Question 1

1. How the Northwest Ordinance regulated slavery

Accepted Answer

slavery was illegal in states north of the Ohio River and legal in states south of the Ohio River

Question 2

2. Northerner arguments in the debate over Missouri statehood

Accepted Answer

Te ban against slavery should extend across the Mississippi River. Missouri should not be a slave state

Question 3

3. Southerner arguments in the debate over Missouri statehood

Accepted Answer

Congress does not have the right to decide if slavery should be allowed in a new state. Te people of that state should decide

Question 4

4. Why was it important to Southerners to keep an equal number of senators from free states and slave states in Congress

Accepted Answer

Southerners were outnumbered in the House of Representatives. If the South and North had an equal number of senators, the South would hold onto some power in Congress

Question 5

5. What was the defeat of the Tallmadge Amendment

Accepted Answer

it would have made Missouri a free state.

Question 6

6. What were the three decisions in the Missouri Compromise

Accepted Answer

* Missouri became a slave state. 
* Maine became a free state. 
* Congress drew an imaginary line across the Louisiana Territory and declared slavery to be banned north of the line and allowed south of it.

Question 7

7. John Quincy Adams’s diary entry to explain how he felt about the Missouri Compromise

Accepted Answer

He decided to support the Missouri Compromise because he believe it was the best solution to create under the Constitution.

Question 8

8. What was John Quincy Adams’s 1839 antislavery proposal

Accepted Answer

Adams proposed a constitutional amendment stating that no one could be born into slavery after 1845.

Question 9

9. What was the gag rule, and how did it affect his proposal

Accepted Answer

Te gag rule kept Congress from debating slavery for ten years, so Congress refused to consider his proposal.

Question 10

10. Why did Northerners in Congress accept California’s application for statehood while Southerners rejected it

Accepted Answer

* Northerners in Congress accepted California's application for statehood 
* Southerners rejected it because California had applied as a free state.

Question 11

11. List four details of Henry Clay’s plan to end the deadlock over the issue of California statehood

Accepted Answer

* California would be admitted as a free state. 
* New Mexico and Utah would be territories open to slavery. 
* The slave trade would end in Washington D.C., but slave owners could keep their slaves.
* A strong fugitive slave law would be passed.

Question 12

12. Why did Dred Scott argue that he should be freed from slavery

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott's owner had taken him to Wisconsin, a free state. Scott argued that his stay in a state where slavery was outlawed made him free.

Question 13

13. Choose and explain the two most important decisions that came out of the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision

Accepted Answer

* Slaves were not citizens. 
* No African American, slave or free, could become a citizen. 
* The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. 
* Banning slavery in a territory was the same as taking property from slaveholders. 
* Congress had a constitutional responsibility to protect the property of slaveholders in territories.

Question 14

14. Northerner reactions to the Dred Scott decision

Accepted Answer

This verdict is outrageous and immoral! I will not obey it!

Question 15

15. Southerner reactions to the Dred Scott decision

Accepted Answer

The question of slavery is finally settled, and in our favor. No one—especially not Congress—can take our property without just cause

Question 16

16. Besides helping Stephen Douglas win the 1858 Senate race in Illinois, what were two other results of the Lincoln-Douglas debates

Accepted Answer

The debates made Abraham Lincoln famous nationwide and brought the moral issue of slavery into sharp focus

Question 17

17. Why did John Brown attempt to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

Accepted Answer

John Brown wanted to arm slaves and begin a rebellion to end slavery

Question 18

18. What happened in the South in December 20, 1860

Accepted Answer

South Carolina seceded

Question 19

19. What happened in the South in February 1861

Accepted Answer

Seven states that have seceded from the Confederate States of America.

Question 20

20. What did Lincoln state about secession in inaugural address on March 4, 1861

Accepted Answer

He appealed to the rebellious Southern states to return in peace.

Question 21

21. What was Lincoln appeal to the rebellious Southern states

Accepted Answer

Lincoln stated that secession is wrong and unconstitutional. He appealed to the rebellious Southern states to return in peace.

