Sectionalism SE

1.      Name the free-soil Pennsylvania democrat who argued that there should be no slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico. David Wilmot

2.      The theory arguing that it should be up to the individual territories to determine whether to allow slavery or not was called? Popular Sovereignty

3.      Name the three Old Lions of the Senate during the first phase of the debate over the Compromise of 1850. Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster

4.      Why did the Anthony Burns Affair create such a national uproar? He was the last fugitive slave to be returned from a northern slave to the south.

5.      Known as the Great Compromiser, he proposed the first Compromise of 1850, one that failed over sectional differences. Henry Clay

6.      The Transcontinental Railroad route proposed by Jefferson Davis was to have its eastern terminus where? New Orleans, La

7.      This engineer went to Mexico to purchase a strip of land in present day Arizona, one that would clear a path for a southern transcontinental railroad route. James Gadsden

8.      Name the IL senator who joined with other “Young Turks” to pass the Compromise of 1850 in the U.S. Senate. Stephen A. Douglas

9.      What ultimately happened to Anthony Burns?  Did he remain a slave for the rest of his life? He was returned to the south, but his freedom would be purchased for him. He went to seminary, but ultimately died of consumption.

10.  Name the 19^th century political party that had a markedly nativist agenda. Know Nothing Party

11.  This New York Senator remarked that there was a Higher Law than any afforded by Congress on the issue of Slavery. William Seward

12.  What was the Nebraska Bill designed to do, and who wrote it? Stephen A. Douglas. It was designed to organize the territory west of Chicago so that a northern transcontinental railroad route could be constructed.

13.  What incident did the Pottawatomie Massacre come in response to? The Sack of Lawrence, KA

14.  Part of the Compromise of 1850, it strengthened the existing law allowing slave owners to legally claim their runaway slaves. Fugitive Slave Law

15.  This self-professed "Angel of Mercy" murdered eight pro-slavery families in one night on the plains of Kansas. John Brown

16.  The Sumner – Brooks Affair resulted in the censure and re-election of this notorious South Carolina Congressman. Preston “Bully” Brooks

17.  This Massachusetts Senator delivered the controversial Crime Against Kansas speech. Charles Sumner

18.  Name the slave who argued that his having lived in IL, a free state, made him free. Dred Scott

19.  This Supreme Court Chief Justice wrote the majority opinion in Scott v. Sandford. Roger Taney

20.  This gangly, Republican candidate for Senate argued that the nation would cease to be divided because a House divided against itself could not stand. Abraham Lincoln

21.  Name the IL Senator who asserted that where no decision could be reached by a territory on the issue of slavery, that said territory would remain free. Also, name the doctrine that arose from this statement? Stephen A. Douglas

22.  What was Abraham Lincoln's position on the Dred Scott decision? That it was morally wrong, and that Taney was morally corrupt for his decision.

23.  Why was John Brown’s Raid at Harper’s Ferry, VA so terrifying to white southerners? Because it was designed to arm slaves and provoke a revolt, the greatest fear of southerners.

24.  Name the Constitutional Union Party Candidate in the 1860 National Election John Bell

25.  Name the Northern Democrat Candidate in the 1860 National Election. Stephen A. Douglas

26.  Name the Republican Candidate in the 1860 National Election. Abraham Lincoln

27.  Name the “little woman who wrote the big book that started the Great War." Harriet Beecher Stowe

28.  The doctrine said that when a territory does not decide for itself to be slave or free, then that territory is to be considered free. Freeport Doctrine

29.  Following the Burns Affair, this city passed the most progressive liberty law the nation had seen up until 1854. Boston, MA

30.  Name the North Carolina Senator who argued that no one would dare make war on Cotton, because Cotton is King. James Henry Hammond

31.  During the debates over the California, this aging Senator proved a stark presence, proposing through others radical measures on behalf of the South such as dual presidents with equal veto power that would effectively grant a balance of power between the sections. John C. Calhoun

32.  What occurred in 1848 making the issue of California statehood eminent? Gold was found in the Sacramento River Valley sparking a gold rush which brought thousands of people from all over the world to the area.

33.  This abolitionist novel became the bestselling book of the mid-19th century. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

34.  In his "Seventh of March" address, this U.S. Senator sought to calm angry passions during the debate over California statehood, urging Northern moderates in Congress to support Henry Clay. Daniel Webster

35.  Name the practice that diverted energy and resources away from the south? One crop plantation slavery

36.  Name the city that had one of the five largest populations in America in 1800, but had fallen off with a population of only 41,000 in 1860, compared to Boston's 177,840 and Baltimore's 212,418. Charleston, SC

37.  On the eve of the Civil War, what percentage of the nation's factories were found in the South? 19% of the factories producing 10% of the nation’s manufacturing output.

38.  These kinds of laws were designed to prevent, or at least render very difficult, future captures of runaway slaves. Personal Liberty Laws

39.  No piece of legislation in American history produced so many immediate sweeping changes as this one. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

40.  Was Abraham Lincoln an abolitionist? No, but he did oppose it on moral grounds, arguing that it should be eliminated by Congress or in the courts.