Chapter 15 Test Overview

People / Terms / Other
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Stephen Douglas
Henry Clay
David Wilmot
John C. Calhoun
Daniel Webster
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Franklin Pierce
John Brown
Dred Scott
Charles Sumner
Preston Brooks
Henry Foote
Thomas Hart Benton
Chief Justice Roger Taney
John C. Fremont
James Buchanan
Abe Lincoln
John C. Breckinridge
John Bell
John Crittenden
Jefferson Davis
Alexander Stephens
Henry A. Wise
Free Soiler
John Brown
John J. Crittenden / Sectionalism
Popular Sovereignty
Secede
Fugitive
Civil War
Abolitionist
Guerilla Warfare
“Honor System”*
Balance of Power
Filibuster
Fire-Eater
Freeport Doctrine
Free Soil Party
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Pottawatomie Massacre
Republican Party
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Arsenal
Martyr
Constitutional Union Party / Missouri Compromise
Wilmot Proviso
Compromise of 1850
California
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Boarder Ruffians
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Sumner
Dred Scott Case/Decision
Republican Party
Confederate States of America
Southern Democrat
Northern Democrat
December 20, 1860
South Carolina
Lawrence, Kansas
Harper’s Ferry

Short Answer Questions: Below are three Short Answer Questions (you will be expected to write 5-7 sentences). Two of the questions below will appear on the test.

1. Explain why Preston Brooks caned Charles Sumner instead of challenging him to a duel.

2. Explain the importance of the Lincoln-Douglas debates and compare and contrast their views on the institution of slavery.

3. The quotes below are about John Brown and his raid on Harper’s Ferry. Explain how Southerners could hate and despise Brown as well as respect the man.

1.  Edmund Ruffin-Southern Nationalist

§  “Villainn [sic] of unmitigated turpitude” but also a “very brave & able man….it is impossible…not to respect his thorough devotion to his bad cause, & the undaunted courage through which he has sustained it….”

2.  Gov. of VA Henry A Wise

·  “He is a bundle of the best nerves I ever saw cut and thrust and bleeding in bonds….He is a man of clear head, of courage, fortitude, and simple ingenuousness. He is cool, collected, and indomitable….and he inspired me with great trust in his integrity as a man of truth. He is a fanatic, vain and garrulous but firm, truthful, and intelligent.