History chapter 15 notes

Congress had eleven slaves states and eleven free states with two senators that made the balance equal.

In 1819, Congress had how many slave and free states with how many senators that made the balance of slave and free states equal?

Slave

What did the admission of Missouri become slave or free?

It would upset the balance between the slave and free states.

Why did the admission of missouri being a slave state controversial in the Senate?

free state

What was Maine admitted as to the union? Slave or free

To preserve the balance between the slave and free states.

Why was maine admitted to the union?

Henry Clay

Who proposed the Missouri Compromise?

The issue of whether new states would be slave states or free states.

What did the Missouri Compromise temporarily resolve?

The annexation of Texas

What became the main issue in the presidential election of 1844?

True

True or false slavery already existed in the annexation of Texas?

A proposal that prohibited slavery in any lands that might be acquired from Mexico.

What was the Wilmout Proviso?

They left and formed the Free-Soil Party.

Why did many opponents leave their parties?

It endorsed the Wilmout Proviso.

What did the Free-Soil Party do?

"Free-Soil, Free-Speech, Free-Labor, Free-Men"

What was the slogan for the Free-Soil Party?

Former president, Martin Van Buren

Who was chosen as the candidate for the Free-Soil Party?

A southerner, and a hero of the Mexican war.

Who was Zackary Taylor?

He won the 1848 presidential election.

What did Zackary Taylor win?

Washington D. C.

In 1850, where did a compromise regarding slavery start?

That slave trade was banned, but not slavery itself.

What did the compromise in 1850 state?

Unexpectedly in 1850.

When did Zackary Taylor die?

It left Vice-President Millard Fillmore as president.

When Zackary Taylor died who did it leave as president?

All citizens to help catch runaways

What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 requires what?

Aiding fugitives according to the Fugitive Slave Act

A person could be fined or imprisoned for what?

The North

The enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act angered more people in where?

The evils of slavery

What did the Fugitive Slave Act convince people of the north?

A writer

Who was Henry David Thoreau?

He encouraged people to break unjust laws in his essay "Civil Disobedience"

What did Henry David Thoreau do?

A New Hampshire Democrat

Who was Franklin Pierce?

Became president

Franklin Pierce did what in 1853?

36 30' N latitude

What was the line set as the boundary for slavery?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

What repealed 1854 the Missouri Compromise?

The antislavery forces

Who refused to accept the laws of the new kansas legislature the passed pro slavery laws?

They armed themselves and adopted their own separate government

What did the antislavery forces do after they refused to accept the pro-slavery laws he new Kansas legislature passed?

Lawerence, Kansas

In May 1856, in the town of what did slavery supporters attack?

They burned the Free State Hotel, destroyed two newspaper offices, and many homes.

What did the slavery supporters attack in Laurence, Kansas?

"Bleeding Kansas"

What was the fighting between pro-slavery and antislavery known as?

A violent abolitionist

What was John Brown?

Antislavery Whigs and Democrats

Who joined forces with Free-Soilers in 1854?

To form the Republican Party

Why did the Antislavery Whigs and Democrats join forces with Free-Soilers in 1854?

It was formed to bring together those who opposed slavery's spread to the territories.

Why was the Republican Party formed?

An enslaved African American

Who was Dred Scott?

Missouri

Where was Dred Scott bought at?

Slave state

Is Missouri a slave or free state?

Illinois

Where was Dred Scott later moved to?

Free

Is Illinois a free or slave state?

Wisconsin Territory

Where was Dred Scott moved to after Illinois?

Slavery

What did the Wisconsin Territory ban?

Back to Missouri with his owner.

Where did Dred Scott end up?

Missouri

Where did his owner die?

He sues for his freedom

In 1846, what did Dred Scott do?

Because he once lived in areas of the North where slavery was prohibited.

Why does Dred Scott claim he should be free?

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney

Who ruled that Dred Scott was still an enslaved person?

It dealt a severe blow to antislavery forces and further the country.

What did the Supreme Courts decision in the Dred Scott Case do?

He saw it as morally wrong and admitted there was no easy way to end it.

What did Abraham Lincoln see slavery as?

That slavery should not be allowed to spread.

What was Abraham Lincoln certain about?

Slavery

What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

The Freeport Doctrine

Stephan A. Douglas stand that people could exclude slavery by refusing to pass laws protecting slaveholders' rights came to be known as what?

He hoped to arm enslaved African Americans.

What did John Brown hope?

He wanted to start a revolt against slave holders with his raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

What did John Brown want to start?

1860

Abraham Lincoln became president what year?

South

What was him name not on the ballot for, North or South?

Since North was more populous and outvoted the South.

How did Abraham win the presidential election if his name wasn't even on the ballot for some southern states?

February 4, 1861

When was the Confederacy formed?

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina

What states formed a new nation called Confederate States of America?

Jefferson Davis

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

April 12, 1861

When did Jefferson Davis order Confederate to bombard Fort Sumter?

The Charleston Harbor, South Carolina

Where was the attack on Fort Sumter located?

The beginning of the Civil War

What did the attack on Fort Sumter mark?

April 14, 1861

When did Fort Sumter surrender?