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Name_______________ Study Guide for Chapter 16– Slavery Divides the Nation Section 1 The Missouri Compromise addressed slavery in the Louisiana Purchase. The issue was unresolved in lands that were part of the Mexican Cession. Abolitionists founded the Free-Soil Party. Section 2 The balance of power between North and South came to the forefront again when western territories applied for statehood. The Compromise of 1850 failed to completely satisfy either side. Tensions continued to build. Section 3 Popular sovereignty did not solve the slavery issue in the new territories. Proslavery and antislavery forces clashed violently in Kansas. The Dred Scott case further divided North and South. Section 4 During the 1858 Illinois Senate race, veteran politician Stephan Douglas and newcomer Abraham Lincoln debated the slavery issue. John Brown’s raid drove the North and South farther apart. Section 5 Seven southern states seceded from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected President. The Confederacy’s attack on Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War. Need to Know!!! 1. Plan proposed by Henry Clay to keep the number of slave and free states equal. Missouri Compromise 2. Proposed law to ban slavery in lands won from Mexico. Wilmot Proviso 3. Political party created to keep slavery out of western territories. Free-Soil party 4. The right of people to create their own government. The people decide! popular sovereignty 5. Henry Clay’s plan that allowed California to enter the Union as a free state and divided the rest of the Mexican Cession into territories of New Mexico and Utah. Compromise of 1850 6. Fighting between people of the same country. civil war 7. To leave or withdraw from a group. secede 8. A novel that described the evils of slavery Uncle Tom’s Cabin 9. A runaway slave was called a fugitive. 10. This law required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves. Fugitive Slave Act 11. This was a Supreme Court Case that led to the decision that enslaved people were not allowed to file lawsuits. Dred Scott v. Sanford 12. Proslavery settlers who battled the antislavery forces in Kansas were called Border Ruffians 13. Newspapers called the territory “Bleeding Kansas” after violence and numerous deaths occurred there in 1856. 14. This was a new political party started by Free-Soilers, northern Democrats, and antislavery Whigs. (Dominic supports this group) the Republican Party 15. Who led a raid of the arsenal at Harpers Ferry in hope to lead a slave uprising? John Brown 16. This Republican won the presidential election of 1860. Abraham Lincoln 17. The first state to secede from the Union. South Carolina 18. This man was the president of the Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis 19. Shelled by Confederate troops on April 12, 1861, marked the beginning of civil war. Fort Sumter Chorus from “John Brown’s Body” a folk song: “John Brown’s body lies a-mouldering in the grave, But his soul goes marching on.” 20. Which of the following people would have been most likely to sing this song? An abolitionist