Chapter 3 – The union in crisis – Flashcards
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
how did congress try to resolve the dispute between north and south over slavery?
answer
congress debated and then adopted the compromise of 1850, which allowed: -california to be free - strengthened fugitive slave laws (slaves must be returned if found) -provided that new US territories could choose weather to adopt slavery -ended the slave trade in DC
question
how did the fugitive slave act and the kansas-nebraska act increase tension between north and south?
answer
-northerners passed personal liberty laws to combat the fugitive slave act angering southerners -the kansas-nebraska act nullified the missouri compromise and caused some northerners and southerners to set up anti slavery and pro slavery governments in kansas -nebraska territory broke into kansas and nebraska giving each other territory to allow or not allow slavery
question
what development deepened the divisions between north and south?
answer
-politics parties disintegrated and formed around the issue of slavery, further dividing north and south -the dread scott decision outraged northerners and made more determined for abolition -john brown launched an unsuccessful attempt to capture the arsenal at harpers ferry and stage a slave rebellion -some northerners supported browns raid but many southerners prepared for war
question
how did the union finally collapse into a civil war?
answer
-lincoln was elected without any southerner votes -ran against 3 others; douglass, bell, and breckinridge -many southerners believed that they had lost all influence in govt -7 southern states seceded from the union and fought for control of federal forts in south -texas, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, south carolina, georgia, and florida formed the confederate states of america
question
john bell
answer
govt should support slavery
question
stephan douglas
answer
popular soverignity
question
john breckinridge
answer
govt MUST protect slavery
question
summary of chapter 3
answer
-lincoln wins -union collapses -confederate states form -fort sumter is attacked...civil war !
question
popular sovereignty
answer
policy stating that voters in a territory should decide weather or not to allow slavery there
question
secede
answer
break away from
question
loosely organized network used to help slaves escape
answer
underground railroad
question
publisher of uncle toms cabin
answer
harriet bleecher stowe
question
"black moses"
answer
harriet tubman
question
nullified the missouri compromise
answer
kansas nebraska act
question
new york abolishinist
answer
john brown
question
bleeding kansas
answer
violence between proslavery people and anti slavery people in kansas
