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43 Cards in this Set
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Union |
TheUS as one nation under a single government. During the civil War, “the Union” came to mean the government and armiesof the North. |
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Missouri Compromise |
Anagreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to theUnion as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state. |
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fugitive |
Aperson who flees or tires to escape. (for example, from slavery) |
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Wilmot Proviso |
Aproposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the US as aresult of the Mexican-American War. |
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Compromise of 1850 |
Theagreements made in order to admit California into the Union as a freestate. These agreements includedallowing the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allowslavery, outlawing the slave trade in Washington, DC and creating a strongerfugitive slave law. |
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Kansas-Nebraska Act |
Anact passed in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories andabolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whetherslavery would be allowed in the new territories. |
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Dred Scott Decision |
ASupreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African Americans could never be citizensof the US and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. |
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
Aseries of political debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, whowere candidates in the Illinois race for US senator, in which slavery was themain issue. |
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Where did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 ban slavery? |
North of the Ohio River |
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What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 have to do with Missouri's application to become a slave state in 1819? |
Missouri was north of the Ohio River and these states were to be free. |
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Why was it important to have the number of slave and free states equal? |
So the number of representatives in Congress would be protected and therefore voting power wouldn't be lost. |
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What compromise was reached regarding Missouri's statehood called? |
The Missouri Compromise |
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What states were admitted as a result of the Missouri Compromise? Were they slave or free? |
Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. |
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What is the significance of the 36 30 latitude line? |
An imaginary line was drawn there prohibiting slavery north of it with the exception of Missouri. |
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What was a result of the Missouri Compromise? |
The Missouri Compromise temporarily ended the slavery debate but did not settle the future of slavery as a whole in the US. |
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What did the fugitive slave law do? |
It helped slaveowners recapture their property if slaves escaped to the North. |
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Where did the Wilmot Proviso ban slavery? |
In land acquired from Mexico as a result of the Mexican American War. |
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California wanted to enter the US as a free state. How did northerners and southerners feel about it? |
Northerners wanted California to enter as a free state, Southerners did not. |
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How did the Compromise of 1850 affect California? |
It admitted California as a free state. |
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What else did the Compromise of 1850 state regarding new territories and who did this please? |
The New Mexico and Utah territories could decide whether to allow slavery. This pleased the South. |
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What other two things did the Compromise of 1850 do? |
Ended the slave trade in Washington, DC and passed a stronger fugitive slave law. |
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Why did the Fugitive Slave Law not work? |
It was hard to enforce, slaves fled to Canada, Northerners refused to obey it, and slave catchers were treated horribly and returned to the South. |
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
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Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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How did people feel about the novel? |
It increased the outrage over slavery. |
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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act create? |
The territories of Kansas and Nebraska. |
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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act abolish? |
The Missouri Compromise |
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Was slavery permitted in these two new territories? |
It allowed settlers to vote on whether or not to permit slavery. |
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What was a result of the K-N Act? |
Many people moved to Kansas - some for farmland, and some to support or oppose slavery. |
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What is one example of violence that resulted in Kansas? |
A raid on Lawrence, Kansas which was the home of the anti-slavery government. |
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What is another example of violence that resulted in Kansas? |
John Brown's Raid had pro-slavery men dragged from their homes and killed. |
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Who was Dred Scott? |
A slave who sued for his freedom because he had traveled to a free state. |
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What two questions did the justices have to answer? |
If Dred Scott, as a slave, could bring a case to the court and if his stay in Wisconsin made him a free man. |
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What was the Supreme Court's decision? |
They decided that Scott could not sue because he was not a citizen. African Americans could not be citizens. |
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Who ran for the Senate for the Republican Party in 1858? |
Abraham Lincoln |
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Who was Lincoln's opponent? |
Stephen Douglas |
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Who won that Senate race? |
Douglas |
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What effect did the race have on Lincoln? |
He became well-known. |
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What was John Brown hoping to accomplish when he raided the arsenal at Harper's Ferry? |
He wanted to start a slave rebellion. |
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What was the result of the raid? |
All of Brown's men were killed and he was convicted of treason and sentenced to be hanged. |
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Who won the presidential election of 1860? |
Abraham Lincoln |
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What was the state of the country in 1860? |
The North and the South were deeply divided over the issue of slavery. |
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What did the Southern states do in February 1861? |
They became the Confederate States of America. |
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What caused the Civil War to begin? |
Confederates opened fire on Ft. Sumter, SC. |
