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Civil War Simulation
2022 Civil War Simulation- Questions from Henretta (Ch 13)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the Wilmot Proviso propose? | A ban on slavery in any territories gained from the Mexican-American war |
| What did the Free-soil movement oppose? | The expansion of slavery |
| William Lloyd Garrison and other radical abolitionists did not like how the Free Soilers stressed what? | . White freehold farming OR racist “whitemanism” |
| What is squatter sovereignty? | Congress would allow settlers in each territory to determine its status as free or slave |
| Who did the Free Soil Party nominate as their candidate in the election of 1848? | Martin Van Buren |
| Who did the Whigs nominate as their candidate in the election of 1848? | General Zachary Taylor |
| What was Zachary Taylor’s stance on slavery? | Defended slavery in the south but not in the territories |
| What was Zachary Taylor’s nickname? | “Old Rough and Ready” |
| Who won the election of 1848? | Zachary Taylor |
| California farmers produced huge crops of what two products that San Francisco merchants exported to Europe at high prices? | Wheat and barley |
| John C. Calhoun argued that Congress had no constitutional authority to regulate slavery in the territories because why? | Slaves were property and the Constitution restricted Congress’s power to limit property rights |
| What did John C. Calhoun mean when he said, “slavery follows the flag?” | That planters could by right take their slave property into new territories |
| Why was squatter sovereignty renamed popular sovereignty? | To link it to the republican ideology which placed ultimate power in the hands of the people |
| Who became president in 1850 after Zachary Taylor’s sudden death? | Millard Fillmore |
| Under what status was California admitted to the Union? | As a free state |
| In the Compromise of 1850, what was included to make the South happy? | A new Fugitive Slave Act |
| What did the Compromise of 1850 determine about the District of Columbia? | It abolished the slave trade there, but not slavery |
| What did the Compromise of 1850 determine about the territories of New Mexico and Utah? | They would use popular sovereignty to determine the issue of slavery |
| Who were “fire-eaters?” | Militant activists who had special conventions to safeguard “southern rights” |
| What was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850? | The Fugitive Slave Act |
| What were the potential consequences of helping protect slave fugitives? | Substantial fines and prison sentences |
| Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852? | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| What novel boosted opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act? | Uncle Tom’s Cabin |
| State legislators in the North protested that the Fugitive Slave Act violated what? | State sovereignty |
| What were personal-liberty laws | Laws that guaranteed to all residents, including alleged fugitives, the right to a jury trial |
| In 1859, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney led a unanimous Supreme Court decision which affirmed what? | The supremacy of federal courts which upheld the constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Act |
| Who was elected President in 1852? | Franklin Pierce |
| Where did the Missouri Compromise prohibit new slave states? | In the LA Purchase north of the 36°30’ |
| How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 repeal the Missouri Compromise? | It organized the region on the basis of popular sovereignty |
| What led to the end of the Whig Party? | The Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| Who was a part of the new Republican Party after the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | Anti-Nebraska Democrats, ex-Whigs, Free-Soilers, and abolitionists |
| Why did the new Republican Party all oppose slavery? | It drove down the wages of free workers and degraded the dignity of manual labor |
| The American or Know-Nothing Party had its origins in what? | Anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic movements of the 1840s |
| What happened when Kansas and Nebraska were opened up to popular sovereignty? | Thousands of settlers rushed into the territories temporarily to vote in elections there |
| What was “Bleeding Kansas?” | When proslavery forces and anti-slavery forces clashed violently in Kansas |
| Who was John Brown? | An abolitionist who was angered by proslavery attacks and therefore attacked proslavery settlers back |
| What was the result of the attacks on Lawrence and the Pottawatomie killings? | It started a guerrilla war in Kansas that took nearly 200 lives |
| Who won the election of 1856? | James Buchanan |
| What was Dred Scott’s reasoning for why he should be considered free? | His residence in a free state and a free territory had made him free |
| What was the ruling that the justices gave in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case? | Scott was still a slave |
| What was Chief Justice Robert B. Taney’s opinion on the Dred Scott v. Sandford case in terms of citizenship? | That Negroes, whether enslaved or free, could not be citizens of the U.S. and therefore Scott could not sue in federal court |
| What was Chief Justice Robert B. Taney’s opinion on the Dred Scott v. Sandford case in terms of property? | Congress could not prevent southern citizens from moving their slave property into the territories because the 5th Amendment essentially prohibited it |
| 43.) What was Chief Justice Robert B. Taney’s opinion on the Dred Scott v. Sandford case in terms of the Northwest Ordinance and the Missouri Compromise? | The provisions of the Northwest Ordinance and the Missouri Compromise that prohibited slavery had never been constitutional |
| Abraham Lincoln was a member of what political party initially? | Whig |
| To avoid future racial strife, what solution did Abraham Lincoln favor early in his career for freed blacks? | Colonization of freed blacks in Africa or South America |
| In 1858, Abraham emerged as a politician for what political party? | Republican |
| What is the most famous quote from Abraham Lincoln’s “House Divided Speech?” | “A house divided against itself cannot stand” |
| What does Abraham Lincoln’s famous “House Divided Speech” say about the future of slavery in the U.S.? | The U.S. won’t be half free and half slave, it will become all one thing, or all the other |
| In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, what did Stephen Douglas support? | White supremacy |
| In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, what did Abraham Lincoln support? | Free blacks should have equal economic opportunities but not equal political rights |
| What is the Freeport Doctrine? | A territory’s residents could exclude slavery by not adopting laws to protect it |
| Who won the Illinois Senate seat in 1858? | Stephen Douglas |
| After the election of 1858, what did moderate Democrats demand? | Political or constitutional protections for slavery |
| After the election of 1858, what did fire-eater Democrats promote? | Secession |
| What was John Brown’s goal in leading a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA? | Brown hoped to arm slaves and have a major rebellion to end slavery |
| In the election of 1860, Republicans courted what group to vote for their candidate? | Free Soilers |
| Who won the Presidential election of 1860? | Abraham Lincoln |
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