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4.3 Causes of Civil War
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plan proposed by Stephen Douglas organized remaining land of the LA Purchase into 2 territories
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
2
What was the South's main reason to secede from the Union?
Believed that the Industrial Revolution was a threat to their way of life
Felt they were gaining power in the government because of population shifts
Wanted to protect their urban way of life
Believed state's rights overrules federal rights
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Why did the people of SC feel that secession from the Union was necessary after Lincoln was elected president?
Lincoln was a free soiler and threatened their way of life
Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery in the North
Lincoln favored popular sovereignty
Lincoln believed in nullification of federal laws
4
Who were the cooperationists?
people who wanted to secede from the Union, but w/ others
people who ate fire
people who wanted to secede from the Union now
people who lived up north
5
Why did Uncle Tom's Cabin help the abolitionist cause?
written by a southerner
promoted support of slavery by northerners
depicted slave owners as cruel and hard hearted
showed how good slaveowners are to slaves
6
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an attempt to challenge slavery, it actually:
furthered tensions between north and south, states' rights
demanded more rights for blacks as citizens
was a compromise between north and south, easing tensions
decreased slavery in the South
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What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Law?
require slaves to have citizenship papers to get jobs
require the return of runaway slaves to their owners
prevent slaves from having group gatherings or meetings
prevent slaves from testifying against whites in court
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Who were the “fire-eaters”?
people who lived up north
people who wanted to secede from the Union immediately
people who ate fire
people who wanted to secede, but w/ other southern states
9
Who was NOT one of the 4 presidential candidates of the election of 1860?
John Breckinridge
Abraham Lincoln
Dred Scott
Stephen Douglas
10
Who wrote the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sarah Grimke
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name of slave in Missouri who sued for his freedom at the Supreme Court
Frederick Douglass
Dred Scott
Nat Turner
Denmark Vesey
12
How did slavery contribute to sectionalism in the United States?
It helped the industrial economy grow in the North
Slavery made the plantation owners wealthy and powerful
It split people & political parties into different factions
caused the South to stop growing cotton & develop industry
13
Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed (taken away) what law/compromise by allowing popular sovereignty?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Law
Missouri Compromise
14
S. Ct. Decision, which best explains why slavery could not be excluded from any territory?
Slaves were not allowed to freely travel.
Slaves are property, not US citizens & can be taken anywhere
Territories weren't states&slavery only excluded from states
S. Ct. was made up of southerners who supported slavery
15
name of the 1st regiment to capture the capital of Mex. City, led to treaty formed w/ Mex. & US
SC's Secessionist Fire-eaters
SC's Friendly Fighters
SC's Crescent Caps
SC's Palmetto Regiment
16
How did Southerners feel about the raid on Harper's Ferry?
happy they captured runaway slaves with Brown
they were angry that Brown was arrested and wanted him freed
happy the raid prevented a slave revolt from happening
angry John Brown beat Sumner with a cane causing damange
17
Which of the following was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850?
Allowed popular sovereignty in the Mexican Cession
Abolished the Fugitive Slave Act
California would be admitted into the Union as a free state
Outlawed the slave trade in Washington, DC
18
Calhoun’s initial proposal on how to handle the slave issue between the north and the south
free the slaves
a president for the north & a president for the south
west should not be allowed to join the Union
north should secede from the Union
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native of SC, served as Vice Pres. of U.S., supported states' rights
John C. Calhoun
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Stephen Douglas
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idea the U.S. was destined to control all of the land between the Atlantic & Pacific oceans
destined manifest
manifest destiny
nationalism
slave code
21
who led the raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia attempting to steal weapons to arm slaves
Charles Sumner
Preston Brooks
Dred Scott
John Brown
22
plan proposed by Henry Clay & Stephen Douglas, included 4 parts, Cali admitted to the U.S.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Great Compromise
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treaty ended the Mex-Amer War, US gained a lot of present-day southwestern territory
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Paris
24
when a Mass. senator made an anti-slavery speech, caused SC senator to beat him w/ a cane
Bleeding Kansas
Brooks-Sumner Affair
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
Kansas-Nebraska Act
25
Of the 4 presidential candidates, which party did Lincoln represent in the election of 1860?
Northern Democrats
Constitutional Union Party
Southern Democrats
Republicans
26
Who were the “free-soilers”?
Southerners, supported going to war within our own country
Northerners, wanted to abolish slavery everywhere
didn't support the expansion of slavery to new st or terr
Southerners who were against slavery everywhere it existed
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pro-slavery & anti-slavery men went to Kansas, had guns & intimidation to vote on slavery
War of 1812
Nationalism
Nullification Crisis
Bleeding Kansas
28
Why was the SC secession convention moved from Columbia to Charleston?
Charleston was more accessible by railroad
Charleston was a larger city
Charleston was home to more SC politicians
Charleston was mor sympathetic to secession
29
Which result of the Compromise of 1850 did
NOT
benefit the North?
ending the slave trade in the District of Columbia
California’s admittance to the Union as a free state
New Mexico not being designated as a slave territory
the Fugitive Slave Law
30
How was the Kansas-Nebraska Act different from other compromises over westward expansion?
popular sovereignty used to determine slavery in territories
Congress allowed Supreme Court to decide slavery issue
in this law, Congress said slavery was illegal indefinitely
law allowed Kansas & Nebraska to secede from the Union
31
When admitting Kansas, politicians wanted support from the south to build a ________.
canal system
telegraph lines
transcontinental railroad
cane community
32
Why did California want to enter the union as a free state?
Bear Flag Republic didn't want to have a “Bloody Kansas”
they did not want to break the Missouri Compromise line
Mostly abolitionists made up the population in California.
miners didn't want to compete w/ slaveowners mining for gold
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Of the 4 candidates running for president in 1860, who won on the platform as a "free-soiler"?
Charles Sumner
James K. Polk
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
