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Ch 6 Pre-Civil War

Spalding Academy 10th Grade 2011

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An 1860 proposal that would guarantee slavery where it already existed Crittenden’s Compromise
An 1853 purchase of a 30,000 square mile strip of land that is today part of AZ and NM Gadsden Purchase
An act of rebellion against the established government Insurrection
Political party that was anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic Know-Nothing Party
The law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government in an emergency Martial law
The idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there Popular sovereignty
The practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislatures Referendum
Political party formed by Northern Whigs, Free Soilers, and antislavery Democrats Republican Party
Withdrawal from the Union Secession
A railway system extending across the continent Transcontinental railroad
An 1846 proposed amendment that would allow any territory gained from Mexico to be free Wilmot Proviso
Who won the election in 1848? Zachary Taylor
Who won the election in 1852? Franklin Pierce
Who won the election in 1856? James Buchanan
Who won the election in 1860? Abraham Lincoln
Who succeeded Zachary Taylor after his death in 1850? Millard Fillmore
What was the Underground RR? A system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North
Name the senator who was caned after he made an antislavery speech in the Senate. Charles Sumner
What was the Kansas-NE act? Nebraska Territory would be divided in two (Kansas/Nebraska) and each new territory would decide the slavery issue by popular sovereignty
Who was Dred Scott? A male slave of a military general who sued for his freedom
Who was Chief Justic in the Dred Scott case? Roger Taney
Name the three points of the Dred Scott decision African Americans are not US citizens, living in a free state does not make a slave free, Congress cannot ban slavery in the territories
What do the seceded states call themselves after holding a convention in Montgomery, AL on Feb. 8, 1861? Confederate States of America
Who is the 1st president of the CSA? Jefferson Davis
Name 4 causes of the Civil War Slavery, Kansas-NE Act, Dred Scott case, John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry, Southern states secede, Confederates attack Ft. Sumter (236)
Was Jefferson Davis justified in seceding from the Union? Why or why not? Answers will vary
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