Chapter 14 Review
1. Why did conflict over slavery rise in territories gained after the MexicanAmerican War?
 Both Northern and Southern states wanted to gain more power by either
allowing or denying slavery in these territories.
2. Why was the Free-Soil Party created?
 Members wanted to keep land in the Mexican Cession free of slavery.
3. Why did John C. Calhoun debate Henry Clay’s Compromise of 1850?
 Calhoun did not believe that the southern states benefited enough.
4. Define popular sovereignty.
 Giving people the ability to vote on issues.
5. What is the Wilmot Proviso?
 Proposed banning of slavery in all territories of the Mexican Cession.
6. What were the main points of the Compromise of 1850?
 1. CA joined as a Free State
 2. Slave trade was banned in Washington, D.C.
 Popular Sovereignty was used in Mexican Cession
 Addition of Fugitive Slave Act.
7. Define fugitive.
 Runaway slave
8. How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin impact the U.S.?
 Northerners used it to promote anti-slavery movements.
 Southerners were outraged and called it propaganda.
9. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do? Why did it lead to violence?
 Split Nebraska into 2 territories and they used popular sovereignty.
 Angry proslavery supporters and anti-slavery supporters attacked each
other.
10. How did Kansas get the nickname “Bleeding Kansas”?
 Violence broke out over whether Kansas would allow slavery or not.
11.Why did the Republican Party exist and whom did they break away from?
 Leaders wanted to stop the spread of slavery to the west.
 Broke away from the Whigs
12. Dred Scott Decision
 Dred Scott was not given the right to sue his owner because he was African
American.
 Slavery was legal in all territories because living in a free territory did not
make one free.
13. Why did Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln become rivals?
 Both wanted the same government position.
 Douglas called Lincoln an abolitionist.
 Both courted the same women, Mary Todd.
14. What did John Brown do to get sentenced to death?
 Planned an attack on an arsenal to lead a slave revolt.
15. Describe results of election of 1860.
 Republican (Lincoln) won all free states
 Northern Democrat (Douglas) won Missouri
 Southern Democrat (Breckinridge) won all Free States EXCEPT 4
 Constitutional Union (Bell) won KY, TN, VA
16. Why did southern state secede from the Union?
 Most feared they would have no say in the government with Lincoln as the
new president.
17. What events led to the eventual beginning of the Civil War?
 Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC
18. Define Civil War
 War between two groups within the same nation.
19. Define secede.
 To leave or withdraw
20. Why did Stephen Douglas introduce the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
 Supported the idea of popular sovereignty of new western lands.
21. Why did the South dislike the Wilmot Proviso?
 Did not want slavery to be banned in new territories.
22. Why did the admission of CA as a state cause debate between North and South?
 Both sides were trying to become more powerful with in the government and
CA would tip the scale of power in favor of one side.
23. How did northerners (Whites and African American) react to the Fugitive Slave
Act?
 Whites were outraged
 African Americans fled to Canada
24. Why did Lincoln return to politics?
 He did not support the Kansas-Nebraska Act proposed by Stephen Douglas.
25. Why did the North and South choose different candidates in the election of
1860?
 Both sides chose candidates that they believed would benefit their causes
concerning the future of slavery.
26. How might history have been different if Lincoln did not run for President and
instead Stephen Douglas wins the election of 1860?
 You will have to develop your own opinion to answer this question.