Chapter 16 US History
Other than Lincoln how many other candidates ran for president in 1860
Three
An arsenal is a storage site for weapons
True
Both Zachary Taylor and Lewis Cass ignored the issue of slavery during the 1848 presidential election
True
The American party grew quickly due to its anti-immigrant views
True
The Missouri Compromise preserved the balance between slave and free states
True
The know nothings chose Millard Fillmore as their candidate in the 1856 presidential election
True
The wig party selected Millard Fillmore as a presidential candidate In 1849
True
proslavery groups considered John brown as a martyr
True
Lincoln believe slavery was morally right
false
within which state did proslavery and anti-slavery governments exist?
kansas
What was the main topic during the Lincoln Douglas debate's?
slavery
What does abstain mean?
to not vote
How did Northerners feel about the ruling and Scott versus Sanford?
Angry thought it was a crime
Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
Attack on Fort Sumter
Which term refers to pro slavery activist who crossed the Kansas border to vote?
Border ruffians
What is the name for a war between citizens of the same country?
Civil War
John C Calhoun offered a counter proposal to the Wilmont ProViso
False
The Wilmont Pro Viso allowed California to enter the union as a free state
False
What accusation did Douglas make against Lincoln?
He was trying to end slavery
what approach did Senator Douglas propose as an alternate to the Missouri compromise?
Introduced a bill to settle the issue of slavery and territories
what did the Wilmont Proviso say about when is acquired from Mexico?
It would ban slavery in any land the US acquired from Mexico
Who was the first president of the Confederate states of America?
Jefferson Davis
Who led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry Virginia?
John Brown
Who was a violent opponent of slavery?
John Brown
Which party did Lincoln represent as a president?
National union party
Which Supreme Court decision that ruled that the Constitution protected slavery?
Not even voters can ban slavery because that would be taking their property
which position did Franklin Pierce hold beginning in 1853?
President
How did the north back to the enforcement of the fugitive slave act
Refused to obey it
Which party you did the anti-slavery wigs and Democrats and free-soilers join together to form?
Republican party
What created a tension and a break in the Democratic Party in 1860?
Slavery
Roger taney is quoted as saying "property of this kind "what is he referring to?
Slaves
Which was the first state to vote to secede from the union?
South Carolina
James Polk and the Democrats favorite the annexation which state?
Texas
Lincoln was larger unknown before which election?
The Illinois Senate race of 1858
after Lincoln was elected president in 1860 the southern states discussed and ultimately agreed upon what?
The US broke the constitution
Who believed that neither congressman or local government had authority to ban slavery from a territory?
The south
which idea or concept did secessionists use to support their views?
They suggested a series of amendments to the constitution
The south was mostly pleased with the Dred Scott decision because the Supreme Court ruled what?
Against it