The Road to the Civil War (chapter 17)
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U.S. History
“The Road to the Civil War”
Ch. 17
Election of 1848
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Through the ______________, the issue of slavery was steadily dividing the
nation
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1848 Zachary ___________________ was elected President of the United
States
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_________________ Soil Party emerged. They wanted to stop the expansion
of slavery
Compromise of 1850
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1849 California was ready to become a state and requested to be a
__________ state.
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Southern leaders threatened to leave the union, or ______________________,
if this happened.
• South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun pushed for
_________________________
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Henry Clay devised a ______________________________ to hold the union
together.
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Compromise of ______________________:
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California admitted as _______________________
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__________________________ Slave laws strengthened
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New Mexico & Utah territories created with popular
____________________________ (voted on by the people) to decided
slave issue
• Sept. 1850 the Compromise passed, and President Millard Fillmore (Taylor died
in office) signed it into law.
Abolitionists
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________________________________gained numbers in the 1850’s
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The brutality of _________________________ was widely known and
helped increased support
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1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe published “_________________Tom’s
__________________”
• A book about a kind __________________ with a cruel
____________________
• The book made _________________________ view all
______________________ in this light. Southerners were
__________________________ by the book.
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Dred Scott
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____________________ __________________was a slave that was
purchased by a Missouri doctor.
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They moved to Illinois & the Wisconsin territory (_____________ areas) and
then back to Missouri
• __________________ Scott _____________________ for his freedom stating
that since he was carried into free territories, he was a free man
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Case went to the _________________________ Court.
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________________________ruled that Scott was not free, b/c he was
property and the Constitution protects property
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They also ruled that the Missouri Compromise was
__________________________
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Under this ruling slavery was _______________________________ by the
U.S. Constitution.
Kansas Nebraska Act
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Divided the Nebraska Territory into _______________________ and
Nebraska
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Slave issue would be decided by ___________________________
sovereignty.
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Proslavery & antislavery supporters flocked to the area to populate it and
______________________________ soon erupted. This became known as
_________________________________Kansas
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May 1856 _____________________________ supporters destroyed a town
and killed ___________ antislavery supporters
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May 24, 1856, ________________________ Brown (antislavery activist)
retaliated by attacking and murdering __________proslavery supporters.
Republican Party
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1854 the ___________________________ Party formed on the idea of
keeping slavery from spreading to the West
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All southerners were ______________________________
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1856 Democratic candidate James _____________________________ was
elected President
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One young ____________________________ was making a name for
himself
• _______________________________ Lincoln challenged Senator
Stephen Douglas for his seat in 1858.
• The two had a series of debates known as the Lincoln-Douglas
__________________________
• Lincoln lost the election, but became a respected
________________________________ figure b/c of the debates
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Harper’s Ferry
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Oct. 16, 1859 John ______________________________ and 18 followers
captured an armory (storehouse for weapons) at
______________________________ Ferry, Virginia
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___________________________ planned to arm slaves and lead a slave
revolt
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Local militia held him at bay until ______________. army and Marines
arrived.
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Marines were led by Gen. _________________________ E. Lee
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Ten of Browns men were killed. He was __________________________,
tried, and hung.
• Northerners made Brown a __________________________ and
championed his cause
• Southerners viewed the attack as __________________________that
they could not live safely in the Union.
Election of 1860
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____________Candidates ran
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__________________________ split over slavery issue
• Southern Democrats nominated John C.
____________________________________
• Northern ______________________________ nominated Stephen
Douglas
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Constitutional __________________________ Party (new) nominated
John Bell
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Republican party nominated _______________________________
Lincoln
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Southerners threatened to___________________________ if Lincoln was
elected
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Lincoln ________________ the election.
Secession
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Many southerners threatened ____________________, but many wanted to
stay in the union
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Dec. 20, 1860 South _________________________seceded from the Union.
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Feb. 1861 MS, FL, AL, GA, LA, & TX also ____________________
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All seceded based on ______________________ rights.
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Feb. 4, in Montgomery, AL, these states formed the
__________________________ States of America.
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They elected Jefferson __________________________, of MS, as their
President
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