Compromise of 1850 & Kansas Nebraska

Who designed the Santa Fe Trail as another way to California?

William Becknell

In what year did California become a state?

1850

Who wrote the Compromise of 1850?

Henry Clay

According to the Compromise of 1850, did California enter as a free or slave state?

Free state

What did popular sovereignty mean for the remaining territories?

Territories could vote to be a free or slave state when they became a state

What were the terms of the Fugitive Slave Law?

Enslaved people had to be returned without needing proof; any Black person, even from a Northern state, could be taken

What major change did the Compromise of 1850 make regarding Washington, D.C.?

It ended slavery in the capital

Which previous agreement was ended by the Compromise of 1850?

The Missouri Compromise

Who became President in the Election of 1848?

Zachary Taylor

Who took office after Zachary Taylor died in 1850?

Millard Fillmore

Who published Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1851?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Who formed the Free Soil Party to abolish slavery?

Martin Van Buren

What did Daniel Webster say regarding the geographical limits of slavery?

Slavery was like the cotton plant, confined to certain parallels of climate

Which literate blacksmith planned a failed rebellion in 1800?

Gabriel Prosser

Who led a slave rebellion in Southampton, Virginia, in 1831 after seeing a sign from God?

Nat Turner

Who wanted to build a railroad from Chicago to San Francisco?

Stephen Douglas

What was the Gadsden Purchase?

The purchase of land from Mexico to build a railroad around the Rockies

What happened when Kansas voted on whether to be a free or slave state?

Missourians crossed the border to vote illegally, leading to accusations of a rigged election

What were the two rival capitals in Kansas?

Topeka (free capital) and Lecompton (slave capital)

What did Charles Sumner say that offended Preston Brooks during the debate over Kansas?

The crime against Kansas is the harlot slavery

Which Northern senator was beaten with a walking stick in his office?

Charles Sumner

Who beat Charles Sumner with a stick?

Preston Brooks

What term was coined to describe the violent conflict in Kansas?

Bleeding Kansas

Who was the abolitionist from New Hampshire who traveled to Kansas?

John Brown

Who gave out guns to abolitionists in Kansas?

Henry Ward Beecher

Who won the Election of 1852?

Franklin Pierce

Who were the two candidates in the 1858 Illinois Senate race?

Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln

Who was the Chief Justice in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case?

Roger Taney

Why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?

He had traveled with his master to free territories in Illinois and Wisconsin

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case regarding the 5th Amendment?

To restrict property anywhere was a violation of the 5th amendment

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

Introduced by Senator Stephen Douglas, organized the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and famously repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing settlers in these new territories to decide the issue of slavery through "popular sovereignty". This sparked intense conflict, leading to violence known as "Bleeding Kansas," intensified North-South divisions, fueled the rise of the Republican Party, and is considered a major step toward the Civil War.