Missouri Compromise
This man, known as the "Great Compromiser" was responsible for the creation of the Missouri Compromise
Who is Henry Clay
This "radical" abolitionists helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society and created the newspaper "The Liborator"
Who was William Lloyd Garrison
The original purpose of this Compromise came when this state wanted to join the Union as Free State
Who is California
This was the man who was responsible for the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who was Stephen Douglas
This political party had two nominees run in the 1860 election because they could not agree on the issues of slavery
Who was the Democratic Party
___________ permitted slavery in the South but outlawed it in the North
What is the 36' 30 Line
These "advancements" helped spread out information quicker with the improved technology of the steam press
What is advancements in print culture
These TWO political figures were the authors of the Compromise of 1850
Who were Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas
This was the idea that allowed for slavery in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska based upon the vote of the citizens
What was popular sovereignty
This was the number of votes from the Supreme Courts against Dred Scott
What is 7 against Scott
These 3 sections made up the Missouri Compromise
What is Maine added as a free state, Missouri added as a slave state, and the 36' 30 line incorporated
These groups helped spread the word of abolition by selling children's ABC books. These groups were made up majority of women.
Who were anti-slavery societies
This controversial act allowed for police to deputize citizens in order to help recapture enslaved individuals who had escaped to the North for their freedoms
What was the Fugitive Slave Act
This senator was almost beat to death on the floor of the Senate by Preston Brooks after he insulted a relative of Brooks
Answer MUST include name and state this senator represented
Who was Charles Sumner of Massachusetts
These were the 4 candidates in the 1860 election and their political parties
Lincoln: Republican
Breckinridge: Southern Democrat
Douglas: Norther Democrat
Bell: Constitutional Union
Maine used to be apart of this state before the Missouri Compromise
What is Massachusetts
John Brown felt this strategy was the only way to stop the spread of slavery.
What is using violence in self defence
This was the original idea that many people moved out west for
What was the California Gold Rush
The idea of building of this started the controversy of the Kansas Nebraska Act
What was the building of the Trans-Continental railroad
This was the 1860 Presidential nominees stance on slavery
What is
Lincoln: Stop expansion of slavery
Douglas: Popular sovereignty
Breckinridge: Slavery throughout the Union
Bell: Keep Union together
This precedent was established when both Maine and Missouri were added as states to the Union.
What is adding states in pairs to keep the balance of the Union with free and slave states
This man escaped slavery from Virginia, was recaptured in Boston from the Fugitive Slave Act, and caused hundreds of abolitionist Bostonians to storm the jail for his freedom
Who was Anthony Burns
These 5 components made up the Compromise of 1850
What was:
1. Banning the Slave trade in DC
2. CA becoming a free state
3. Texas having its western borders solidified
4. Territories of New Mexico and Utah allowed for popular sovereignty
5. Stricter Fugitive Slave Act
This was the name given to Pro-Slavery supporters who would come into Kansas and try to skew the popular sovereignty vote in favor of allowing slavery by illegally voting in Kansas elections
Who were Border Ruffians
This man was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who read the majority opinion based of of his beliefs rather that the rest of the Justices beliefs
Who was Roger B. Taney