APUSH Unit 6 Quiz
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Dred Scott
* Facts:
* A __former slave who was suing for his freedom__ on the basis that his __owner had taken him__ to stay first in a __free state__ and then into a __free territory__
* Made it to the Supreme Court docket in 1856
* Many __hoped it would decisively end the controversy over slavery in the territories__
* Ruling:
* Scott, __as a slave, had no legal right to sue in federal court__
* His time in a free state and a free territory __did not make him a free man__
* __Congress had no right to prohibit slavery in the territories__ since the __Constitution protected property rights and slaves were still considered property__
* Results:
* Made __tension between the sections worse__
* __Southerners__ felt their __position__ had been __justified__ and felt __little need to compromise with the North__
* __Northerners__ were __more convinced than ever that “slave interests” controlled all the branches of gov.__
* A __former slave who was suing for his freedom__ on the basis that his __owner had taken him__ to stay first in a __free state__ and then into a __free territory__
* Made it to the Supreme Court docket in 1856
* Many __hoped it would decisively end the controversy over slavery in the territories__
* Ruling:
* Scott, __as a slave, had no legal right to sue in federal court__
* His time in a free state and a free territory __did not make him a free man__
* __Congress had no right to prohibit slavery in the territories__ since the __Constitution protected property rights and slaves were still considered property__
* Results:
* Made __tension between the sections worse__
* __Southerners__ felt their __position__ had been __justified__ and felt __little need to compromise with the North__
* __Northerners__ were __more convinced than ever that “slave interests” controlled all the branches of gov.__
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Election of 1860
* Candidates:
* __Stephen Douglas__ received support from Northern Democrats
* __John Breckinridge__ received support from South Democrats
* __John Bell__ received some ex-Whig support as he ran as a candidate for the Constitution Union party
* __Abraham Lincoln__ received nearly 40% of the popular vote and easily won the Electoral College vote (no support from south)
* Result:
* Virtually ensured that some __Southern states would leave the Union__
* To many __Southerers, the election was an insult__
* __Stephen Douglas__ received support from Northern Democrats
* __John Breckinridge__ received support from South Democrats
* __John Bell__ received some ex-Whig support as he ran as a candidate for the Constitution Union party
* __Abraham Lincoln__ received nearly 40% of the popular vote and easily won the Electoral College vote (no support from south)
* Result:
* Virtually ensured that some __Southern states would leave the Union__
* To many __Southerers, the election was an insult__
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Advantages of the North & South
* North:
* Most of the __nation’s wealth__
* __Industrialization__ of the North gave an advantage in producing guns, bullets, and other materials needed for warfare
* __Railway system was superior__ than the South’s
* Had __most influential banks and financial markets__
* __Bigger population__
* South:
* __Larger than the North__ (conquering it would be hard)
* Felt that their __officer corps was superior__ to the officer corps of the Union
* Most of the __nation’s wealth__
* __Industrialization__ of the North gave an advantage in producing guns, bullets, and other materials needed for warfare
* __Railway system was superior__ than the South’s
* Had __most influential banks and financial markets__
* __Bigger population__
* South:
* __Larger than the North__ (conquering it would be hard)
* Felt that their __officer corps was superior__ to the officer corps of the Union
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Radical Republican
* Men __determined to punish the Southern states in any way possible for their “betrayal” of the Union__
* Included several men who had been __Abolitionists__
* Believed that __power in the Southern states had to be totally reorganized in order for blacks to achieve equality__
* Saw the __creation of Reconstruction policy as a constitutional issue__
* Included several men who had been __Abolitionists__
* Believed that __power in the Southern states had to be totally reorganized in order for blacks to achieve equality__
* Saw the __creation of Reconstruction policy as a constitutional issue__
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13th Amendment
* Was enforced with the help of the Civil Rights Act
* Ratified in December 1865
* __Outlawed slavery and other forms of involuntary servitude__
* Ratified in December 1865
* __Outlawed slavery and other forms of involuntary servitude__
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14th Amendment
* Declared that __citizenship would be the same in all states__
* __States that did not give freedmen the vote would have reduced representation in Congress__
* Former Confederate officials could not hold public office
* __States that did not give freedmen the vote would have reduced representation in Congress__
* Former Confederate officials could not hold public office
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15th Amendment
States that __no American could be denied the right to vote “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude”__
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Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
* President __Johnson__ __tried__ to __remove__ Edwin Stanton as __secretary of war__
* RR’s proclaimed he had __flouted the United States Constitution by directly violating the Tenure of Office Act__
* __House of Rep. voted to impeach him__
* __First president of the US to be impeached__
* He __escaped conviction by one vote__ (deciding vote was by Edmund Ross)
* RR’s proclaimed he had __flouted the United States Constitution by directly violating the Tenure of Office Act__
* __House of Rep. voted to impeach him__
* __First president of the US to be impeached__
* He __escaped conviction by one vote__ (deciding vote was by Edmund Ross)
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Compromise of 1877
Political event that __“officially” ended Reconstruction__
* Situation:
* In the results of the 1876 election, the commission had __more Republicans than Democrats__ on it and was ready to hand the election to __Hayes__, __even though evidence indicated that Tilden had won enough electoral votes to win__
* Compromise:
* __Hayes__ was named __president__
* In return, the __new president promised to remove all federal troops from the South__ and to __stop the enforcement of much Reconstruction Era legislation concerning the South__
* Results:
* __Blacks in the South were again reduced to the status of second-class citizens__
* Southern hatred of Reconstruction Era Republican policies would __make the South solidly Democratic__
* __White Southern support of the Democratic policy would last for nearly 100 years__
* Situation:
* In the results of the 1876 election, the commission had __more Republicans than Democrats__ on it and was ready to hand the election to __Hayes__, __even though evidence indicated that Tilden had won enough electoral votes to win__
* Compromise:
* __Hayes__ was named __president__
* In return, the __new president promised to remove all federal troops from the South__ and to __stop the enforcement of much Reconstruction Era legislation concerning the South__
* Results:
* __Blacks in the South were again reduced to the status of second-class citizens__
* Southern hatred of Reconstruction Era Republican policies would __make the South solidly Democratic__
* __White Southern support of the Democratic policy would last for nearly 100 years__