U4T2 Events Leading to the Civil War Vocab

What was the Missouri Compromise?

• A proclamation that slavery would not exist in the newly acquired Mexican Cession.

• The division of the nation by sections based on sectional interests.

• Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the area north of 36° 30' latitude line.

• A best-selling novel about the evils of slavery.

What did the Wilmot Proviso assert?

• California was admitted as a free state.

• A department was established in the government specifically for the purpose of arresting and returning fugitive slaves.

• A proclamation that slavery would not exist in the newly acquired Mexican Cession.

• The division of the nation by sections based on sectional interests.

What does sectionalism refer to?

• The admission of California as a free state.

• The division of the nation by sections based on sectional interests instead of the interests of the entire country.

• A best-selling novel about the evils of slavery.

• A slave suing for his freedom as a former resident of a free state.

What was the Compromise of 1850?

• A proclamation that slavery would not exist in the newly acquired Mexican Cession.

• California was admitted as a free state and residents of the territories of the Mexican Cession could vote on slavery.

• A department was established for arresting and returning fugitive slaves.

• A best-selling novel about the evils of slavery.

What was established by the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• A department for arresting and returning fugitive slaves.

• A proclamation that slavery would not exist in the newly acquired Mexican Cession.

• The division of the nation by sectional interests.

• The admission of California as a free state.

What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

• A proclamation that slavery would not exist in the newly acquired Mexican Cession.

• The division of the nation by sections based on sectional interests.

• A department established for arresting and returning fugitive slaves.

• A best-selling novel about the evils of slavery, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act entail?

• The division of the nation by sections based on sectional interests.

• California would become a free state and the issue of slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska.

• A department was established for arresting and returning fugitive slaves.

• A best-selling novel about the evils of slavery.

What was the result of the Bleeding Kansas conflict?

• The division of the nation by sections based on sectional interests.

• A proclamation that slavery would not exist in the newly acquired Mexican Cession.

• Residents of Kansas could vote for or against slavery, leading to civil unrest and deaths.

• A department was established for arresting and returning fugitive slaves.

What was the significance of the Dred Scott Decision?

• A proclamation that slavery would not exist in the newly acquired Mexican Cession.

• The division of the nation by sections based on sectional interests.

• A slave sued for his freedom and the Supreme Court ruled that he could not sue since he was not considered a citizen, but property.

• A best-selling novel about the evils of slavery.

What were the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?

• A proclamation that slavery would not exist in the newly acquired Mexican Cession.

• The division of the nation by sections based on sectional interests.

• Debates where Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas argued about slavery, dividing the house further over the issue of slavery in the nation.

• A department was established for arresting and returning fugitive slaves.