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Chapter 10 The Union in Peril

Chapter 10 The Union in Peril. Who won the World Series last year?. San Francisco Giants. True or false: The Dodgers won the world series last year. False: The Giants won the world series. The _____ allowed California to be admitted to the Union as a free state. Compromise of 1850.

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Chapter 10 The Union in Peril

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  1. Chapter 10 The Union in Peril

  2. Who won the World Series last year? • San Francisco Giants

  3. True or false: The Dodgers won the world series last year. • False: The Giants won the world series

  4. The _____ allowed California to be admitted to the Union as a free state. • Compromise of 1850

  5. True or False: Stephen Douglas defeated Abraham Lincoln in 1858 • True

  6. The ____ proposed prohibiting slavery in California and other territories acquired from Mexico. • Wilmot Proviso

  7. What was the difference between the Northern economy and the Southern economy? • North: more manufacturing • South: based on agriculutre

  8. True or False: Abraham Lincoln said secession is illegal but it would be illegal for him to do anything about it. • False: James Buchanan said it.

  9. ____ helped over 300 slaves safely flee the South by using a system known as the underground railroad. • Harriet Tubman

  10. ____ is famous as the author of a controversial book that depicted slavery as a moral, not just a political struggle. • Harriet Beecher Stowe

  11. True or False: The Whig party was dissolved after the Compromise of 1850 • False: Dissolved after Kansas-Nebraska

  12. When ____ proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act the bill sparked a bitter debate in Congress. • Stephen Douglas

  13. Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act would repeal ____ • The Missouri Compromise

  14. True or False: Stephen Douglas wanted to build a transcontinental railroad through a southern route. • False: Northern route

  15. The belief that states can leave the union is known as the principle of ____ • Secession

  16. True or False: The Republican party was founded based on opposition to the Mexican American War • False: opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act

  17. Stephen Douglas believed that the only democratic way to deal with the slavery issue was through ___. • Popular sovereignty

  18. Hoping to spark a general slave uprising ____ led a raid on a federal arsenal in Harper’s Ferry. • John Brown

  19. The ____ was formed in February of 1861 in response to Lincoln’s election. • Confederacy/Confederate States of America

  20. In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, ___ accused ___ of being an abolitionist and a supporter of racial equality. • Douglas, Lincoln

  21. Douglas argued that “slavery cannot exist…anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulations. This became known as ____ • The Freeport Doctrine

  22. ____ was the first state to secede after Lincoln was elected President • South Carolina

  23. President Buchanan endorsed the _______ because it would make Kansas a slave state • Lecompton Constitution

  24. Northerners who objected to slavery’s imapct on free white workers and opposed slavery in the territories were known as ____ • Free soilers

  25. True or False: The Dred Scott decision ruled that slavery would not be allowed in all future territories. • False: ruled slavery would be allowed in all territories77777777777777777777777777

  26. Nine Northern states passed ___ forbidding the imprisonment of runaway slaves. • Personal liberty laws

  27. The actions of ____ at Pottawatomie Creek triggered dozens of violent incidents and led to Bleeding Kansas. • John Brown

  28. ___ was based on feelings of mistrust directed towards the increasing number of immigrants and Catholics • Know-Nothing Party

  29. The ___ included a more effective law requiring people in free states to return fugitive slaves • Compromise of 1850

  30. According to the ___ congress could not forbid slavery in any territory because it would interfere with a slaver-holder’s right to own property • Dred Scott Decision/Supreme Court

  31. President ___ opposed a compromise measure in 1850. He died and was replaced by ___ who supported a compromise. • Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore

  32. True or False: The Compromise of 1850 gave New Mexico land that was disputed with Texas • True

  33. True or False: After the Kansas-Nebraska Act it was assumed that Nebraska would be a slave territory and Kansas a free territory. • False: Kansas would have slaves, Nebraska would be free

  34. What U.S. Senator originally proposed the Compromise of 1850? • Henry Clay

  35. In the Dred Scott case the Supreme Court ruled ____ unconstitutional. • Missouri Compromise

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