CH. 19 Significant Questions

CH. 19 How did Harriett Beecher Stowe’s book change political decision making in America and in Europe? Why? – America – politicians tried to thwart the spread of slavery into the territories. Wouldn’t support Fugitive Slave Act. Disagreed with Dred Scott decision. – Europe – wouldn’t support the South in the war – Their eyes were opened to the real horrors of Southern slavery How did the events in Kansas effect how Congress behaved? Northern Abolitionists? – Hateful speeches condemning slavery advocates, Congressmen beating Congressmen, further sectionalism. – John Brown raid into the South. Increased efforts to stop slavery.

CH. 19 What did Bleeding Kansas tell America about the issue of slavery? – People were willing to fight and kill each other to preserve it or to eliminate the institution. How did the Lincoln-Douglas debates change American politics and political leadership in America? – Lincoln was catapulted into the national political limelight and eventually into the White House which caused secession

CH. 19 What effect did John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry have on public sentiment in the North? In the South? – North – some felt he’d gone too far, while others thought he was a hero – South – thought he was a wretched person and a Northern agent to hurt Southern interests, which built more mistrust between N & S. What effect did the national election of 1860 have on American history? – Lincoln was elected which caused Southern states to secede from the Union

CH. 19 Do you think the Southern states wanted war when they seceded? – No, but they were not surprised when it happened. What state seceded first? What states seceded? What slave states didn’t secede? Why didn’t they secede? – S. Carolina – Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Virginia, N. Carolina, Tennessee – Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, W. Virginia – They supported slavery but not secession

CH. 19 What was the Crittenden Compromise? – Last effort to stop secession, as it extended the Missouri Compromise line all the way to California Who stopped it from passing? Why? – Lincoln and Republicans voted it down – They didn’t want slavery to spread at any cost. What did the South think the North would do once the South actually seceded? – Mouth off but not start a damaging and risky war

CH. 19 Southerners compared their secession to what other event in U.S. history? – American Declaration of Independence from Britain What did the South believe would eventually happen once Republicans gained control of the government if they didn’t secede? – The government would abolish slavery and end Southerners way of life To what extent, if any, was slavery the main cause of the Civil War? – Totally – take the issue out of our history and there is no war.

CH. 19 Repeated attempts at political compromise failed to calm tensions over slavery and often made sectional tensions worse. Support, modify, or refute this statement. – Modify – sometimes yes, sometime no, for instance, The Compromise of 1850 kept both sides calm for a while with the exception of the Fugitive Slave Act. On the other hand the Kansas-Nebraska Act fueled Bleeding Kansas and fights in Congress and ignoring of the Fugitive Slave Act To what extent if any, was the Dred Scott decision the turning point event leading to the Civil War? – Very significant because now Abolitionist felt they needed to control the Executive and Legislative branches to make laws to outlaw slavery which created a strong sentiment of secession in the South