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A Nation Divided
Growing
Tensions
Compromises
Fail
New Political
Parties
Coming of
the Civil War
Odds and
Ends
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This “Proviso” proposed that Congress ban
slavery in territory gained as a result of the
Mexican-American War.
What is the Wilmot
Proviso?
She wrote the antislavery novel Uncle
Tom’s Cabin.
Who is Harriet
Beecher Stowe?
He inspired other abolitionists in spite of
being hung for treason by the federal
government.
Who is
John
Brown?
It was the first major goal of the
Lincoln administration.
What is the preservation
of unity in the country?
He pushed the Kansas-Nebraska
Act through Congress in 1854.
Who is
Stephen
Douglas?
He believed states’ rights took
precedence over preserving the
Union.
Who is
John C.
Calhoun?
It allowed California to enter the Union as a
free state.
What is the Compromise
of 1850?
This party was formed by northern Whigs in
1854.
What is the Republican
Party?
Seven Southern states seceded and formed
the Confederate States of America in
reaction to this event.
What is Abraham
Lincoln’s election as
President in 1860?
He ruled that slaves were property
and not citizens in the Dred Scott
decision of 1857.
Who is
Roger B.
Taney?
Southerners objected to the admission of
California to the Union for this reason.
What is the advantage
free states would have
over slaves states?
It was criticized in the North because it
basically undid the Missouri Compromise.
What is the KansasNebraska Act of 1854?
Abraham Lincoln gained notoriety in
these debates in 1858 for insisting that
new territories be kept free from slavery.
What are the LincolnDouglas debates?
The election of 1860 was determined by
What are regional attitudes
toward slavery?
He was an antislavery leader who led
attacks on proslavery settlers in
Kansas.
Who is John
Brown?
They were three results of the Wilmot
Proviso.
1.
2.
3.
What are:
Formation of the Free Soil Party
Heightened concern over the ban of
slavery in the South.
The issue of slavery in new territories
gained from Mexico was not resolved.
Fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery
forces gave Kansas this infamous nickname in
1856.
What is “Bleeding
Kansas”?
The issue of slavery and differences
between free states and slave states was
the topic of this famous Lincoln
speech.
What is his “House
Divided” speech?
These three events were direct causes
of the Civil War.
What are:
1.Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860
2.The secession of seven southern states
3.The Confederate attack on Fort
Sumter.
It is the idea that people in a
territory or state vote directly on
issues.
What is popular
sovereignty?
They were four major outcomes of the
Compromise of 1850.
What are:
1.California became a free state.
2.Slave trade was banned in
Washington, D.C.
3.Popular sovereignty would
determine the slavery issue in new
territories.
4.Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 included these
three stipulations.
What are:
1. Suspects had no right to trial.
2. A slaveholder or any white witness could swear to
the suspect being the slaveholder’s property
3. Northern citizens were required to help capture
accused runaways.
This Supreme Court decision
declared slaves to be property, even if
they lived in a free territory.
What is the
Dred Scott
decision?
These three events changed northern
attitudes about slavery and were
causes of the Civil War.
What are:
1. The Supreme Court ruling on Dred Scott v.
Sandford
2. John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry
3. The publication of Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Many southerners considered this novel
misleading propaganda.
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?