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Chapter 15
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7th Grade
05/24/2011

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Name the five points of the Compromise of 1850.
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1. California enters as a free state
2. rest of Mexican Cession would be federal land
3. govenor buys land from Texas
4. no slave trade, but yes to slavery
5. more effective fugitive slave law would be passed
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State the details of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Definition
allows officials to arrest slaves in free areas and made it illegal to help runaway slaves
Term
When did the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act begin? Who was James Hamlet?
Definition
immediately; unarrested slave
Term
Who was John Brown? Where was he originally from? When did he and his sons move to Kansas?
Definition
an abolistionist; Meadville, Pennsylvania; 1855
Term
What did John Brown do on the night of May 24, 1856? Where did it take place?
Definition
killed 5 pro-slavery men; Kansas
Term
What did the John Brown massacre become known as? Who did he say ordered him to do this?
Definition
Pottawatomie Massacre; God
Term
What was the American party? What was another name for the American party?
Definition
combination of Whigs and Democrats; ?
Term
Who was Dred Scott? Explain his supreme court case?
Definition
a slave; he was suing for freedom
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Who was Roger B. Taney? What were his three rulings?
Definition
Chief Justice
1. Africans have no rights
2. decided is Scott's presence on free soil made him free
3. declared Missouri Compromise restrictions on slavery in the north
Term
Who was Abraham Lincoln? What did he say about the Dred Scott decision?
Definition
at the time of the Dred Scott case, an Illinois lawyer; Scott should be free
Term
What did John Brown do in 1858? What was his plan?
Definition
tried to start an uprising to arm local slaves
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What did John Brown and his men do on Oct. 16, 1859? Where did the raid take place?
Definition
raided the arsenal at Harper's Ferry in Virginia
Term
Why did John Brown send his men into the countryside? Why didn't the slaves join him? Who came instead? What was the result?
Definition
to get slaves to join him; feared punishment; federal troops and he was captured
Term
Who arrived in Harper's Ferry the night after the raid by John Brown? Who was the leader? What happened?
Definition
federal troops; Robert E. Lee; they captured John Brown
Term
What was Brown convicted of? What was his punishment? When was it carried out?
Definition
treason, murder, and conspiracy; put to death; Dec. 2, 1859
Term
When did South Carolina secede from the union? What other states followed?
Definition
Dec. 20, 1860; Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas
Term
Louisiana was the ____ state to secede.
Definition
last
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What did the states call themselves?
Definition
the Confederate states
Term
Who was elected president of the confederacy? Where was he from?
Definition
Jefferson Davis; Mississippi
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