history 10 – Flashcards

In the late 1840s, what led to the question of whether slavery should expand to the territories?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 angered northerners because it

The events of "Bleeding Kansas" can be attributed to

Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions. "We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only, not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannnot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other." —Abraham Lincoln, 1858 To what did Abraham Lincoln refer when he said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."?