constitution
300
The Supreme Court case that ruled that only the federal government can regulate interstate commerce.
Gibbons v Ogden
300
What role did William Lloyd Garrison play in the abolition movement?
He wrote the Liberator, an anti-slavery newspaper.
300
List 2 facts about Bleeding Kansas
Voters were going to decide whether Kansas was slave or free, it became violent, only white males could vote, voters deciding law is often called "popular sovereignty"
300
Henry Clay the Compromiser was the leader of the _______
West
300
What does "unconstitutional" mean?
disobeys the Constitution
400
The Supreme Court Case that ruled that states (specifically, Georgia) could not kick out or make laws for Native Americans. Hint: Jackson ignored this ruling.
Worcester v Georgia
400
What role did Harriet Tubman play in the abolition movement?
Harriet Tubman was the "conductor" of the underground railroad, which worked to bring slaves to freedom. She was also a spy in the Civil War.
400
What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
The Fugitive Slave Act said that the Northern States had to return escaped slaves to the South and that Northerners found helping escaped slaves would be punished (fines or jail time). It was part of the Compromise of 1850.
400
Define: sectionalism
Pride in your region being more important than pride in your country. This basically turned into the North and South being against each other all the time.
400
The Supreme Court belongs to which branch of the government?
judicial branch
500
This Supreme Court ruling said that slaves, as property, could not sue their masters, even for their own freedom. This angered the abolition movement.
Dred Scott v Sanford
500
Did Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau support or oppose abolition?
SUPPORT abolition, to end slavery
500
List the 4 main parts of the Compromise of 1850
For the North: California became a free state and the slave trade was banned in Washinton DC. For the South: The Fugitive Slave Act was passed and Utah and Arizona would let the voters decide whether to be slave or free states.
500
What did John Brown do? Was he a hero, terrorist, or both?
John Brown led a violent raid of government weapons at Harpers Ferry, with the hopes of liberating slaves. It failed. The South saw him as a terrorist and executed him, the North viewed him as a tragic, if flawed, hero.
500
What is a Constitution?
A set of rules for the government to follow.