Chapter 21 Study Guide
Who is the character "Legree", in the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
A horrible owner of the slave, Uncle Tom.
What is a fugitive?
A person who flees or tries to escape.
What type of source is this passage an example of? Is it a primary source, a secondary source, an opinion piece, or a work of fiction?
A work of fiction.
Who sued for his freedom because he lived in free territory for 4 years?
Dred Scott.
What event was considered "the last straw" before the South seceded from the Union?
Election of 1860.
List the 4 parts of the Compromise of 1850:
* California would admit the Union as free state * New Mexico and Utah would be open to slavery *The slave trade in Washington would end. *Passage of a strong fugitive slave law.
List the 3 parts of the Missouri Compromise:
* Missouri admitted the Union as a slave state *Maine was admitted to the Union as a free state *An imaginary line was drawn at 36 degrees 30'.
How did the Kansas- Nebraska Act nullify (cancel out) the Missouri Compromise?
Popular Sovereignty- letting the settlers vote on the whether to permit slavery.
What happened in 1846 that re-opened the question of slavery in the territories?
President James Polk sent a bill to Congress asking for funds for the war with Mexico.
What law or compromise opened New Mexico and Utah Territories to slavery by popular sovereignty?
The Compromise of 1850.
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 caused the most controversy? Why?
The fugitive slave law. The North would not abide by the law and the South did not think it was strong enough.
What was the Confederacy?
The independant country declared by 11 Southern states.
When Missouri applied for statehood, what question was raised that dealt with the Louisiana Purchase?
What would keep slavery from spreading across all of the Louisiana Purchase?
What event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?
When angry citizens from South Carolina attacked Fort Sumter.
Did the Missouri Compromise solve the issue of slavery for the time being?
Yes
What did the Supreme Court decide regarding slavery in the territories in the Dred Scott case?
It is the same as taking someone's property and couldn't be banned.
What impact on Northerners did this book have?
It opened the Northerners' eyes and turned many more citizens against slavery.
What did the Election of 1860 show about the unity of the nation?
It showed that our nation was not united at all.
Who tried to start a slave revolt but was captured and executed?
John Brown
What law or compromise upset northerners becasue it violated the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas- Nebraska Act.
What was the significance of the 36 degrees 30'?
North of the line slavery was banned. South of the line slave holding was allowed.
According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, where would slavery be banned?
Any parts of the territory that might be acquired from Mexico.
When did the Civil War begin? (exact date).
April 12, 1861
Who is the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Why did the Supreme Court rule that Dred Scott could not sue in federal court?
He was not a citizen.
What did John Brown hope to accomplish with his raid at Harpers Ferry?
He was trying to steal weapons to give to slaves to start a slave revolution.
What two people worked together to create compromises that balanced the issue of slavery between the North and South?
Henry Clay and Senator Daniel Webster.
How did abolitionists wiew John Brown's attack on Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
Heroic
Why were Southern Senators concerned about there being more free states in the Union than slave states?
If there was more Northern Senators there would be more abolitionists to out vote slavery in Congress.
What happened in Kansas because of the Kansas- Nebraska Act? Explain why this happened.
Many Northerners and Southerners poured into Kansas. Kansas had not been marked a free or slave state so Northerners and Southerners tried to get Kansas on their side.
What does "flog" mean?
to whip
How did the Lincoln- Douglas debates of 1858 help Abraham Lincoln's political future?
Showed that Lincoln had a sharp focus on the moral of slavery.
Why did the Supreme Court say that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional in the Dred Scott Case?
Slavery was property and the fifth Amendment says that property cannot be taken from people without due process of law, and the Compromise took slavery away from citizens.
What state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina.
What theory claims that states do not have to follow federal laws that they believe go against the Constitution? This theory also asserts that states should be able to govern themselves without interference from the federal government.
State's rights theory.
What law or compromise drew a line at the 36 degrees 30' parallel in the Louisiana Territory and banned slavery North of that line?
The Missouri Compromise.
The Second Great Awakening was a period of religious revival. How did this affect the slavery issue?
The Second Great Awakening promised that God would grant salvation to those who did the Lord's work, so people wanted to abolish slavery.
What was the Union?
The United States as one country, United under a single government.
What is secession?
The act of withdrawing from an oragnization or alliance.
What was the author's purpose in writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
To educate people about the everyday lives of slaves.