Divided Nation

What was the Seneca Falls Convention?

A convention where women fought for equality in 1848

3 inventions that improved life in the 1800s

Railroads, cotton gin, and telegraph

What was the underground railroad?

A network to help enslaved individuals escape to the north and Canada

Who was Harriet Tubman?

A former slave who led over 70 slaves to freedom.

How did expansion lead to arguments between northern and southern leaders?

The south wanted slavery to expand, while northerners did not.

What parts of the Compromise of 1850 upset the south? the north?

South - D.C. banned slave trade, California became a free state.

What effect did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin have on the country?

It influenced many to oppose slavery.

What was the fugitive slave act?

A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves.

What politician is most involved with popular sovereignty to determine slave states and free states?

Stephen Douglas

Why did violence break out in Kansas in the mid 1850s?

Pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups both moved there. Kansas-Nebraska act made popular sovereignty a method of determining slave states and free states.

Which president signed the Kansas-Nebraska act into law?

Franklin Pierce

How did the Kansas-Nebraska act change the Missouri compromise?

The northern Louisiana purchase territory went from no slavery to possible slavery through popular sovereignty.

What is popular sovereignty?

The idea that political power belongs to the people.

What was Charles Sumner’s role in the slavery debate?

Senator who spoke out against slavery and Kansas-Nebraska act. Beaten nearly to death for views.

What political party fell apart because they were divided over slavery?

Whig

Why did Dred Scott believe he should no longer be enslaved?

He had lived in free territory for several years.

What are 3 things the Dred Scott Decision said about slavery?

1. All African Americans are not citizens

2. Living in free territory does not make a slave free

3. The federal government cannot ban slavery in federal territory

What effect did the Lincoln-Douglas debates have on Lincoln’s career?

Became a bigger figure in politics.

What was the goal of the raid on Harpers Ferry

Steal weapons and start slave rebellion.

What is a reason the raid on Harpers Ferry failed?

Brown only had 20 men and no slaves joined him

What was Abe’s opinion of the raid on Harpers Ferry

He said violence wasn’t the answer. Wasn't okay with it.

What was Abe Lincoln’s official position on slavery in the 1850s?

Was against it, but politically was against the spread of it to the west.

How was Lincoln able to win the election of 1860?

Unified heavily populated north. Southern votes were divided between 3 candidates.

Which southern state was the first to secede from the USA?

South Carolina

What was the final straw that led seven southern stated to secede?

Lincoln’s election. He won 0 southern states and they feared his anti-slavery views.