APUSH Civil War- Causes(Nov. 11)

What is the idea that the settlers of each territory should determine wether it is free or slave state?

Popular Sovereignty

What party’s emergence was foreshadowed by the free soil party?

Republican Party

When was Martin Van Buren elected president?

1836

Who was Martin Van Buren the vice president to?

Andrew Jackson

What party was Martin Van Buren a member of?

Democratic from 1825-1848; Free Soil from 1848-1852

What was the event that caused thousands of people to move to California in 1848?

Gold Rush

What was the significance of the California constitution drated in 1849?

It banned slavery, causing an unbalenced senate between free states and slave states.

What was the main goal of the Underground Railroad?

Help slaves escape to gain freedom

Why was the Underground railroad Established?

It was created in order to aid the escape of slaves

What was the nickname given to Hariet Tubman?

Minty or Moses

Who is the leader of the Underground Railroad?

Hariet Tubman

What part of the Compromise of 1850 made abolitionists the most upset?

The harsher fugitive slave law

Who was nicknamed the “Great Pacificator”?

Henry Clay

Who originally proposed the Compromise of 1850?

Henry Clay

Who were the three main supporters of the Compromise of 1850?

Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and Daniel Webster

What state was Henry Clay from?

Born in Virginia; Represented Kentucky in Senate

What state became free by the Compromise of 1850?

California

What was abolished in Washington D.C. by the Compromise of 1850?

The slave trade (Slavery was still legal)

What two states left the question of slavery up to popular sovereignty in the Compromise of 1850?

Utah and New Mexico Territories

What marked the end of the Whig party?

Kansas-Nebraska Act

What president had the future confederate president Jefferson Davis as their secretary of war?

Franklin Pierce

The Ostend Manifesto was an offer from the US to buy which country?

Cuba

What is the Ostend Manifeto?

A declaration statign that if spain did not sell Cuba to the U.S., then they would be justified in seizing it.

What document gave the U.S. enough land to build the transcontinental railroad in the south?

Gasden Purchase

What document gave the U.S. the northern tip of Mexico adding to New Mexico territory?

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The set of debates before the election of 1860 that involved Lincoln and whom?

Lincoln-Douglas Debates; Stephen A. Douglas

What Act defined both the Compromise of 1820 and 1850?

Fugitive Slave Act

Who created the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Stephen Douglas

The Kansas-Nebraska Act left the question of slavery to who?

The residents of the territory (Popular sovereignty)

During which court case was the Missouri Compromise deemed uncostitutional?

Dred Scott v. Sandford