Question 22

22. How most Northerners reacted to the events at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina

Accepted Answer

“Rebels Attack Fort Sumter! War Will Restore the Union!”

Question 23

23. Which two people worked together to balance the interests of the North and the South with regard to slavery

Accepted Answer

Daniel Webster and Henry Clay

Question 24

24. Fugitive Slave Act Key details

Accepted Answer

* Captured runaway slaves had almost no legal rights. 
* Anyone caught helping runaway slaves could be jailed.

Question 25

25. How Fugitive Slave Act pulled the Nation Apart

Accepted Answer

Many Northerners openly defied the law, which angered Southerners.

Question 26

26. Uncle Tom’s Cabin published Key details

Accepted Answer

* Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel after having a vision about the abuses of slavery. 
* It was first published in a newspaper and later as a novel.

Question 27

27. How Uncle Tom’s Cabin pulled the Nation Apart

Accepted Answer

The book made millions of people in the North even more angry about slavery.

Question 28

28. Kansas-Nebraska Act passed Key details

Accepted Answer

* Southerners in Congress agreed to support the bill only if a few changes were made to it. 
* The act abolished the Missouri Compromise and allowed the settlers to decide whether to allow slavery.

Question 29

29. How Kansas-Nebraska Act pulled the Nation Apart

Accepted Answer

Northerners were outraged and feared more territory would be open to slavery.

Question 30

30. Raid on Lawrence, Kansas Key details

Accepted Answer

* Pro- and antislavery settlers poured into Kansas to protect their interests in the new territory. 
* Proslavery settlers raided and attacked the city of Lawrence, the headquarters of the antislavery movement in Kansas.

Question 31

31. How Raid on Lawrence, Kansas pulled the Nation Apart

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Northerners raised money to send more antislavery settlers into the region.

Question 32

32. Beating of Senator Sumner key details

Accepted Answer

* Senator Charles Sumner protested the violence in Kansas in a speech criticizing prominent proslavery leaders. 
* A nephew of one of the men he criticized beat Sumner into unconsciousness with a cane.

Question 33

33. How Beating of Senator Sumner pulled the Nation Apart

Accepted Answer

Southerners applauded the attack while Northerners were outraged.

Question 34

34. Missouri Compromise

Accepted Answer

An agreement made by Congress in 1829 under which Missouri was admitted to the union as a slave state and Main Was admitted as a free state

