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| What was the main issue regarding the Missouri Compromise? |
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| a conflict of admitting new states as a free or slave state |
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| How were states divided regarding the Missouri Compromise of 1820 |
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| Maine was admitted as a free state, and Missouri a slave. Anything North of the 36.5 N line will be free |
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| Nat Turners Rebellion of 1831 |
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| A slave rebellion who led a rebellion that killed 55 white people. |
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| How did Nat Turner's Rebellion cause more hostilitiy in the South? |
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| They were very scared more uprisings would occur and they passed harsher punishment and tighter restrictions on slaves. Example: Illegal to be educated |
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| 5 Important Points regarding Missouri Compromise of 1850S |
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1) Missouri Compromise of 1850 dividing line law thrown out
2) CA is free and Texas is slave
3) Popular sovereignty - citizens choose their side slave or free?
4) Fugitive Slave Act passed
5) Slave abolished in D.C. |
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| Why were people upset about the Missouri Comromise of 1850? |
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| People were angry that the state/territories could make the choice to be a slave or free state |
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| Goals of Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 |
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1)to catch runaway slaves and to bring them back
2)punish people who helped them run aways |
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The Book that started the Civil War due to the North reading it and wanting reform - end to slavery
Was about the injustice of slavery. |
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| Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 |
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Created Kansas and Nebraska Territories
Allowed people to choose slave or free?
(Popular Sovereignty)
Reopens wound between North and South
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1) Violent conflict between pro and anti-slavery citizens in Kansas .
2) Went to Congress and even they were divided on this issue.
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| Charles Sumner's Beating 1856 |
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Was beat by Brooks for giving an anti-slavery speech"The Crime against Kansas" Speech
The speech spoke against pro-slavery forces in Kansas. |
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Dred Scott V. Sandford 1857
What did the rule regarding Scott |
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Scott was a slave, therefore he was not a citizen and was not entitled to sue anyone in court.
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Dred Scott V. Sandford 1857
What did the rule regarding slavery |
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Congress does not have the power to prohibit slavery in any territory because slaves were private property.
Anti-slavery forces were horrified and the South was happy! |
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What happened regarding John Brown's Raid 1859 |
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| He and a small group raided a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Va |
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| What did John Brown hope to accomplish during his raid? |
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| Hoped to seize the weapons, give them to enslaved people to start an uprising. |
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| Different ways the North and South looked at John Brown. |
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| Martyr vs trouble making friend of Northern Abolitionists. |
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1)political parties were not unified because each had different goals and candidates.
2) Lincoln wins without one electoral vote from South
3) Southern states decided to leave the Union (secede)
4) South Carolina will be the first. |
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