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Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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a Southern critic of slavery during the 1850s who wrote a book entitled The Impending Crisis of The South The book put forth the notion that slavery hurt the economic prospects of non-slaveholders, and was an impediment to the growth of the entire region of the South.

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Hinton Helper

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'Uncle Tom's Cabin' had a much more dramatic effect upon public opinion than Helper. Stowe really went for the emotions and stirred up the citizens both North and South in great numbers. Helper was significant but more on the intellectual and political side.

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Which book, Uncle Tom's Cabin or The Impending Crisis of the South was more important? Explain.

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Guns provided young men who went to fight for free soil in Kansas.

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Beecher's Bibles

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Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas's election during the mid-1850's

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Border Ruffians

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Popular sovereignty was written into the proposal so that the voters of the moment would decide whether slavery would be allowed. The result was that pro- and anti-slavery elements flooded into Kansas with the goal of voting slavery up or down, leading to a bloody civil war there.

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What went wrong with popular sovereignty in Kansas?

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An abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Armories in southern territory and giving weapons to slaves, was hung in Harpers Ferry after capturing an Armory

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John Brown

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John Brown rode with 4 sons & 2 others to Pottawatomie Creek; dragged 5 proslavery settlers from beds and murdered them

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Pottawatomie Creek

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supported the existence of slavery in the proposed state and protected rights of slaveholders. It was rejected by Kansas, making Kansas an eventual free state.

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Lecompton Constitution

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In what is considered part of the Bleeding Kansas incidents, Democratic representative Preston Brooks attacked Charles Sumner in the U.S. Senate in 1856. Summer was later regarded as a martyr of the anti-slavery movement, a blow to the Democrats.

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What was the effect of "Bleeding Kansas" on the Democratic Party?

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A leader of the Radical republicans along with Thaddeus Stevens. He was from Massachusetts and was in the senate. His two main goals were breaking the power of wealthy planters and ensuring that freedmen could vote

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Charles Sumner

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A hot tempered Congressman of South Carolina took vengeance in his own hands. He beat Sumner with a cane until he was restrained by other Senators. He later resigned from his position, but was soon reelected.

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Preston Brooks

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The beating drew a sharply polarized response from the American public in the context of the expansion of slavery in the United States, and it has been considered symbolic of the "breakdown of reasoned discourse"[1] that eventually led to the American Civil War.

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What was the consequence of Brook's beating of Sumner in the North? The South?

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(1857-1861) The Confederate States of America are formed in 1861. He tried to maintain a balance between proslavery and antislavery factions, but his moderate views angered radicals in both North and South, and he was unable to forestall the secession of South Carolina on December 20, 1860. Lecompton Constitution supporter.

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James Buchanan

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an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform in opposition to slavery.

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John C. Fremont

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The United States Presidential Election of 1856 showed that the nation was very divided & fears of Civil War were well founded.

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Interpret the results of the election of 1856.

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A black slave, had lived with his master for 5 years in Illinois and Wisconsin Territory. Backed by interested abolitionists, he sued for freedom on the basis of his long residence on free soil. The ruling on the case was that He was a black slave and not a citizen, so he had no rights.

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Dred Scott

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As chief justice, he wrote the important decision in the Dred Scott case, upholding police power of states and asserting the principle of social responsibility of private property. He was Southern and upheld the fugitive slave laws.

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Roger B. Taney

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The decision by the supreme court to deny Dred Scott his freedom proved that the Supreme Court invalidated a major piece of federal legislation. White people did not care about black people and this made it known and hastened the civil war.

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Why was the Dred Scott decision so divisive?

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he panic gave the south false hope and an overconfidence in their agrarian economy to be able to withstand a possible secession from the US. Since the South was hurt the least in the panic, they falsely concluded that the superiority of their economic system had been vindicated.

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How did the Panic of 1857 make Civil War more likely?

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he was born on the Kentucky frontier. as a kid, he lived in Indiana and Illinois. he was very smart and taught himself how to read, even though he only spent a year in school. after he left home, he opened a store in Illinois. there he studied law on his own and launched a career in politics. he served eight years in the state legislature and one in Congress, bitterly opposed to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, he decided to run for the Senate in 1858.

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Describe Abraham Lincoln's background.

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Doctrine developed by Stephen Douglas that said the exclusion of slavery in a territory could be determined by the refusal of the voters to enact any laws that would protect slave property. It was unpopular with Southerners, and thus cost him the election.

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Freeport Doctrine

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In the long run, the debates were favorable to Lincoln and fatal to Douglas. Lincoln gained national stature from his performance and became a serious Presidential contender, while Douglas was viewed as an outcast.

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What long-term results occurred because of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

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John Brown's scheme to invade the South with armed slaves, backed by sponsoring, northern abolitionists; seized the federal arsenal; Brown and remnants were caught by Robert E. Lee and the US Marines; Brown was hanged

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Harper's Ferry

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A General for the confederates, fought many battles. One of his main plans towards the end of the civil war was to wait for a new president to come into office to make peace with. Fought Peninsular Campaign, 2nd battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville (with Jackson), and Gettysburg.

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Robert E. Lee

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One of the two democratic candidates against Lincoln. The other was Stephen A Douglas. He was nominated by the Southern Democrats. Buchanan's VP.

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John C. Breckenridge

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A wealthy slaveowner from Tennessee who served in both the House and the Senate, he ran for U.S. President against Lincoln, Breckinridge, and Douglas in 1860 with the Constitutional Union Party on a moderate pro-slavery platform.

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John Bell

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At the Republican National Convention it was revealed that Lincoln's competition for the nomination Seward, Chase, and Bates had each alienated factions of the Republican Party. Lincoln had a national reputation from his debates and speeches as the most articulate moderate, he won the party's nomination on May 18, 1860.

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Why was Lincoln chosen as the Republican candidate instead of Seward?

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formal separation from an alliance or federation

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Secession

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An American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865

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Jefferson Davis

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James Buchanan being very learned in constitutional law, maintained that no state had the right to secede. But in the end had no control over the suceding states.

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What did President Buchanan do when the South seceded? Why?

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It was seen as giving too many political concessions to the South. Lincoln voiced his opposition to it,as he had been elected on a no extension of slavery platform.

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What was the Crittendon Compromise and why did it fail?

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They thought that secession would allow them to continue with slavery and allow them to govern their states as they liked.

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What advantages did southerners see in secession? Who did they compare themselves to?

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It was not under control. It escalated quickly and became incredibly bloody.

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Was the Civil War irrepressible? Explain.

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