Chapter 19

Why did the Republicans lose the 1856 election?

Fremont lost much ground because of grave doubts as to his honesty, capacity, and sound judgement. More damaging were threats of the south seceding.

What did "Lame Duck" President Buchanan believe the Constitution said about southern states leaving the union?

He believed that they could legally seced and heh could not find any authority in the constitution to stop them with guns.

Why did Buchanan decline to use force to keep the South in the Union?

He couldn't find it in the constitution, and his small standing army was urgently needed to control the indians in the west.

What did John Brown intend to do with his raid on Harper's Ferry?

He wanted to secretly invade the south, call upon the slaves to rise, furnish them with arms, and establish a kind of black free state as a sanctuary.

Why did Abraham Lincon oppose the Crittenden Compromise?

He was against slavery and fealt it against his moral standards to suddenly switch sides.

What were the effects of the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin?

It promoted abolition, and intensified sectional conflict.

What did the clash between Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner reveal?

It showed that passions were becoming a little too much. And reactions were too crazy.

In "Bleeding Kansas" by mid - 1850s, which grouup was identified with the proslavery element, and which group was associated with the antislavery free soilers?

Rich slave owners and border ruffians are pro slavery. Beecher bible, nebrascals, and the new england immigrant society were anti slavery.

How did Uncle Tom's Cabin impact the people and government of Britain and France?

The government was going to step in on the behalf of the south, but they realized that the common people would not be backing them up. The people believed that the triumph of the north would end slavery for good.

What did Harriet Beecher Stowe intnend to show in her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin?

The inhumanity of slavery. Especially that of breaking up families.

What were the Nativists in the 1850s known for?

Their secretiveness.

In 1855, how was Kansas regarded by proslavery southerners?

They fealt betrayed because they had supported the Kansas - Nebraska scheme with the silent understanding that kansas would become a slave state.

What was the central plank (position) of the Know Nothing Party in the 1856 election?

They wanted Americans to rule America, not the immigrants.

Why did secessionist support leaving the Union?

They were alarmed by the tipping of the political balance against them.

How did the people of South Carolina react to Lincon's nomination? Why?

They were excited because it gave them a reason to secede.

What was the result of the panic of 1857? How did it affect the South?

Unemployment, accompanied by hunger and meetings in urban areas. The south came out alright because of the cotton king.

Why did Abraham Lincon win the 1860 Republican Party nomination?

William H. Seward wass the favorite, but his radical utterances ruined hish prospects.

Where was the government of the Confederate States of America first organized?

Montgomery, Alabama.

What did Stephen A. Douglas argue in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln Douglas Debates?

No matter how the supreme court ruled, slavery would stay down if the people voted it down. Laws to protect slavery would have to be passed by the territorial legislatures.

What did the Lecompton Constitution propose about the state of Kansas?

No matter what everyone voted, there would still be black slavery in Kansas.

Which group suffered most from slavery according to Hinton Helper's book, Impending Crisis of the South?

Nonslaveholding whites.

What was the most impractical solution by the mid - 1850s in Kansas regarding slavery?

A compromise that submitted the entire lecompton compromise to popular vote.

What was the expectation of the Supreme Court in their ruling on the Dred Scott case?

It was ruled that he was property, and not a citizen. Slaves were private property and could therefore be taken into any territory.

In 1856, what was the breaking point over slavery in Kansas?

John Brown led a band of his followers to Dottawatomie Creek in May 1856 and killed proslavery people

Which party in the 1856 election did the following represent: John Fremont, Millard Fillmore, James Buchanan.

John Fremont - Republicans, Millard Fillmore - Know Nothing Party (American Party), James Buchanan - Democrats.

Why were many northerners still willing to vote Democratic instead of Republican in the 1856 election?

Many northerners wanted to save the union.

How did the south feel about the immense debt they owed northern creditors?

Should war come, the immense debt owed to northern creditors could be promptly repudiated.