MS Studies Chapter 4
Missouri Compromise
an 1820 compromise in the U.S. Congress that prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory above the 36°30' parallel but allowed slavery below the 36°30' line
When did Mississippi become a state?
1817
According to the Northwest Ordinance a territory could develop a constitution and apply for statehood when its population reached how many people?
60,000
What former U.S. President became a hero during the War of 1812?
Andrew Jackson
During the War of 1812 what battle was fought even though the war was already over?
Battle of New Orleans
Who was the 1st governor of the State of Mississippi?
David Holmes
What became the state's first supported college in 1802?
Jefferson College
Who was Jefferson College's most famous alumnus?
Jefferson Davis
Who led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
John Brown
The annexation of what territory doubled the size of the U.S.?
Louisiana Territory
What two states were created from the Mississippi Territory?
Mississippi and Alabama
The Kansas-Nebraska Act overruled the?
Missouri Compromise
What was the original name of the capital of the state of Mississippi?
Natchez
What two cities served as the capital of the Mississippi Territory?
Natchez, Washington
What were the 2 major causes of sectionalism?
Protective tariffs and slavery
Kansas-Nebraska Act
an act of 1854 that created territories of Kansas and Nebraska, specified that the status of slavery there would be determined by popular vote, and repealed the Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
compromise wherein California was admitted as a free state
The Dred Scott decision confirmed that the only way to abolish slavery was by amending the ______________________.
constitution
Devil's Backbone
nickname for the Natchez Trace
Internal Improvements
roads, bridges, canals, and other transportation needs
Protective Tariff
tax placed on manufactured goods that are imported into America from foreign countries; its purpose is to protect American manufacturers