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History Unit 1

American History 1

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Is the North or the South agricultural? South
What are the Know Nothing Party's beliefs? Anti-catholic, no immigration
What treaty that the U.S. and Mexico both took part in for the U.S. to gain land? Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
What is the Wimot Proviso? Proposed for no slavery out west and never passed but brought up the topic again
What are the free-soil party's beliefs? Anti-slavery democrats and opposed expansion
What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850? California is free, Fugitive Slave Act, popular soverignty
Who created the Compromise of 1850? Henry Clay
What does Daniel Webster believe in? National unity and will do anything to preserve it
Who got the Compromise of 1850 passed? Stephen A. Douglas
What did Hariett Beecher Stowe write? Uncle Toms Cabin
Who was the president of 1848-1850? Zachary Taylor
What is the Kansas Nebraska and what does it do? Repeals the Missouri Compromise and allows popular soverignty
What do the people known as "border ruffians" do? They illegally vote in Kansas in 1855 for slave
What is the Pottawatomie massacre and who was involved? John Brown killed multiple men because he believed God sent him to end slavery
What does "Bleeding Kansas" refer to? Incident between pro and anti slave people that killed over 200
Who caned Charles Sumners? Preston S. Brooks
What did Charles Sumners talk about when he called out his fellow senator? He insulted him for believing in slavery
What did the Kansas Nebraska act lead to? Republican Party
Who was elected in 1852? Franklin Pierce
An abolitionist who helped found the Republican Party? Horace Greely
Who was elected in 1856? James Buchanan
Who was the first Republican to run for president in 1856? John C. Fremont
What was the Dred Scott decision? Dred Scott was a slave who escaped and lived in free areas and sued for freedom, Justice Taney said slaves don't have rights and aren't citizens so they can't sue
What is the Lincoln-Douglas debate mainly about and why are they debating? Lincoln wanted Douglas's spot in the Senate but didn't win and mainly debated on slavery
What does Douglas believe in? Popular Soverignty
What is Harpers Ferry? John Brown plans a slave upbringing, he broke into a federal arsenal to steal weapons, marines took them down
How did Harpers Ferry affect John Brown? He was killed and his 5 sons that he brought were killed, Northerners admired and Southerners feared
Who were the main two candidates in the election of 1860? Lincoln - Republican and Douglas - Democrat North
Who was elected in the election of 1860 and why? Lincoln because he was seen as more practical then Douglas
What happened almost immediately when Lincoln was elected? The Souths succession
What did the Confederate states of America want independence from? Federal Control
Who was elected president of the Confederate States of America? Jefferson Davis
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