U.S. History- Events leading up to the civil war Flashcards

949657081	What did Preston brooks do to Senator Sumner?	he comes up to sumner at his desk and starts beating him on the floor of congress	0
949657082	Why does Brooks hit sumner w/ a cane?	b/c Sumner insulted Brook's cousin	1
949657083	What are the events leading up to the war and their dates in order?	-Compromise of 1850 Uncle Tom's Cabin-1852 -Kansas-Nebraska Act-1854 -Dred Scott decision-1857 -John Bown's raid on Harper's ferry-1859 Lincoln Election- Nov. 1860 -S.C. Secession-Dec. 1860	2
949657084	What did the territory gained b/c of manifest destiny bring up the question about?	it brought up the question of whether the new territories would allow SLAVERY	3
949657085	how many people does a state have to have to become a state?	60,000	4
949657086	How does California increase the population so quickly and what does she asked to be admitted as?	the gold rush in Cali. rapidly increased the population and Cali. asked to be admitted as a free state	5
949657087	Why does the south not what cali. to became a state?	b/c Cali. will be a free state	6
949657088	What are the 4 compromises clay has?	-American system -Missouri Compromise -Tariff compromise -compromise of 1850	7
949657089	Since Cali is admitted as a free State b/c of Compromise of 1850 what does Clay do for the south?	he makes a stronger Fugitive Slave Act	8
949657090	what does clays compromise of 1850 include?	-cali as free state-N -stronger fugitive slave act-S -Forbids trade in D.C-N -Texas receives $10 million-S -Land in mexican cession by popular sovereignty	9
949657091	Why does Texas receive 10 million?	b/c they gave up land to prevent border dispute	10
949657092	What is popular sovereignty?	People made decisions	11
949657093	What are the people going to decide for the land in the mexican cession?	the people are going to decide whether the land should be slave/free	12
949657094	What is the problem w/ the compromise of 1850?	no one wants to compromise anymore	13
949657095	Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?	Harriet Beecher Stowe	14
949657096	What was Stowe's purpose for Uncle Tom's CAbin?	her purpose was to show how cruel slavery was	15
949657097	Who did the Uncle Tom's Cabin make cry and what did this show?	it made Queen Victoria weep b/c it impacted her so much and it shows that it really impacted the people in the U.s.	16
949657098	What does the NOrth do when the see the book?	the north beomces abolitionists and believes slaves should be set free	17
949657099	What does the south say when they see the book?	they say that the North is sterotyping them and them and they become defensive -the majority of the south doesn't own slaves	18
949657100	What did Stowe do by writing this book?	she turned a minor problem into a real big problem	19
949657101	Why did Senator from Illinois, Stephen Douglas want to settle the unsettled land?	b/c he wanted to run a railroad from Chicago to California but it ran through the unsettled territory, which would be free land	20
949657102	What was Douglas' solution to the unsettled land?	to settle the land by popular sovereignty and settle the question of slavery in the new territory	21
949657103	What did Douglas say about the Missouri compromise?	he said ignore the Missouri compromise and allow the people to decide if the land should be free or slave	22
949657104	What happened at "Bleeding Kansas?"	people were hacked to death	23
949657105	What did the Republican Party oppose?	the republican party opposed the spread slavery	24
951825227	Who is Dred Scott and why did he feel he should be free?	Dred scott is a slave who feels like he should be free because he was taken to the free land by his owner and he felt that he spent a good amount of time in the free land	25
951825228	Where and does Scott takes his issue and in front of who?	he takes his case to the Supreme court in 1857 in front of Roger B. Taney	26
951825229	What does the Supreme Court say?	"no black man has any right that a white man is bound to respect." this was the mind set back then	27
951825230	What were the 2 results of the Scott case?	Scott is a slave (property) and has no rights; property can be taken where ever the owner what to take it -the 36 30 line (Missouri compromise) is declared unconstitutional b/c the owners can take slaves where ever they please	28
951825231	Why did the north not like the court ruling and why did the south like it?	the north hated it b/c there is no legal way to stop slavery anymore -the south likes it because they can spread slavery to where ever they want to	29
951825232	What is John Brown known as and why?	the "meteor" b/c he has a huge impact	30
951825233	What does Brown do in Harpers ferry and when did he do it?	he comes to harpers ferry in 1859 w/ a wagon load of people for federal arsenal to take it over	31
951825234	Why is brown trying to take over the federal arsenal?	he is doing something b/c the government isn't -he is taking the weapons out of the arsenal and giving them to the slaves so the slaves can free themselves	32
951825235	In 11 states how many people are there and how many are slave?	in 11 states there are about 9 million people and about 4-4 1/2 are slaves	33
951825236	how is john brown stopped?	people in harpers ferry call D.C. and tell D.C. that they need an army b/c Brown is taking over the arsenal. Robert E. Lee leads the army and captures Brown	34
951825237	What is browns punishment	he is hung for treason	35
951825238	What does Brown give to one of the guards and why?	he give the guard a note b/c he knows that the u.S. is going to go to war	36
951825239	What does the north and south view Brown as?	the north sees him as a hero (martyr) the south is scared b/c they think someone is going to try and kill and the south forms a militia. Brown made them defensive w/ weapons	37
951825240	What party is lincoln assocaited w/?	the republican party who opposes the spread of slavery	38
951825241	What do southerners view lincoln as?	they view him as an abolitionist and they want to secede now	39
951825242	When does S.C. secede?	they secede from the union on Dec. 20, 1860 right after Lincoln's election	40
951825243	What happens after lincoln is inaugurated?	6 more states secede	41
951825244	why is James Buchanan the do nothing president?	he is the 15 president and he does not do anything when the states secede b/c he does not want to be the president when the country falls apart	42
951825245	What is Jefferson Davis president of?	the confederacy and this shows that the south is serious b/c they make a capital, constitution, have a president and a cabinet	43
951825246	Why does lincoln go to war?	not only b/c of slavery but mostly to keep the country united	44