1.14.1 Lesson: The Sectional Crisis Review

What was Abraham Lincoln's attitude toward slavery before 1860?

he wanted to limit its expansion into the territories

Due to an impassioned speech he gave right before his execution, John Brown became known as a __________ to the antislavery cause.

martyr

During the sectional crisis, Northerners feared Southerners were conspiring to __________ slavery and spread the authority of the slaveocracy to the territories and the North.

nationalize

The Election of 1856 revealed that the __________ states controlled the majority of the Electoral College.

northern

What contributed to the Panic of 1857? [choose all that apply]

overproduction in northeastern manufacturing a drop in Europe's demand for grain

Which of the following was NOT a result of John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry?

the people of the North grew more distrustful of all

John Brown was hoping to launch slave __________ when he took the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

uprisings

Why did the Sectional Crisis occur in the 1850s?

Because the failure of the second party system resulted in the rise of an entirely sectional issue (the spread of slavery to the territories)

Which two 1860 Presidential candidates were the only real choice for Northern voters?

Douglas and Lincoln

What high profile Supreme Court case did the Republicans call the "greatest crime in the annals of the republic" and the Southerners hail as a great pro-slavery victory?

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Which of the following is NOT true concerning the Republican Party in the election of 1856?

For their candidate, the party nominated Abraham Lincoln, a little-known politician from Illinois

The ___________ _______________ claimed that no law was binding if local governments refused to enforce it.

Freeport Doctrine

What did Southerners believe to be true about the Panic of 1857?

It proved that the southern slave-based economic system was superior to the northern free-labor economy

Which President, sympathetic to the Southern stance within the sectional division, supported the Lecompton Constitution and the Dred Scott case?

James Buchanan

After the southern delegates walked out of the Charleston convention, they later met in Richmond to nominate their own Democratic candidate. Who was he?

John C. Breckenridge

Which of the following is true regarding the Election of 1860?

Lincoln won a landslide in the Electoral College without Southern support

How many candidates were nominated to run in the 1860 election?

4

__________ __________ was the Republican candidate in the 1858 Senatorial race in Illinois.

Abraham Lincoln

When delegates from __________ walked out of the Democratic Convention in 1860, the Democrat Party officially split over the issue of slavery.

Alabama

In Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriett Beecher Stowe portrayed slavery as morally wrong and a threat to the __________ __________.

American family