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CMS 8th ss Ch18
Chamberlain Middle School 8th grade SS Chapter 18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| principle that would allow voters in a particular territory to decide whether they wanted to ban or permit slavery | popular sovereignty |
| created the Copmpromise of 1850 to resolve the issue of California's admission to the Union | Henry Clay |
| fugitive slave who abolitionists tried to rescue from jail | Anthony Burns |
| president elected to office in 1852 who promised to uphold the Compromise of 1850 | Franklin Pierce |
| divided the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase into two territories in which slavery issues would be determined by poplular sovereignty | Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| Supreme Court ruling that denied that African Americans had rights as citizens | Dred Scott decision |
| Republican who wanted to prevent the spread of slavery | Abraham Lincoln |
| Stephen Douglas's assertion taht only citizens of a state or territory should decide the status of slavery in that state or territory | Freeport Doctrine |
| act of formmally withdrawing from the Union | secession |
| proposed series of constitutional amendments to try to save the Union | John J. Crittenden |
| Which of the following stated that slavery was not permitted in the Mexican Cession | Wilmot Proviso |
| A devotion to the interest of one region rather than to those of the entire country is known as | sectionalism |
| The Free-Soil Party | endorsed the Wilmont Proviso and chose Martin Van Buren as their candidate |
| Who set out to open Kansas and Nebraska to slavery in exhange for support of his railroad in Chicago? | Stephen Douglas |
| The Pottawatomie Massacre | avenged the attack on the town of Lawrence |
| Who did the Democrats' nominate for president because he was not closely associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act | James Buchanan |
| During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, | Lincoln said he believed that slavery was wrong |
| John Brown's raid was | unsuccessful, as no slaves would join Brown for fear of punishment |
| Which group recognized no political principles other than the Constitution, the Union of the states, and enforcement of the laws? | Constitutional Union Party |
| Who was elected as president of the Confederate States of America? | Jefferson Davis |
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