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| Name the five points of the Compromise of 1850. |
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1. California enters as a free state
2. rest of Mexican Cession would be federal land
3. govenor buys land from Texas
4. no slave trade, but yes to slavery
5. more effective fugitive slave law would be passed |
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| State the details of the Fugitive Slave Act. |
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| allows officials to arrest slaves in free areas and made it illegal to help runaway slaves |
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| When did the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act begin? Who was James Hamlet? |
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| immediately; unarrested slave |
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| Who was John Brown? Where was he originally from? When did he and his sons move to Kansas? |
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| an abolistionist; Meadville, Pennsylvania; 1855 |
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| What did John Brown do on the night of May 24, 1856? Where did it take place? |
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| killed 5 pro-slavery men; Kansas |
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| What did the John Brown massacre become known as? Who did he say ordered him to do this? |
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| Pottawatomie Massacre; God |
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Term
| What was the American party? What was another name for the American party? |
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| combination of Whigs and Democrats; ? |
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| Who was Dred Scott? Explain his supreme court case? |
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| a slave; he was suing for freedom |
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| Who was Roger B. Taney? What were his three rulings? |
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Chief Justice
1. Africans have no rights
2. decided is Scott's presence on free soil made him free
3. declared Missouri Compromise restrictions on slavery in the north |
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| Who was Abraham Lincoln? What did he say about the Dred Scott decision? |
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| at the time of the Dred Scott case, an Illinois lawyer; Scott should be free |
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| What did John Brown do in 1858? What was his plan? |
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Definition
| tried to start an uprising to arm local slaves |
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| What did John Brown and his men do on Oct. 16, 1859? Where did the raid take place? |
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Definition
| raided the arsenal at Harper's Ferry in Virginia |
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| Why did John Brown send his men into the countryside? Why didn't the slaves join him? Who came instead? What was the result? |
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Definition
| to get slaves to join him; feared punishment; federal troops and he was captured |
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| Who arrived in Harper's Ferry the night after the raid by John Brown? Who was the leader? What happened? |
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| federal troops; Robert E. Lee; they captured John Brown |
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| What was Brown convicted of? What was his punishment? When was it carried out? |
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| treason, murder, and conspiracy; put to death; Dec. 2, 1859 |
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Term
| When did South Carolina secede from the union? What other states followed? |
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| Dec. 20, 1860; Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas |
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Term
| Louisiana was the ____ state to secede. |
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| What did the states call themselves? |
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| Who was elected president of the confederacy? Where was he from? |
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| Jefferson Davis; Mississippi |
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