Chapter 4 History Test!!! inc.

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how did the underground railroad operate?

"conductors" on the routes hid fugitives in secret tunnels and false cupboards, provided them with food and clothing, and escorted or directed them to the next "station" (safe house)

what was the compromise that allowed California to be admitted to the Union

compromise of 1850

franklin pierce

democratic candidate

what led to the breakup of the union and heightened regional tensions?

disagreements over slavery

the kansas-nebraska act

divided the kansas and nebraska area into two territories: nebraska in the north and kansas in the south; repealed the missouri compromise and established popular sovereignty for both territories

fugitive slave act

fugitive slaves were not entitled to a trial by jury annyone convicted of helping a fugitive was liable for a fine of $1000 and imprisonment for up to 6 months

south advantages

king cotton, first rate generals, and higly motivated soldiers

union advantages

more people, more factories, greater food production, and more extensive railroad system

harriet tubman

one of the most famous conductors of the underground railroad who was a former slave and helped over 300 slaves escape; self-educated

how did free soliers differ from abolitionists?

opposed the extension of slavery into the territories and abolitionists wanted to opposed slavery itself; supported racists laws prohibiting settlement by blacks in their communities and denying them the right to vote

harriett bececher stowe

published the novel uncle tom's cabin which stressed that slavery was not just a political contest but also a great moral struggle; expressed hatred for slavery

underground railroad

system of escape routes in which african americans and white abolitionists helped hide fugitive slaves

seccesion

the formal withdrawl of a state from a union

what was the union 3 part plan

the navy would blockade southern ports, so they could neither export cotton nor import much-needed manufactureed goods union riverboats and armies would move down the missipipi river and split the confedracy in two union armies would capture the confederate capital at richmond virginia

where did fugitives most often journey to?

the north or canada

popular sovereignty

the rite to vote for or against slavery

what did the south rely on versus what the north relied on?

the south with its plantation economy relied on an enslaved labor wheras the north relied on its diversified industries

why did southerners want to increase the number of slave states?

they were heavily reliant on enslaved labor

compromise of 1850

to please north - california be admitted to the union as a free state to please south - the compromise proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law to please both sides - allowed popular sovereignty for residents of the New Mexico and Utah territories


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