Chapter 14 Study Guide Test Questions – Flashcards
Flashcard maker : Aiden Boyd
popular sovereignty
meant people in the territory or state would vote directly on issues rather than having their elected representatives decide
secede
withdraw
fugitive
runaway enslaved person
Henry Clay
Senator for Kentucky; Great Compromiser; wrote Missouri Compromise and basis for Compromise of 1850
John C. Calhoun
against Clay’s compromise; Senator of South Carolina; believed that the admission of California as a free state would allow North to attack slavery; two ways preserve the South were to create a constitutional amendment to protect states’ rights or a secession
Daniel Webster
Massachusetts Senator; supported Clay’s proposals; thought Clay found a way to preserve the Union
Mexican-American War
new territory gained in this war threatened to destroy the slave and free states in America
Wilmot Proviso
proposal that Congress ban slavery in all territory purchased in the Mexican-American War
David Wilmot
creator of the Wilmot Proviso; Northern; Representative from Pennsylvania
Lewis Cass
1848 Democrat candidate for president; suggested popular sovereignty for California
Free-Soil Party
party supporting a stronger stand against slavery; consisted of northern Whigs and Democrats; wanted territory from the Mexican-American War to be free
Martin Van Buren
Free-Soil Party’s first nominee; formerly Democratic; did poorly in the election; was able to get enough votes to keep Cass from winning
President Zachary Taylor
Whig; hero of the Mexican-American War; election of 1848; elected instead of Lewis Cass and Martin Van Buren
California
got enough people to become a state after the gold rush; would disrupt the balance between slave and free states; South Carolina threatened to secede because of this state; Henry Clay tried to create a compromise for this
North
group that argued for California’s admission as a free state because it was north of the Missouri Compromise Line; wanted slave trade abolished in Washington DC; forced to capture fugitives by South
South
group that argued against California’s admission as a free state because they might not be able to defend slavery in Congressional meetings because they’d be outnumbered; wanted North to capture their fugitives; wanted Fugitive Slave Act
sectionalism
separation of a nation about to endure a civil war
Harriet Beecher Stowe
daughter of an abolitionist minister; wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin to show how bad slavery is
propaganda
false or misleading information that is spread to further a cause
Stephen Douglas
Senator from Illinois; wanted railroads in Illinois; thought of railroad from Illinois through Nebraska Territory to the Pacific Coast; suggested forming Kansas Territory and Nebraska Territory in the Kansas-Nebraska Act
John Brown
antislavery settler from Connecticut; led seven men to Pottawatomie Creek; murdered 5 proslavery men and boys
The Compromise of 1850
5 bills based on Henry Clay’s proposals; opposed by President Zachary Taylor; supported by President Millard Fillmore; admitted California as a free state; banned slavery in the nation’s capitol but interstate commerce was allowed; popular sovereignty would determine area’s position on slavery in the Mexican Cession; Fugitive Slave Act
President Zachary Taylor
president against the Compromise of 1850
President Millard Fillmore
president supported the Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
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John C. Calhoun
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Missouri Compromise
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President Franklin Pierce
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36 out of 39
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Kansas Government
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Pottawatomie Creek Attack
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Bleeding Kansas
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Charles Sumner
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Andrew Butler
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Preston Brooks
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Canes
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Dred Scott
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Roger B. Taney
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Abraham Lincoln
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Republican Party
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John C. Fremont
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President James Buchanan
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Dred Scott versus Sandford
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Missouri Compromise
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Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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Stephen Douglas
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Abraham Lincoln
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Mary Todd
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John Brown
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Robert E. Lee
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North
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civil war
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Northern Democrats
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Southern Democrats
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Constitutional Union Party
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Abraham Lincoln
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Stephen Douglas
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John Beckinridge
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John Bell
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Virginia Newspaper
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Confederate States of America
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Jefferson Davis
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Fort Sumter
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