AP US History

Murrin CH 14 Study Guide

1) What was the centerpiece of the ansas!"e#ras$a Act%
&) Su''ari(e the ansas!"e#ras$a Act for the fo))owin*+
a) Popu)ar so,erei*nty
#) Status of the Missouri Co'pro'ise
c) -i,ision of "e#ras$a territory
d) Which re*iona) win* of the -e'ocratic Party supported the Act%
e) Who was the Senator who sponsored the Act%
.) What position did /inco)n ha,e on s)a,ery for the fo))owin*+
a) constitutiona)ity of s)a,ery in states that a)ready had it
#) 'ora) position on s)a,ery
c) whether s)a,ery shou)d #e e0panded into the territories
4) What i'pact did the ansas!"e#ras$a Act ha,e on the Whi* Party%
1) How did the 2epu#)ican Party co'e into e0istence in 1314%
4) What )ed 'any Ger'ans and 5rish to i''i*rate to the United States in the 1346s%
7) 5n which city did 5rish i''i*rants #eco'e an acti,e part of the po)itica) process%
3) How did Catho)ic or parochia) schoo)s co'e a#out%
8) What was the $ey issue for the now!"othin* Party%
16) What was /inco)n9s response to those who were a*ainst s)a,ery: #ut pro'oted anti!Catho)ic: anti!
forei*n positions%
11) Why did nati,is' fade in the 1316s as a do'inate issue%
1&) Which two *roups 'i*rated into ansas after the 1314 ansas!"e#ras$a Act and why%
1.) Genera))y ;don9t ha,e to *o into the detai)s) how did ansas ha,e two different territoria) *o,ern'ents
#y <anuary 1314%
14) Contrast the "orthern and Southern reactions to Con*ress'an =roo$s9 canin* of Senator Su'ner%
11) What 'ethod did <ohn =rown use to try and reso),e the crisis in ansas%
14) Accordin* to Southern -e'ocratic propa*anda who were =)ac$ 2epu#)icans%
17) Su''ari(e the -red Scott case ;1317) for the fo))owin*+
a) Why did Scott9s fate see' #)ea$ if it 'ade it to the Supre'e Court%
#) What *rounds did -red Scott sue for his freedo'%
c) Accordin* to the Supre'e Court: what power did Con*ress )ac$%
d) Accordin* to the Supre'e Court: why shou)d -red Scott9s case not ha,e e,en #een accepted
#y the )ower court%
e) What ar*u'ents did two of the dissentin* Supre'e Court >ustices 'a$e a*ainst the ru)in*%
13) Why did a wi)d fist fi*ht #rea$ out in the House in 1313%
18) What i'pact did the de#ate o,er ansas ha,e on the -e'ocratic Party%
&6) What re*ion of the US e0perienced the *reatest a'ount of industria) and ur#an *rowth in the 1346s and
1316s%
&1) Why were )iteracy rates hi*her in the "orth in co'parison to the South and =ritain and ?rance%
&&) What was the 'ain pro#)e' of the southern econo'y%
&.) What did Cotton is in* 'ean%
&4) Su''ari(e the pro!s)a,ery ar*u'ents for the fo))owin*+
a) )ife of a s)a,e ,s@ wor$ers in the "orth
#) what did s)a,es ne,er suffer fro' that wor$ers did in the "orth%
&1) Why did 7A3 of i''i*rants 'o,e to the "orth #etween 1341!1346%
&4) Why did the panic of 1317 te'porari)y re,i,e the tariff de#ate and hei*hten northern and southern
tensions%
&7) Accordin* to free!)a#or ideo)o*y: why was socia) 'o#i)ity the $ey to a free society%
&3) What was the response to the 1317 Impending Crisis of the South in the "orth and South%
&8) What #onds $ept non!s)a,e ho)din* whites co''itted to 'aintainin* s)a,ery in the South%
.6) What was the centra) the'e of /inco)n durin* the /inco)n!-ou*)as de#ates in 1313%
.1) -espite )osin* the Senate e)ection: what did /inco)n *ain%
.&) What was <ohn =rown hopin* to achie,e #y raidin* Harper9s ?erry in 1318%
..) Contrast the "orthern and Southern responses to <ohn =rown9s raid on Harper9s ?erry@
.4) How did the South portray )ife for wor$ers in the South and "orth in the ,isua)s on pa*e 167 ;.
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