Chapter 13 Flashcards 22 April 2021 0 1109 With what did abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass most associate freedom? right to earn a living Abolitionist followers of William Lloyd Garrison generally Opposed violence to achieve an end to slavery. What helped tie the sections of the United States into a single national market? Extensive development in transportation and communication. How did northern farmers fare in the decade of the 1850s? They experienced an economic boom. What trend developed in agricultural employment in the 1850s? A lower percentage of farmers grew more food than before. New immigrants usually found work as Wage laborers in cities. What most spurred economic growth in the North in the 1850s? Urbanization and industrialization. What had become the most profitable product of the South by 1850? Cotton. What was the effect of the sale of so many slaves from the Upper South to the Lower South? The political influence of the Upper South was reduced. What percentage of Southern white families owned slaves in 1860? 25 percent. 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. 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. If adopted, the Wilmot Proviso would have Banned slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico. 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. 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. What was the primary platform of the Free Soil Party in the election of 1848? Slavery should be barred from all territories. Who proposed the basic framework of the Compromise of 1850? Henry Clay of Kentucky. Under the original Compromise of 1850 proposal Slave trading was banned in Washington, D.C. The proposer of the Compromise of 1850 gathered all its elements into a single piece of legislation known as The Omnibus Bill. What was the consequence of the Senate's killing the original package of the Compromise of 1850? A new generation of leaders took over Congress. What events helped bring about the Compromise of 1850 in Congress? The deaths of President Zachary Taylor and John C. Calhoun. What strategy Stephen Douglas employ to get the compromise proposals through Congress? He offered five separate bills, each designed to win different majorities. Who would have jurisdiction in fugitive slave classes following passage of the Compromise of 1850? Federal commissioners. 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. What motivated Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom's Cabin? The Fugitive Slave Act. Why did the Democratic Party nominate Franklin Pierce for president in 1852? He was a northern man thought to be sympathetic to the South. Which advantage did immigrant workers have compared to free blacks in Northern cities? The right to vote. Why was the American Party also known as the Know-Nothing Party? It began as a secret society. Stephen A. Douglas first introduced a provision for popular sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska Act. When Douglas divided Nebraska Territory into two territories, he expected popular sovereignty to Result in one slave state and one free state. What did Abraham Lincoln demand in 1854? The restoration of the Missouri Compromise. Which of the following best describes the efforts of the New England Emigrant Aid Company? They recruited thousands of Kansas settlers for the defense of slavery. Why was the first popular sovereignty vote in Kansas so one sided in favor of slavery? Proslavery advocates from Missouri cast fraudulent votes in the election. Where did violence erupt in Kansas over the competing constitutions that permitted and banned slavery? Lawrence. Who was the first presidential candidate of the new Republican Party? John C. Fremont. What issue held the unwieldy Republican coalition together? Opposition to slavery's expansion in western territories. Why did the Democratic Party choose James Buchanan as their presidential nominee in 1856? He took a firm stance against immigration. Why did Democrats argue that their party should prevail in the election of 1856? Only the Democratic Party could prevent the breakup of the Union. 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. Northerners generally agreed that Slavery would collapse if expansion was denied. What was the most surprising outcome of the presidential election in 1856? How close the Republican Party came to victory. What created the uproar in the northern reaction to Judge Roger Brooke Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case? Scott was not a citizen because he was black. 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. The constitutional convention in Lecompton, Kansas, can best be described as Radically antiracist. Who won the election for the U.S. Senate in Illinois in 1858? Stephen C. Douglas. Lincoln's claim that the Union could not survive "half slave and half free" earned him Stephen C. Douglas's taunt "Black republican." Abraham Lincoln lost the election in 1858, and his battle Made Lincoln a leading spokesman for the Republican Party. Stephen C. Douglas Opposed the Lecompton Constitution. Most white southerners regarded John Brown as A martyr. What caused some delegates to walk out of the Democratic convention in Charleston, South Carolina? Its nomination of Stephen A. Douglas, who was "soft" on slavery. Share this post
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