UNIT 4 REQUIRED CONTENT REVIEW

Telegraph during the Civil War:

• The telegraph was primarily used for sending telegrams to civilians.
• The telegraph was used for rapid communication during the Civil War - helped North more than South

• The telegraph was used only for military purposes and not for communication.
• The telegraph was not invented until after the Civil War.

How did the Missouri Compromise increase sectionalism?

• formalized division between free and slave states, intensifying regional conflicts over slavery.

• It abolished slavery in all states.
• It had no impact on the relationship between the North and South.
• It created a new political party focused on abolition.

Contribution of popular sovereignty to the Civil War:

• intensified the conflict over slavery in new territories.

• led to the immediate abolition of slavery.

• no impact on the tensions between the North and South.

• promoted economic growth in the South.

1850s popular sovereignty:

• Popular sovereignty allowed territories to decide on the legality of slavery.
• Popular sovereignty required all states to be free states.
• Popular sovereignty was a law passed by Congress in the 1850s.
• Popular sovereignty abolished slavery in all territories.

Free Soil ideology, 1848:

• Promotion of land grants for slaveholders in the West.
• Advocacy for the immediate abolition of slavery nationwide.
• Support for the continuation of slavery in the South.
• Opposition to the expansion of slavery into western territories.

Effects of 1850 Compromise:

• The Compromise of 1850 temporarily eased tensions between slave and free states but ultimately failed to resolve the conflict.
• The Compromise of 1850 permanently resolved the issue of slavery in the United States.
• It led to the immediate abolition of slavery in all states.
• The Compromise of 1850 increased tensions between the North and South significantly.

Results of 1850 Compromise:

• California = free state

• Missouri = slave state

• Strict new Fugitive Slave Act

• Possible Slavery in new territories

• Nebraska gets statehood

1850 Fugitive Slave Law:

• strengthened the enforcement of returning escaped slaves.

• encouraged the emancipation of slaves.

• allowed slaves to sue for their freedom.

• abolished slavery in the United States.

Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854:

• allowed popular sovereignty to determine the status of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska.

• a new state constitution for Kansas.

• mandated federal control over slavery decisions.

• abolished slavery in both territories.

What groups formed the new Republican Party in 1854?

• Southern Democrats, Unionists, and Pro-Slavery Whigs
• Labor Union members, Socialists, and Federalists
• Radical Republicans, Green Party members, and Loyalists
• Former Whigs, Free Soilers, anti-slavery Democrats, and abolitionists.