Chp 21 History
What does some people in the South believe they would lose because of the new president
"he loss of liberty, property, home, country, everything that makes life worth living."
Who won the election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln
The compromise of 1850
California is a Freestate Allowed New Mexico and Utah to decide themselves if they would allow slaves or not Ended slave trade in DC Strong fugitive slave law
Describe the event that marks the beginning of the Civil War
Confederates in Charleston, South Carolina open fire on Fort Sumter Which is a federalists for in Charleston Harbor On April 12, 1861
Which two people work together to Balence the entrance of the north in the south with regard to slavery
Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
How did the Lincoln - Douglas debates of 1858 impacts Lincolns political future
He became known throughout the nation
How did the Kansas - Nebraska act nullify the Missouri compromise
It allowed slavery in new northern territories
In what way did the compromise of 1850 appease on the south
It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves
What was the significance of the 36° 30 parallel
It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned
Which of these as a result of the Kansas - Nebraska act
It led to a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas
What was in an effect of the Missouri compromise
It temporarily ended the slavery debate
What was the impact of the publication of uncle Tom's cabin
It turns many more people against slavery
According to the Lomack cozies of 1846 in which area was slavery banned
Land acquired from Mexico
Which was a fear of Southern senators if there was more free states and slave states
Losing voting power
The Missouri compromise
Missouri is a slave state Maine is a free state Where by Henry Clay Drew a line where slavery would be permitted
All of these were reasons the fugitive slave Law failed except
Plantation owners not want returned slaves
Which event turn the secession crisis into a Civil War
South Carolina shelling on forts Sumter
How did Missouri's application as a slave state in 1819 challenge US law
States north of the Ohio River were to be free states
Dred Scott decision
Taney decided Scott couldn't become a citizen Missouri compromise was named unconstitutional Slaves were property
What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case
That African-Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court
What do the states that secede from the union call themselves
The Confederate states of America
Based on the statement which of these did Lincoln believe
The United States will not continue to be divided
What was apparent following the presidential election of 1860
The nation was divided over slavery
What does it mean to secede from the union
To become a separate country after leaving the United States
What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harpers Ferry
To create a slave rebellion that would bring an end to slavery
Kansas - Nebraska act
Two new territories Kansas and Nebraska Passed in 1854 Abolished Missouri compromise Popular sovereignty
What does the word house in Lincoln statement referred to
United States of America
When did Abraham Lincoln speak his speech
When he accepted the Senatorial nomination