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Study Guide for Chapter 16– Slavery Divides the Nation
Section 1
The ____________Compromise addressed ____________ in the
Louisiana Purchase. The issue was unresolved in lands that were part
of the __________________. Abolitionists founded the
________________ Party.
Section 2
The __________ of power between North and South came to the
forefront again when western territories __________ for ____________.
The Compromise of _________ failed to completely _________ either
side. ____________ continued to build.
Section 3
_________________ did not solve the slavery issue in the new
territories. Proslavery and antislavery forces ___________ violently in
____________. The _______________ case further __________ North
and South.
Section 4
During the 1858 Illinois Senate race, veteran politician Stephan
___________ and newcomer Abraham __________ debated the
_________ issue. ______________ raid drove the ________ and
___________ farther apart.
Section 5
______________________________ from the Union after Abraham
Lincoln was ____________ President. The Confederacy’s attack on
______________ marked the beginning of the ____________.
Need to Know!!!
1. Plan proposed by Henry Clay to keep the number of slave and free states equal.
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2. Proposed law to ban slavery in lands won from Mexico.
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3. Political party created to keep slavery out of western territories.
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4. The right of people to create their own government. The people decide!
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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.
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6. Fighting between people of the same country.
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7. To leave or withdraw from a group.
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8. A novel that described the evils of slavery
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9. A runaway slave was called a __________________.
10.
This law required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves.
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11.
This was a Supreme Court Case that led to the decision that enslaved people
were not allowed to file lawsuits.
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12.
Proslavery settlers who battled the antislavery forces in Kansas were called
__________________________
13.
Newspapers called the territory “__________________” 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) ______________________
15.
Who led a raid of the arsenal at Harpers Ferry in hope to lead a slave uprising?
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16.
This Republican won the presidential election of 1860.
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17.
The first state to secede from the Union.
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18.
This man was the president of the Confederate States of America.
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19.
Shelled by Confederate troops on April 12, 1861, marked the beginning of
civil war.
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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?
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