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antebellum america
study of antebellum america
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the four parts of the compromise of 1850? | 1. california became a free state. 2. slave trade was abolished in washington D.Cl 3. fugitive slave law was createdl 4. the mexican session was divided into utah and new mexico territories. |
| who was the author of "uncle tom's cabin"? | harriet Beecher Stowe. |
| what was the purpose of "uncle tom's cabin"? | to open the eyes of the southern americans to the problems of slavery. |
| who was the creator of the Kansas- Nebraska act? | Stephen douglas. |
| what is "popular sovereignty"? | people get to vote and decide on the issue. |
| how did the Kansas- Nebraska act upset the missouri compromise? | it supported the north more than the south and abolished the 36-30 line. |
| what role did the republican party play in the Kansas- Nebraska act? | they were keeping slavery out of it. |
| how did the Kansas- Nebraska act affect the author's political future in the north? | this event destroyed it. |
| what was the reason behind "bleeding kansas"? | "bleeding kansas was started because of the wars and battles between the pro- slave people and the anti- slave people. |
| what was a "border ruffian"? | people who crossed the border illegally to vote in other states. |
| what was a "jayhawker"? | someone who fought against slavery. |
| who was "john Brown"? | he was the leader of the jayhawkers. |
| who was :William Quantrill"? | he was the leader of the border ruffians and the bushwackers. he used to be a jayhawker but after so jayhawkers killed his brother he went to the dark side. (and not because the had cookies) |
| who was "Charles Sumner"? | a northerner who talked about slavery being evil. |
| who was :Preston Brooks"? | He was the person who caned sumner and was the one who defended the north. |
| what did this man want to do? | he wanted to promote famous towns to build a railroad from chicago to california. |
| Why did brooks cane sumner? | for saying bad things about the south and he was defending his uncles honor. |
| how did the north and south react differently to the event | the north thought the south was evil because brooks caned sumner and the south thought the north was evil because they said bad things about the south |
| who was the author of the compromise of 1850? | henry clay |
| what year was "Uncle Tom's Cabin"? | 1852 |
| what year was the kansas- nebraska act? | 1854 |
| what years were bleeding kansas? | 1854- 1861 |
| what year was the caning of sumner? | 1856 |
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