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34 Cards in this Set
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Hinton Helper
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book entitled " Impending Crisis of the South" that sitrred trouble. proveed that poor whites suffered from slavery. Book was banned in the south
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John Brown
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abolitionist in 1856
- led folowers to Pottawattami Creek and killed 5 men/ - attacked in "bledding kansas" |
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Charles Sumner
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abolitionist attacked slavery in south carolina.
- Congressman brooks from south carolina beat him with his cane |
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Dred Scott
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black slave who sued for his freedom in 1857
- was ruled that whites do not have to abide under anything for blacks - ruled that the comrpomise of 1820 was unconstitutional |
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Roger Taney
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chief justice in Dred Scott Case
-scott sued for being in free teritory for a long time -court case started the civil war |
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John Breckinridge
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vice president elected in 1856 under southern democrats
-favored slavery but wanted to keep the union together |
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John Bell
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nominated for presidencey in 1860 under the Constitutional Union Party
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Abraham lincoln
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- Springfield Illinois lawyer
- won presidential election of 1860 -southerners hated him |
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John Crittenden
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senator of Kentucky
-responsible for Cittenden Compromise - fatherd two sons one became general in union army and the other a general in the Confederate army |
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Crittenden Compromise
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- war is between families and is absurd
-states were split up - war is primarily for slavery |
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Impending Crisis of the South
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book written by Hinton Helper
- hated slavery and blacks - said poor whites suffer the most from slavery -couldn't be published in the south |
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Bleeding Kansas
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- disputed as free of slave form 1854-1857
-by popular soverignity free soilers overuled slaves - killing in Kansas |
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Panic of 1857
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- Gold Rush caused inflation
- speculation and railroads hut northern economy -gave Republicans and issue for the election of 1860 |
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Lincoln Douglas Debate
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debate in 1858 Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen Douglas
- Douglas won senate but gave lincoln fame - foreshadowing of the Civil War |
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Freeport Doctorin
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occured during Lincoln Douglas Debates
-Douglas made to answer in a way that disrespected the south |
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Lecompton Constitution
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pro slavery constitution in Kansas
- was supported by Buchanan |
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James Buchanan
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president Afrter Franklin Pearce
-favored the south and the LeCompoton Constitution |
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Panic of 1857
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caused by inflation
north was hurt but southerners prospered - brought higher tarriff rate |
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Freeport Doctorine
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the issue of slavery was a decision that must be made by the people
- Douglas's argument during the Lincoln Douglas Debates |
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Stephen Douglas
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-saw the fraud of the Lecompton Constitution
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Preston Brooks
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beat charles Dummer with a cane
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Charles Sumner
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spoke against slavery
-was beaten with a cane by Preston Brooks |
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John C. Fremont
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Republican candidate of 1856
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James Buchanan
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Democratic candidate of 1856
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American party
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- called the "know nothing party"
- secrecy and protestant - nominated Millard Fillmore for American party candidate of 1856 |
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Millard Fillmore
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American part candidate
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Election of 1857
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James Buchanan won
against Milard Fillmore, and John Fremont |
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Democrats
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split between the north and south
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John C. Breckinridge
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southern democrat candidate
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Stephen Douglas
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- debate Lincoln and won debate
- northern democrat candidate for 1857 election |
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JOhn Bell
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southern democratic candidate for election of 1857
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Abe Lincoln
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Republican candidate for election of 1860
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Secession
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southern states seceded in 1860
- Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Lousinana, and Texas |
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Crittenden ammendments
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nam slavery noth of the 36 30 line and left the issues south of the line up to the people
- Linclon rejected |
