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Civil War Notes
Wilmot Proviso
Who:David Wilmot
Who is affected:Slaveholders/Slavetraders (South)SlavesNorthernersPeople in Territories
Wilmot Proviso
What:Outlaw slavery
What is outcome?Does not become lawCreation of Free-Soil Party
Where in U.S. affected?Territories claimed from Mexico
Wilmot Proviso
When created?No date given
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Compromise of 1850
Who:Henry Clay (KY)
Who is affected:Northern statesSouthern statesCalifornia
Compromise of 1850
What is the purpose:Maintain balance between slave/free states in
CongressAdd California as free state
What each side received:North:
Cali. admitted as free state Washington D.C. abolishes slavery
South: New territories to allow slavery Promised no new anti-slave laws in territories
Compromise of 1850
Where in the U.S. was affected:Northern statesSouthern statesCalifornia
When created:1850
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Fugitive Slave Act
Who created:No person credited
Who did this affect:SlavesSlave huntersNorthern statesWorkforce in North
Fugitive Slave Act
What are rules:Northerners help capture runaway slaves
What was reaction in North:OutrageBegin breaking law
Reaction in South*:Outrage—Northerners not punished for breaking law
Fugitive Slave Act
Where in U.S. affected:Northern states
When created:1850
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Kansas/Nebraska Act; Bleeding Kansas
Who created Kansas-Nebraska Act (K-N Act):Stephen Douglas
Who did this affect:Kansas/Nebraska Territories
What is K-N Act:Territories will decide free/slave status
Kansas/Nebraska Act; Bleeding Kansas
Popular Sovereignty is:Popular vote
Bleeding Kansas was:Nickname for state due to amount of violence
Where U.S. affected:Kansas
Kansas/Nebraska Act; Bleeding Kansas
When created/happened:1854
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Creation of Republican Party
Who created:Northern Whigs (& a few Democrats)
Who’s affected:North – protects interestsSouth – threatens slavery
What party is for/political viewpoint:Anti-slavery
Creation of Republican Party
Where affected:Everywhere
When was created:1856
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Dred Scott Supreme Court Case
Who was Dred Scott:Slave from Missouri
Who affected:SlavesSlave owners
What Dred Scott in court for:Suing for freedom
Dred Scott Supreme Court Case
What response from court was:Court denies freedom; wasn’t U.S. citizen; slavery
protected by Constitution
Where case took place:Washington D.C.
Dred Scott Supreme Court Case
When case happened:1857
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John Brown: Bleeding Kansas/Harper’s Ferry
Who is this:Abolitionist (anti-slave) or pro-slave murderer from
Kansas
Who’s affected:Pro-slavery supportersSlavesVirginia military
John Brown: Bleeding Kansas/Harper’s Ferry
What he did:Kills 5 pro-slave people in KansasCapture weapons arsenal to start slave rebellion
What was plan for Harper’s Ferry:Break into arsenalHand out weapons to slavesSend slaves to plantation to kill owners
John Brown: Bleeding Kansas/Harper’s Ferry
Where affected:KansasVirginia
When Bleeding Kansas happened:1855-56
When Harper’s Ferry happened:October 16, 1859
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Election of 1860
Who runs for President:Abraham LincolnJohn BellStephen DouglasJohn Breckinridge
Who wins election:Abraham Lincoln
Election of 1860
What impact slavery had on people voting:People voted for candidate that shared their view of
slavery.
Where election takes place:U.S.
When election took place:November 1860
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South Secedes/Lincoln’s Inauguration
Who did secession affect:SouthNorth
Which state was 1st to secede:South Carolina
What is secession:To withdraw from U.S.
South Secedes/Lincoln’s Inauguration
What Lincoln said about secession:Against secession; would try to bring Southern states
back.
Where in U.S. affected:U.S.
South Secedes/Lincoln’s Inauguration
When secession happened:December 20, 1860
When Lincoln gave inauguration speech:March 4, 1861
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