AICE US 1.3 Vocab

The Republicans won the 1860 presidential election because:

• the Democratic Party was divided, increasing Republican support

• they promised to expand slavery into new territories

• they had strong support from Southern states

• they supported the continuation of the Missouri Compromise

What is the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and that Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in U.S. territories?

• Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

What term was used by Northerners to describe the perceived political influence and dominance of Southern slaveholders in the federal government, suggesting a conspiracy to expand and protect slavery?

• Slave Power

• Manifest Destiny

• Free Soil Doctrine

• Nullification Crisis

What was the name of the pro-slavery constitution proposed for Kansas' admission to the Union, supported by President Buchanan but opposed by many, including Stephen Douglas, due to its undemocratic nature?

• Lecompton Constitution

• Topeka Constitution

• Wyandotte Constitution

• Missouri Compromise

What is the name of the 1858 speech by Abraham Lincoln stating that the nation could not endure permanently half slave and half free, highlighting the moral and political divisions over slavery?

• A House Divided

• Gettysburg Address

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Second Inaugural Address

What were the Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858)?

• A series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas during the Illinois Senate race, focusing on the issue of slavery's expansion into the territories.

• A set of laws passed to exclude slavery from new territories.

• An attempted insurrection led by John Brown.

• A speech by William H. Seward about the inevitability of conflict.

What is the Freeport Doctrine?

• The principle that territories could effectively exclude slavery by refusing to adopt laws establishing and protecting it, despite the Dred Scott decision.

• A series of debates about slavery.

• An insurrection led by John Brown.

• A speech about the inevitability of conflict.

What happened during the Raid on Harpers Ferry (1859)?

• John Brown led an attempted insurrection to initiate a slave uprising by seizing the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia; the raid failed, and Brown was captured and executed.

• Abraham Lincoln debated Stephen Douglas.

• William H. Seward gave a speech about conflict.

• Territories refused to adopt laws about slavery.

What was the main idea of the 'Irrepressible Conflict' Speech?

• The U.S. would eventually become either entirely free or entirely slave, emphasizing the inevitability of the sectional conflict.

• Territories could exclude slavery.

• John Brown led a raid on Harpers Ferry.

• Lincoln and Douglas debated about slavery.

Which term describes a group of radical pro-slavery Southern politicians who advocated for the secession of Southern states to preserve slavery?

• Fire-Eaters

• Copperheads

• Barnburners

• Know-Nothings