History Quiz 7

Popular Sovereignty

letting the people decide for themselves about slavery laws

Abolitionists

disagreed with slavery/ wanted an end to slavery

Fugitive Slave Act

provided for the seizure and return of runaway slaves who escaped from one state into another or into a federal territory

Kansas-Nebraska Act

allowed Kansas and Nebraska territories to use popular sovereignty

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

responsible for northerners (against slavery/ abolitionists) becoming educated about slavery in the south and fueled the abolitionist movement

Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a book that was

Dred Scott Case

Dred Scott was enslaved and sued for his freedom when he was held illegally in free areas

The Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott had no right to sue as he was not a citizen. This overturned the Missouri Compromise (Missouri is slave state, Maine is free state, north of line is free, south of line is slave)

was the decision for the Dred Scott Case

Secede

means to withdraw

first to secede from the Union, followed by others later

South Carolina

winner of the Election of 1860 was

Lincoln

During the John Brown Raid,

John Brown led a raid on an armory (trying to steal guns) in Harpers Ferry, VA to fuel slave rebellion

John Brown was stopped in his raid and was…

executed for his crime

After being executed, John Brown became

a martyr and inspiration to the abolitionist cause

The Confederates were

PGT Beauregard, not in Fort Sumter - sent messages to the Union threatening to attack the fort

The Union contained

Major Anderson, inside Fort Sumter - declined leaving Fort Sumter, but it was attacked anyways