Chapter 18 Drifting Toward Disunion 1854-1861

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

That slavery would remain illegal if the people of a territory voted it down, regardless of the Supreme Court's contrary decision in the Dred Scott case

All of the following were true of the Dred Scott decision except:

The Missouri Compromise, banning slavery north of 36° 30', was repealed.

As provided to Congress, what did the Lecompton Constitution provide for?

The admission of Kansas as a slave state

What was the reaction of most Northerners to John Brown?

They condemned the raid on Harper's Ferry but mourned Brown as a martyr after his execution.

All of the following are true of the Crittenden amendments except:

They prevented slavery from becoming permanent in a territory.

Image Analysis Primary Source Activity: According to the image, what was the source of the argument between the two men?

Whether or not Kansas should be admitted to the Union as a slave state.

Image Analysis Primary Source Activity What can be inferred from the image about the cartoonist's sympathies?

He was anti-Southern

Members of the Know-Nothing party were all of the following except:

Irish immigrants

Which of the following applies to Hinton R. Helper's The Impending Crisis of the South?

It was banned and burned throughout the South.

Which of the following is true of the panic of 1857?

It was caused in part by gold pouring into the economy and inflating the currency.

Who did Democrats nominate as their presidential candidate in the election of 1856?

James Buchanan

Who was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America?

Jefferson Davis

Primary Source Activity: Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union: Read the following excerpt from South Carolina's secession document. What type of argument is the state making to justify secession?

Moral

Who were border ruffians?

Proslavery Missourians who rushed into Kansas to vote illegally and battle antislavery forces

Image Analysis Primary Source Activity: What does the image suggest about the sympathies of the Senate?

Senators considered the violence an appropriate response to the situation.

Who primarily made up the Constitutional Union party?

Whigs and Know-Nothings

Map Activity: The Election of 1856: True or False: Democrats enthusiastically supported Buchanan as their candidate.

false

Map Activity: The Election of 1856: In 1856, the majority of the popular vote was won by:

none of the candidates

After Abraham Lincoln was elected president, all of the following states seceded from the Union except:

New Jersey

What was the Kansas conflict over slavery known as?

Bleeding Kansas

Map Activity: The Election of 1856: The election results on this map demonstrate that__________________ .

Buchanan had support in both the North and the South

At the Democratic convention of 1860, Senator Stephen Douglas did which of the following?

Failed to muster the necessary two-thirds vote, so the entire body dissolved

Primary Source Activity: Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union: According to the primary source, why is the North to blame for South Carolina's secession? Check all that apply.

1. "But an increasing hostility on the part of the non-slaveholding States to the institution of slavery, has led to a disregard of their obligations, and the laws of the General Government have ceased to effect the objects of the Constitution." 2. "Thus the constituted compact has been deliberately broken and disregarded by the non-slaveholding States, and the consequence follows that South Carolina is released from her obligation."

Critical Thinking Activity: Pre-Civil War letter: I hope this letter finds you well. Much has transpired during your long absence, and a crisis now threatens our state and other southern states. I want to inform you of recent events before those damn Yankees assail you with their lies and deceit. According to the___________Act, the territory of__________is to be a slave state, and the territory of_____________ is to be a nonslave state. The Yankees, however, are now trying to force their will on Kansas and make it free as well! They care nothing of the law! Both sides have been fighting in what is now referred to as "Bleeding__________ ." Their foolish senator from Massachusetts,___________ , even went so far as to blame the South for the violence, and he insulted our great state of South Carolina on the floor of the Senate! However, our Congressman,__________ , whupped that Yankee's hide right on the Senate floor. That should teach those rascals not to insult our honor! Much of the current trouble started when that vile woman___________ wrote her book of lies called___________ and poisoned the minds of so many in the North. The people of the North are intent on violating our sovereignty and stealing our property. If they will not abide by the law, I will fight them until the end of my days, and so will many of our countrymen of the South.

1. Kansas-Nebraska 2. Kansas 3. Nebraska 4. Kansas 5. Charles Sumner 6. Preston Brooks 7. Harriet Beecher Stowe 8. Uncle Tom's Cabin