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| Slavery’s expansion divided the country along sectional lines, Abolitionist opposed the law, Northern favored the idea |
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| an amendment that proposed that in any territory the US gained from Mexico “ neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exists.” |
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| A Senator of Michigan that suggested letting the people vote on slavery. |
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| Opposed slavery, opposed Taylor (favored expansion of slavery) |
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| Northern Whigs supported Taylor because they were linked to Northern cloth manufactures that needed Southern cotton. |
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| Formed by Conscience Whigs, antislavery democrats which opposed slavery in “ Free soil” of western territory |
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| CA skipped the territorial stage because a state, applied for admission as a free state |
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| How did the war with Mexico and the Gold Rush affect the slavery issue in the United States? |
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| They needed a strong government to maintain order it was chaos and violence |
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| List the main elements of the Compromise of 1850. |
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| California admitted as a free state, California gold rush, Fugitive slave act was passed, settled border dispute over Texas and New Mexico |
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| Southerners believed that the Constitution gave them the right to retrieve an enslaved person who fled across state lines. True or False |
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| In the 1848 presidential campaign, the Free-Soil Party promised to veto the Wilmot Porviso, should Congress ever pass it? True or False |
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| The Compromise of 1850 received a setback when President Zachary Taylor died before Clay's bill passed. True or False |
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| Why did Polk believe no one would take enslaved persons to the Southwest? |
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| Because the dry climate would not support the kinds of farming that made slavery profitable |
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| How did the Gold Rush affect the issue of slavery? |
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| The gold rush had forced the nation once again to confront the divisive issue of slavery |
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| Why did members of the Free Soil Party oppose the spread of slavery? |
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| Preserve for white farmers, difficult for white men to find work |
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| In the Compromise of 1850, why did Henry Clay group his resolutions in pairs? |
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| He was offering concessions to both sides. |
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| Who succeeded President Zachary Taylor? |
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| Who assisted in passing the Compromise of 1850 and what technique did he use? |
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| Henry Clay; he used the union to help pass the bill |
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| a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow network of escape routes out of the South to the freedom of North |
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| railway system extending across the continent |
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| A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe showing the horrors of slavery. It was a proponent in beginning the Civil War and ending it |
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| was a famous African American conductor and a runway that to took enslaved slaves to the South and risked it many times known as Moses |
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| 1853 for 10 million dollars strip of land in present day Arizona and New Mexico |
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| created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory |
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| a fiery abolitionist that delivered a speech accused pro-slavery senators of forcing Kansas into the ranks of slaves. |
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| Explain how the transcontinental railroad intensified the slavery issue. |
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| The primary obstacle facing construction of the Transcontinental Railroad was the issue of slavery. North and South divided more. |
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| How did antislavery activists justify disobeying the Fugitive Slave Act? |
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| Assisted the Underground Railroad and rebelled against the government to rescue African Americans. |
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| What events led to "Bleeding Kansas"? |
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| Border War and Border Ruffian |
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| List effects of the Fugitive Slave Act |
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| Hurt the Southern caused by creating hostility toward slavery among Northern who had previously seemed indifferent |
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| In Uncle Tom's Cabin, how were African Americans depicted? |
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| Stowe presented African American as real people imprisoned in dreadful circumstances |
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| What were requirements for ordinary citizens in the Fugitive Slave Act? |
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| Who were the "border ruffians"? |
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| What affect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the Whig Party? |
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| Disappearance of Whig party |
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| What was the original purpose of the Gadsden Purchase? |
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| Was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico? |
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| Why did Northerners head for Kansas after the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed? |
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| they wanted to create an antislavery majority there |
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| Why was Charles Sumner caned? |
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| Preston Brooks caned him because of his speech |
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| List whether the following people supported or opposed slavery. Some may be from section 1, 2 or 3 |
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Charles Sumner- Opposed
John C. Calhoun- Supported
Levi Coffin- Opposed
Preston Brooks- Opposed
David Atchison- Opposed
Harriet Beecher Stowe- Opposed
John C. Freemont- Opposed
Daniel Webster- Opposed
John Brown- Opposed
Roger B. Taney- Supported |
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| Who caned Charles Sumner? |
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| popular vote on constitution |
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| rebellion against slaveholders |
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| was the new coalition of the most popular name as an independent party |
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| when the Northern Democrats enabled the American Party and to make great gains as well |
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| was an enslaved man whose Missouri slaveholder had taken him to live in free territory before returning to Missouri |
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| a document written about antislavery that the Senate passed but the House of Representatives blocked it |
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| Douglas tried to avoid dilemma, formulating an answer that become as Freeport Doctrine |
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| List the two rulings in Dred Scott v. Sandford that increased sectional divisiveness |
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| Political issue that further intensified the sectional conflict, prohibit slavery in the territories |
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| What were the main goals of the Republican and American Parties? |
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| Elimination of slavery and to increase tariffs |
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| How did Americans react to John Brown's raid? |
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| The Northern thought he was an hero; Southern thought he was an enemy at your front door |
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| List causes of the growing tensions between North and South |
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| Slavery and the expansion of it |
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| What events led to the founding of the Republican Party? |
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| Antislavery Nebraska Party, The Fusion Party, the People’s Party, and the Independent Party |
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| What political party and candidate won the presidency in 1856? |
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| James Buchanan and democrat |
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| Why did Dred Scott sue the slaveholder who held him? |
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| To let him know the time he spent in free territory meant he was free |
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| What were the positions of Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln on slavery? |
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| Lincoln believed slavery was morally wrong and opposed its spread into Western territory and Douglas believed to keep slavery out by refusing to pass laws needed to regulate and reformed it |
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| What were the positions of Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln on slavery? |
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| Lincoln believed slavery was morally wrong and opposed its spread into Western territory and Douglas believed to keep slavery out by refusing to pass laws needed to regulate and reformed it |
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| In what was might a Northerner and a Southerner view John Brown's action differently? |
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| Northerners thought he was a hero and Southerners viewed him as an enemy |
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| Why did the Whig Party and the American Party dissolve? |
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| Northern and Southern members spilt over the issue of slavery |
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| What did the Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case consider free soil? |
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| The basic ideas uniting Republicans was unconstitutional |
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| What was John Brown's intention in raiding the arsenal at Harpers Ferry? |
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| Free and arm the enslaved people of the neighbor hood and begin a rebellion against slaveholders |
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| What did Abraham Lincoln gain from the debates with Stephen Douglas? |
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