Us History Chapter 17 Study Guide

Front 1

American

Back 1

The __________ party grew quickly due to its anti-immigrant views.

Front 2

Civil War

Back 2

A _______ is a war between citizens of the same country.

Front 3

Southern Whites

Back 3

________________ were the group most pleased by the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford.

Front 4

Abstain

Back 4

________ means to not vote.

Front 5

Kansas

Back 5

in _______ both pro slavery and antislavery gov't existed at the same time.

Front 6

popular sovereignty

Back 6

------- was the approach senator Stephen a. Douglas proposed as an alternative to the Missouri compromise.

Front 7

republican

Back 7

the --------- party was formed by antislavery whigs, democrats, and free soilers.

Front 8

bleeding Kansas

Back 8

----------- was the name used in 1856 newspaper stories about the events in Lawrence, kansas

Front 9

36 30n latitude

Back 9

------------ was the line that marked the division between slave states and nonslave states

Front 10

Missouri compromise

Back 10

the -------- preserved the balance between slave states and free states

Front 11

john brown

Back 11

__________ led a raid on a federal arsenal at harpers ferry Virginia.

Front 12

states rights

Back 12

secessionists used the concept of ---------- to support their views.

Front 13

popular sovereignty

Back 13

the suggestion that people living in each territory should decide whether a new state would be free or slave based on the principle known as -------

Front 14

Dred Scott v Sanford

Back 14

an argument in the _--- decision was slaves were personal property and could not be taken away without due process.

Front 15

Missouri compromise

Back 15

---------- was declared unconstitutional in the dred scott v Sanford.

Front 16

the compromise of 1850

Back 16

----------- was intended to solve sectional disagreements over the admissions of territories as free or slaves states

Front 17

Abraham lincoln

Back 17

the election of ---- as president led south Carolina and other southern states to secede ffrom the union

Front 18

free soil

Back 18

------------- party members left their original parties because they opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories.

Front 19

abolitionist

Back 19

the most important impact of the ----------- movement is the influence of public opinion, particularly in the north, against the institution of slavery.

Front 20

Zachary taylor and lewis cass

Back 20

both ------ --- ------ ignored the issue of slavery during the 1848 presidential election.

Front 21

arsenal

Back 21

-------- storage site for weapons.

Front 22

Jefferson Davis

Back 22

------------ was the first president of the confederate states of America.

Front 23

south Carolina

Back 23

----------- was the first state to secede from the union.

Front 24

attack at fort sumter

Back 24

the ------------ marked the beginning of the civil war.