Tindall & Shi – A Narrative History
Chapter Ch. 16 “The Crisis of Union”
Mrs. Laura Whisler
STUDY GUIDE
True / False
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In the mining frontier of the Far West, women often enjoyed greater opportunities than back East.
The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin was Harriet Beecher Stowe.
1/5th of the gold seekers who went to California in 1849 died within six months.
In 1857 Kansas had only 200 slaves, and most people there were antislavery.
Stephen Douglas was one of the most extreme proslavery and states’ rights advocates in the
Democratic party.
The Republican platform in 1860 promised to end slavery in the southern states.
By February 1861, 11 southern states had withdrawn from the Union.
James Buchanan’s great experience in public service helped him become one of the most successful
presidents.
In his debates with Douglas, Lincoln stated his belief in racial equality.
10. What did the Wilmot Proviso seek to do?
11. What was the concept of Popular Sovereignty?
12. During the debate over the Compromise of 1850, one senator made a conciliatory speech
(“I wish to speak today, not as a Massachusetts man, not as a Northern man,
but as an American….I speak today for the preservation of the Union.”)
that was scorned by abolitionist leaders. That senator was____________________________________.
13. How did President Taylor’s death affect the Compromise of 1850?
14. What were the provisions of the Compromise of 1850?
15. What was the Ostend Manifesto and what did it state?
16. What was the Free Soil party stance on slavery?
17. What was the purpose of the Gadsden Purchase of 1853?
18. What happened to Charles Sumner?
19. What was land breaking about the election of 1856?
20. What did the Supreme Court decide in Dred Scott v. Sanford?
21. What was the result of John Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry?
22. Who were the 4 candidates and their Party names in 1864?
23. The first of the southern states to secede from the Union was __________________________________.
24. How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act affect the Missouri Compromise?
25. What was Abraham Lincoln’s stance on slavery?
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Led American expedition to Japan.
Led Pottawatomie Massacre.
Elected president of the Confederate States of America.
Died in July 1850.
Caned Charles Sumner.
Author of the Freeport Doctrine.
Argued that a congressional ban on slavery in the territories would violate the 5th Amendment.
Chief Justice for the Dred Scott case.
1848 Free Soil presidential candidate.
President before Franklin Pierce.
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Preston Brooks
John Brown
John C. Calhoun
Jefferson Davis
Stephen A. Douglas
Millard Filmore
Matthew Perry
Roger B. Taney
Zachary Taylor
Martin Van Buren