California Crisis
What event led to a huge population growth in California?
The California Gold Rush
Why was their a mass movement of people to Kansas Territory?
Because popular sovereignty was allowed and each side was trying to gain more voters to support their cause.
How did Harriet Beecher Stowe drive the nation closer to Civil War?
She wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin," made more northerners hate slavery
What was the "Bleeding Kansas" that Brown helped create?
200+ people killed in fights, starting with his killing of five men
Who won as a result of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, AND what was the main topic of them?
Douglas, slavery
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What were people who moved to California called, and WHY?
Why was Charles Sumner beaten with a cane in the Senate?
He had compared Senator Butler's love of slavery to the love of a prostitute, in a 2-day long speech
Was Brown successful in his raid, and what was his eventual fate?
No, executed by hanging
In the Election of 1860, the new Republican Party nominated _______ as their candidate, AND what made them unique, as a party?
What was popular sovereignty, and who originally proposed the idea?
The idea that each state should decide for itself whether it would allow slavery or not. (Lewis Cass)
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, AND who authored it?
The creation of the two territories of KS and NE, and that slavery would be decided by Pop. Sov. in both of them - Stephen Douglas
Who beat Charles Sumner with a cane on the floor of the Senate?
Preston Brooks
He wanted to arm them so they could escape/fight back.
The democratic vote was split between Stephen Douglas and John C. Breckinridge
3 parts: What problem did California create? Who offered a solution? What was the name of the solution?
Slave state or free state?
Henry Clay.
Compromise of 1850
What was "The Sack of Lawrence?"
Pro-slavery men attacked the abolitionist town of Kansas, burning and destroying homes, businesses and an abolitionist printing press
What slave filed a lawsuit for his freedom, and why did he argue he should be freed?
Dred Scott - because he had been forced to live as a slave in a free state
Where did John Brown plan to raid a Federal arsenal to steal 20,000 guns? (town and state, please)
Harper's Ferry, VA
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
As a response to Lincoln being elected president, how did 7 southern states respond, AND which state was the first to act?
List all 5 parts of the Compromise of 1850
1. CA a free state, 2. Pop. Sov. in NM+UT Territories, 3. $10 million to TX for border dispute, 4. No slave TRADE in D.C., 5. Strict Fugitive Slave Law
What was the Pottawatomie Massacre, and what was it a response to?
John Brown and several followers killed 5 proslavery men, because he thought 5 abolitionists had been killed in Lawrence
Who was the influential Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case, AND What two declarations did he make?
Roger Taney.
Scott was not a citizen and could not have a trial, Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
Southerners - as a terrorist
Northerners - as a martyr
What was the newly formed nation of southern states called, and who did they elect as their president?
The Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis