American History CH 13-The Politics of Slavery Flashcards 22 April 2021 0 811 What did Abraham Lincoln demand in 1854? The restoration of the Missouri Compromise Lincoln's claim that the Union could not survive "half slave and half free" earned him Stephen C. Douglas's taunt "Black republican New immigrants usually found work as Wage laborers in cities. Most white southerners regarded John Brown as A demented old man who wanted them dead Southerners generally agreed that slavery was less efficient than free labor but believed slavery was the only way to Get work done in an unproductive climate. The proposer of the Compromise of 1850 gathered all its elements into a single piece of legislation known as The Omnibus Bill. Northerners generally agreed that Slavery would collapse if expansion was denied. Stephen C. Douglas: Opposed the Lecompton Constitution Abraham Lincoln lost the election in 1858, and his battle Made Lincoln a leading spokesman for the Republican Party. Under the original compromise proposal Slave trading was banned in Washington, D.C. Abolitionist followers of William Lloyd Garrison generally Opposed violence to achieve an end to slavery. What caused some delegates to walk out of the Democratic convention in Charleston, South Carolina? Its failure to pass a resolution endorsing slavery. Stephen A. Douglas first introduced a provision for popular sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska Act How did Congress respond to the need for stable government in Utah and California after significant migrations of Americans there? Congress did little because of sectional differences. Abolitionist followers of William Lloyd Garrison generally. Opposed violence to achieve an end to slavery. Most white southerners regarded John Brown as A demented old man who wanted them dead Abolitionist followers of William Lloyd Garrison generally Opposed violence to achieve an end to slavery. Stephen A. Douglas first introduced a provision for popular sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Justice Roger Brooke Taney ruled that Congress had erred in the Missouri Compromise because that body Had infringed on the property rights of southerners by banning slavery from the territory. How was the Fugitive Slave Law received in African American communities in the North? With terror, because they believed every African American was subject to slavery. How did northern farmers fare in the decade of the 1850s? They experienced an economic boom. The constitutional convention in Lecompton, Kansas, can best be described as Radically antiracist. What had become the most profitable product of the South by 1850? Cotton The proposer of the Compromise of 1850 gathered all its elements into a single piece of legislation known as The Omnibus Bill. Beyond even racism, what motivated Southerners in their determination to expand slavery into western territories? The defense of property rights and ability to move that property What had forced North and South into a final debate over the future of slavery by 1850? The disposition of land acquired in the war with Mexico. What argument regarding Congress's proposed restrictions on the expansion of slavery was advanced by John C. Calhoun? Congress had no right to impose such limits. Share this post
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