Question 35

35. Wilmots Proviso

Accepted Answer

Proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War

Question 36

36. Compromise of 1850.

Accepted Answer

The agreements made in order to admit California int the Union as a free state

Question 37

37. Dred Scott decision

Accepted Answer

A supreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional

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History Ch20

Term	Definition
1. How the Northwest Ordinance regulated slavery	slavery was illegal in states north of the Ohio River and legal in states south of the Ohio River
2. Northerner arguments in the debate over Missouri statehood	Te ban against slavery should extend across the Mississippi River. Missouri should not be a slave state
3. Southerner arguments in the debate over Missouri statehood	Congress does not have the right to decide if slavery should be allowed in a new state. Te people of that state should decide
4. Why was it important to Southerners to keep an equal number of senators from free states and slave states in Congress	Southerners were outnumbered in the House of Representatives. If the South and North had an equal number of senators, the South would hold onto some power in Congress
5. What was the defeat of the Tallmadge Amendment	it would have made Missouri a free state.
6. What were the three decisions in the Missouri Compromise	* Missouri became a slave state. * Maine became a free state. * Congress drew an imaginary line across the Louisiana Territory and declared slavery to be banned north of the line and allowed south of it.
7. John Quincy Adams’s diary entry to explain how he felt about the Missouri Compromise	He decided to support the Missouri Compromise because he believe it was the best solution to create under the Constitution.
8. What was John Quincy Adams’s 1839 antislavery proposal	Adams proposed a constitutional amendment stating that no one could be born into slavery after 1845.
9. What was the gag rule, and how did it affect his proposal	Te gag rule kept Congress from debating slavery for ten years, so Congress refused to consider his proposal.
10. Why did Northerners in Congress accept California’s application for statehood while Southerners rejected it	* Northerners in Congress accepted California's application for statehood * Southerners rejected it because California had applied as a free state.
11. List four details of Henry Clay’s plan to end the deadlock over the issue of California statehood	* California would be admitted as a free state. * New Mexico and Utah would be territories open to slavery. * The slave trade would end in Washington D.C., but slave owners could keep their slaves. * A strong fugitive slave law would be passed.
12. Why did Dred Scott argue that he should be freed from slavery	Dred Scott's owner had taken him to Wisconsin, a free state. Scott argued that his stay in a state where slavery was outlawed made him free.
13. Choose and explain the two most important decisions that came out of the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision	* Slaves were not citizens. * No African American, slave or free, could become a citizen. * The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. * Banning slavery in a territory was the same as taking property from slaveholders. * Congress had a constitutional responsibility to protect the property of slaveholders in territories.
14. Northerner reactions to the Dred Scott decision	This verdict is outrageous and immoral! I will not obey it!
15. Southerner reactions to the Dred Scott decision	The question of slavery is finally settled, and in our favor. No one—especially not Congress—can take our property without just cause
16. Besides helping Stephen Douglas win the 1858 Senate race in Illinois, what were two other results of the Lincoln-Douglas debates	The debates made Abraham Lincoln famous nationwide and brought the moral issue of slavery into sharp focus
17. Why did John Brown attempt to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia	John Brown wanted to arm slaves and begin a rebellion to end slavery
18. What happened in the South in December 20, 1860	South Carolina seceded
19. What happened in the South in February 1861	Seven states that have seceded from the Confederate States of America.
20. What did Lincoln state about secession in inaugural address on March 4, 1861	He appealed to the rebellious Southern states to return in peace.
21. What was Lincoln appeal to the rebellious Southern states	Lincoln stated that secession is wrong and unconstitutional. He appealed to the rebellious Southern states to return in peace.
22. How most Northerners reacted to the events at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina	“Rebels Attack Fort Sumter! War Will Restore the Union!”
23. Which two people worked together to balance the interests of the North and the South with regard to slavery	Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
24. Fugitive Slave Act Key details	* Captured runaway slaves had almost no legal rights. * Anyone caught helping runaway slaves could be jailed.
25. How Fugitive Slave Act pulled the Nation Apart	Many Northerners openly defied the law, which angered Southerners.
26. Uncle Tom’s Cabin published Key details	* Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel after having a vision about the abuses of slavery. * It was first published in a newspaper and later as a novel.
27. How Uncle Tom’s Cabin pulled the Nation Apart	The book made millions of people in the North even more angry about slavery.
28. Kansas-Nebraska Act passed Key details	* Southerners in Congress agreed to support the bill only if a few changes were made to it. * The act abolished the Missouri Compromise and allowed the settlers to decide whether to allow slavery.
29. How Kansas-Nebraska Act pulled the Nation Apart	Northerners were outraged and feared more territory would be open to slavery.
30. Raid on Lawrence, Kansas Key details	* Pro- and antislavery settlers poured into Kansas to protect their interests in the new territory. * Proslavery settlers raided and attacked the city of Lawrence, the headquarters of the antislavery movement in Kansas.
31. How Raid on Lawrence, Kansas pulled the Nation Apart	Northerners raised money to send more antislavery settlers into the region.
32. Beating of Senator Sumner key details	* Senator Charles Sumner protested the violence in Kansas in a speech criticizing prominent proslavery leaders. * A nephew of one of the men he criticized beat Sumner into unconsciousness with a cane.
33. How Beating of Senator Sumner pulled the Nation Apart	Southerners applauded the attack while Northerners were outraged.
34. Missouri Compromise	An agreement made by Congress in 1829 under which Missouri was admitted to the union as a slave state and Main Was admitted as a free state
35. Wilmots Proviso	Proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War
36. Compromise of 1850.	The agreements made in order to admit California int the Union as a free state
37. Dred Scott decision	A supreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional

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