In the Compromise of 1850, this caused the most controversy.

A strong fugitive slave law to return runaways.

John Brown's only reason for the raid at Harpers Ferry was to

free the slaves and end slavery.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was published with the intent to

show the horrors of slavery & inspire abolition of slaves.

Missouri's application for statehood in 1819 raised this slavery question:

Should slavery be allowed in the Louisiana Territory?

The Presidential Election of 1860 showed how

deeply divided the nation was over slavery.

How did the Second Great Awakening affect the slavery issue?

Inspired Americans to help end slavery

The Missouri Compromise of 1820

quieted the slavery debate for thirty years.

The Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that slavery

could not be kept out of the territories.

John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

Made Brown a hero among abolitionists.

The Kansas Nebraska Act led to

bloodshed over slavery in Kansas

The event that turned the secession crisis and started the Civil War was

South Carolina's bombing of Fort Sumter.

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Ch 20 - Changing Nation

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1
In the Compromise of 1850, this caused the most controversy.
Have the Utah & New Mexico territories to be open to slavery
The admission of California as a free state
Allow the sale of slaves in Washington, DC
A strong fugitive slave law to return runaways.
2
The idea that people in a territory had the right to decide, by vote, if slavery would exist.
abolition
Dred Scott Decision
popular sovereignty
secession
3
John Brown's only reason for the raid at Harpers Ferry was to
free the slaves and end slavery.
act out his crazy thoughts.
stop the trade of cotton.
keep slavery in the South.
4
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was published with the intent to
explain how a plantation worked in the South.
show the economy depended on slavery for the U.S. economy.
show the horrors of slavery & inspire abolition of slaves.
provide insight as to why slavery was necessary.
5
Missouri's application for statehood in 1819 raised this slavery question:
Was slavery constitutional anywhere?
Should slavery be allowed in the Louisiana Territory?
Why slavery existed at all?
Could slavery be abolished peacefully?
6
The Presidential Election of 1860 showed how
popular Lincoln was in the North and South.
deeply divided the nation was over slavery.
eager Americans were to end the debate over slavery.
7
How did the Second Great Awakening affect the slavery issue?
Made people pray and ignore slavery.
upset the balance between slave and free states in Congress.
forced Southerners to admit slavery was wrong.
Inspired Americans to help end slavery
8
The Fugitive Slave Law was enacted in which piece of legislation.
The Kansas Nebraska Act ( 1854)
Dred Scott Decision ( 1857)
The Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise of 1820
9
This man was needed to get the passage of the Compromise of 1850.
Stephen Douglas
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
Daniel Webster
10
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
upset the balance between slave and free states.
was met by loud, violent protests.
quieted the slavery debate for thirty years.
11
The Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that slavery
violated the Fifth Amendment
Should be ended by Congress as soon as possible.
could not be kept out of the territories.
was a blot on our national character
12
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
was widely approved across the South.
triggered a widespread slave rebellion.
Made Brown a hero among abolitionists.
13
This man was known as 'The Great Compromiser."
John C Calhoun
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Dred Scott
14
The Kansas Nebraska Act led to
banned slavery in Kansas & Nebraska
kept people from settling these territories.
allowed slavery in the Kansas & N territories
bloodshed over slavery in Kansas
15
The event that turned the secession crisis and started the Civil War was
South Carolina's bombing of Fort Sumter.
The Dred Scott Decision
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
The election of Lincoln as President.

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