chapter 15

Question 1

year there was a compromise over slavery in California and Western states

Answer 1

1850 (Compromise of 1850)

Question 2

year of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 2

1854

Question 3

year the Republican Party was created

Answer 3

1854

Question 4

year Abraham Lincoln was elected

Answer 4

1860

Question 5

year of the first presidential Republican victory

Answer 5

1860

Question 6

president from 1849-1850

Answer 6

Zachary Taylor

Question 7

president from 1850-1853

Answer 7

Millard Fillmore

Question 8

president from 1853-1857

Answer 8

Franklin Pierce

Question 9

president from 1857-1861

Answer 9

James Buchanan

Question 10

president from 1861-1865

Answer 10

Abraham Lincoln

Question 11

4 problems of slavery

Answer 11

1. discouraged immigrants and skilled workers
2. caused distinct, strict social classes
3. became a costly investment for slave owners
4. severely immoral and unethical “business” practice

Question 12

the free nation in Africa founded by an anti-slavery society as a nation for free slaves

Answer 12

Liberia

Question 13

abolitionist who promoted immediate freedom for all slaves

Answer 13

William Lloyd Garrison

Question 14

William Lloyd Garrison’s newspaper

Answer 14

The Liberator

Question 15

uprising against slavery led by a slave from Virginia against slaveowners that hurt their cause more than it helped

Answer 15

Nat Turner’s Revolt

Question 16

secret organization designed to help slave escape the South

Answer 16

Underground Railroad

Question 17

escaped slave from Maryland; best conductor of the Underground Railroad

Answer 17

Harriet Tubman

Question 18

idea where individuals decide slavery or freedom for themselves

Answer 18

popular sovereignty

Question 19

document attempted to force the Mexican Cession to ban slavery, wasn’t approved

Answer 19

Wilmot Proviso

Question 20

proposed popular sovereignty

Answer 20

Lewis Cass

Question 21

in the election of 1848,
1. ran for the Whig Party
2. ran for the Free-Soil Party
3. ran for the Democrats

Answer 21

1. General Zachary Taylor
2. Martin Van Buren
3. Lewis Cass

Question 22

won the election of 1848

Answer 22

General Zachary Taylor

Question 23

proposed the Compromise of 1850

Answer 23

Henry Clay

Question 24

_______ was used to settle the issue of if California would be a free or slave state

Answer 24

Compromise of 1850

Question 25

4 results of the Compromise of 1850

Answer 25

1. California was admitted as free state; Utah and New Mexico would use popular sovereignty 2. fixed border between Texas and Mexico 3. slave trade was prohibited in the District of Columbia (DC) 4. new fugitive slave law

Question 26

________ replaced Zachary Taylor after he died, and approved the Compromise of 1850

Answer 26

Millard Fillmore

Question 27

two candidates of the election of 1852

Answer 27

1. Franklin Pierce: Democrat 2. Winfield Scott: Whig

Question 28

won the election of 1852

Answer 28

Franklin Pierce

Question 29

_______ negotiated for Cuba

Answer 29

William L. Marcy

Question 30

document that offended Spain by saying if they didn't sell the US Cuba, the US could take it

Answer 30

Ostend Manifesto

Question 31

proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 31

Stephen Douglas of Illinois

Question 32

violent situation in Kansas that resulted after an illegal election and 2 governments formed

Answer 32

Bleeding Kansas

Question 33

1. city in Kansas that was pro slavery 2. city in Kansas that was anti slavery

Answer 33

1. Lecompton 2. Lawrence

Question 34

abolitionist who initiated violence in Kansas

Answer 34

John Brown

Question 35

the beliefs a party has on political issues

Answer 35

platform

Question 36

first candidate of the Republican party

Answer 36

John C. Fremont

Question 37

the Republican Party's main platform was __________

Answer 37

to stop the spread of slavery (so it was popular in the North)

Question 38

occurred when a slave from Missouri whose owner died claimed he had the right to be free

Answer 38

Dred Scott Case

Question 39

chief justice of the Supreme Court who ruled during the Dred Scott Case

Answer 39

Roger Taney

Question 40

two men who debated over a seat in Senate

Answer 40

Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln (Douglas won)

Question 41

proposed by Stephen Douglas; gave him enough support to win re-election to the US Senate

Answer 41

Freeport Doctrine

Question 42

________ led an uprising in Harper's Ferry, Virginia in 1859

Answer 42

John Brown

Question 43

_______ captured John Brown and his men, who were then executed

Answer 43

Robert E. Lee

Question 44

wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

Answer 44

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 45

published The Impending Crisis of the South

Answer 45

Hinton Rowan Helper

Question 46

in the election of 1860, the Democrats split because of the issue of _______

Answer 46

slavery

Question 47

election of 1860, these people ran for presidency 1. Northern Democrats 2. Southern Democrats 3. Republicans 4. Constitutional Union Party

Answer 47

1. Stephen Douglas 2. John Breckinridge 3. Abraham Lincoln 4. John Bell

Question 48

first Republican president

Answer 48

Abraham Lincoln

Question 49

Abraham Lincoln's vice president

Answer 49

Hannibal Hamlin

Question 50

the state that left the Union first in December of 1860

Answer 50

South Carolina

Question 51

selected to be the president of the Confederacy

Answer 51

Jefferson Davis

Question 52

selected vice president of the Confederacy

Answer 52

Alexander H. Stephens

Question 53

name for the country formed when the states left the Union because of the slavery issue

Answer 53

Confederate States of America

Question 54

day set aside as a "day of prayer" for the Union

Answer 54

January 4, 1861