Chapter 14
How did the Dred Scott decision increase sectional tension?
It lent credence to the belief in the North that a slave power conspiracy existed.
Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin(1852) influence northerners' attitudes toward slavery?
It put forth a stirring moral indictment of slavery.
Why did the slave states of the Upper South initially reject secession?
They did not have as great a stake in slavery as the states in the Lower South.
How did more moderate southern Democrats respond to the choice of John C. Breckenridge as presidential nominee?
They organized the Constitutional Un
The American party, or Know-Nothings, appeared in the mid-1850s as
a reaction to large numbers of Roman Catholics coming to the United States.
How did James Buchanan respond as the secession crisis loomed over the final weeks of his presidential administration?
He remained in Washington and did nothing
What was the result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Lincoln became nationally known.
What did Douglas argue in what became known as the Freeport Doctrine?
Settlers could ban slavery by not passing the laws necessary to protect slave property.
What did the Wilmot Proviso of 1846 propose?
Settlers could ban slavery by not passing the laws necessary to protect slave property.
How did American politics change in the aftermath of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The Whig party disintegrated.
Which issue in the debate of 1849 - 50 led to the Compromise of 1850?
The balance of power between the North and the South in Congress.
In 1854, Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act and included a section repealing the Missouri Compromise because
he needed southern support to pass his legislation
