Repealed the missouri compromise. It allowed Kansas/Nebraska to deciede by popular sovereignty whether they would be a slave or free.
the purpose of the Kansas Nebraska Act
reduce the tension between the north and the south/also to deciede what would happen in the Nebraska territory
the results of the Kansas Nebraska Act
people went into Kansas and voted illegally=bleeding kansas
Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stow
who hated and loved Uncle Tom's Cabin?
South-hated/North-loved
What was John Brown's signifigence and what did his actions include?
he killed five people(proslavery)/also captured arsinal at Harpers Ferry and was hung.
Description of the Democratic Party platform in 1860
Northerners supported popular sovernty/ Southerners=wanted to bring back slavery
What is the definition of secession?
leave the Union
What was the Confederate States of America
southern states that suceeded from the Union
who is the president of the confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Norht and South both agreed that regarding African Americans
whether slave or free=no african americans can vote
what was the impact of the Mexican war on issue of slavery
we gained all territories/S=wanted to open to slavery/ N=did not want to
the supreme court added to the tensions regarding slavery by..
dred scott=said they were properly not citizens/ruled missouri compromise unconstitutional
definition of popular sovereignty
people decided/voted
Republican party was formed because
a whole bunch of people were against slavery
the events that affected the outcome of 1860 election were
democratic party split
why the southern states secede after the election
because they beileved lincoln and republicans would abolish slavery
the south worried the North would abolish slavery
because northerners passed the wilmont proviso=banned slavery
why did lincoln like the republican party
because it was how he felt about slavery
Compromise of 1850-provisions
california admitted as a free state / sale of slaves-banned in DC/ stricter slave laws passed
differences/similarities between the North and the South
N=more immigrants put money in industry/ S=was mostly agricultural(relied on farming) only a few wealthy planners that controlled things in the south, had little industry.
consequences of LIncoln-Douglas debates
b/c it made him popular
how did the South justify secession
each state joined Union voluntarily so can leave Union if they want
