AMSCO Flashcard 5.6-5.9

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For the 1852 Presidential Election, which Candidate ran on a platform that fully endorsed the Compromise of 1850?

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Franklin Pierce (D)

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By Senator Stephen A Douglass that split Nebraska into two. Allowed settlers in these territories to decide on the legality of slavery, effectively repealing the Missouri compromise.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Violent conflict between proslavery and antislavery factions in Kansas during the mid-1850s over the issue of slavery following the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

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Bleeding Kansas

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Who was the congressman responsible for the violent caning of Senator Charles Sumner in the Senate chamber?

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Preston Brooks

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What was the stance of the Republican party regarding slavery?

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Slavery should not be allowed to expand to western territories.

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Which controversial document, associated with President Buchanan, aimed to admit Kansas as a slave state?

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Lecompton Constitution

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Which Supreme Court decision declared that African Americans could not be considered citizens and that Congress lacked the authority to ban slavery in U.S. territories?

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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Which event involved an attempted insurrection by an abolitionist at a federal armory, intensifying southern fears of northern aggression?

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John Brown's Raid

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Where did the first shots of the American Civil War occur, following an attempt by Lincoln to send supplies? Options: Gettysburg, Antietam, Fort Sumter, Vicksburg

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Fort Sumter

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Resulted in a union victory giving the north control of the Mississippi River and splitting the Confederacy in two. Union artillery bombarded this site for seven weeks before the Confederates finally surrendered the city (and nearly 29,000 soldiers) on July 4.

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Battle of Vicksburg