ss chapter 10
John Brown talked to _____ in the hopes of having the respected abolitionist join his cause.
Frederick Douglass
who was an author and abolitionist who wrote about the life of slaves?
Harriet Beacher stow
John Brown's group of soldiers included _____.
Members of his own family (his sons)
what conflict sparked the battle of fort sumter?
President Buchanan's attempt to resupply the fort
Who attacked Senator Charles Sumner in the nation's capital building?
Preston brooks
the fugitive slave act required _______ to help capture and turn over runaway slaves and denied them from having a ______.
citizens, jury trial
what was john browns great plan?
incite slaves to armed rebellion in order to destroy
what future general helped arrest john brown at harpers ferry? was it _____?
robert e lee
what position did Lincoln take in his house divided speech?
that the nation was pound to end up as all free states or all slave states
why did republicans have an advantage in the 1860 presidential election?
the democrats were not unified and split their votes among different candidates
what role did south Carolina play in the birth of the confederacy?
the kansas - nebraska act
which legislation allowed settlers to determine whether their territories would be slave or free
the kansas-nebraska act
which statement correctly describes the Dred Scott decision?
the supreme court said that slavery was legal unless states outlawed it
How did the state of West Virginia come into existence?
the westernmost countries of Vergina disagreed with secession and refused to accept the Vergina Legisters decision to withdraw form the union
congress never formally declared war on the confederate states of america. why?
they never acknowledged the confederacy or considered it to be
How was the Fifth Amendment used in the Dred Scott case?
to protect the property of dr. emerson
john brown was put on trial for ______ after the harpers ferry incident
treason
why did Dred Scott file a lawsuit?
To obtain his freedom
what did president Lincoln attempt to send to fort sumter
food
Kansas would untimely be a ____ state
free
what is the connection between john brown and harpers ferry Verginia
harpers ferry was the site of john browns failed attempts
the election of __________ convicted the south that it was time succeed from a union.
Abraham Lincon
in what landmark supreme court decision was it declared that African Americans were not U.S. citizens and therefore had no rights under the constitution
dred Scott v. f a stanford
which of these answers is a good summary of popular sovereignty?
each new territory and state would decide whether to allow slavery
in the 1850s, what was Lincoln's position regarding the end of slavery?
he believed it would die out on its own if not allowed to expand further
the Missouri compromise which maintained a temporary balance of free and slave states brokered by which politician?
henry clay
senator James Crittenden compromise would keep the union together
it would restore the Missouri compromise line and protect slavery in the south
Victory over _____ led to America's increase in land size but also trouble balancing the free and slave states.
mexico
complete this dialogue about president Buchanan:
no, he didn't. he didn't understand the complexity of the situation
What prompted the last four states to secede and join the Confederacy?
president Lincoln called to bring soldiers to the south
uncle toms cabin gained success as a book and a _______ in the 19th century.
stage play
the dred Scott case was a law suit that
Petitioned the court to grant freedom to two slaves who were husband and wife.
John Brown chose Harper's Ferry in the state of _____ to make his last stand against slavery.
Virgina
what were American anti-slavery forces called?
Abolitionists
what was the outcome of the battle of fort sumter?
The Confederacy won the battle and took control of the fort.
