US History

U.S. History Study Guide

©2018 of 194 Nativism ...........................................................................................................................................................................................147 Women in the North....................................................................................................................................................................147 11.11 Southern Culture .............................................................................................................................................. 148 Cotton and Slavery in the South .............................................................................................................................................148 Classes in the South .....................................................................................................................................................................148 The Planter Class ..........................................................................................................................................................................148 The Yeoman Farmers..................................................................................................................................................................148 The Poor Whites ...........................................................................................................................................................................149 The Role of Women .....................................................................................................................................................................149 Education.........................................................................................................................................................................................149 11.12 Southern Slave Culture................................................................................................................................... 149 Gag Rule of 1836...........................................................................................................................................................................149 Southern Response to the Antislavery Movement .........................................................................................................149 11.13 Chapter Eleven Practice Exam..................................................................................................................... 151 Chapter 12: Events that Lead to the Civil War, 1848-1861 ............................................................... 153 12.1 The Election of 1848 .......................................................................................................................................... 153 12.2 Taylor's Administration 1848-1850 ............................................................................................................ 153 12.3 Fillmore Administration 1850-1853 ........................................................................................................... 153 12.4 The Compromise of 1850 ................................................................................................................................. 153 12.5 The Great Debate ................................................................................................................................................ 154 12.6 The Fugitive Slave Acts...................................................................................................................................... 154 The Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman ...........................................................................................................155 Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin ...............................................................................................................155 12.7 Election of 1852................................................................................................................................................... 155 12.8 Pierce Administration 1852-1856................................................................................................................ 155 12.9 Gadsden Purchase 1854 ................................................................................................................................... 156 12.10 The Kansas-Nebraska Act.............................................................................................................................. 156 12.11 Bleeding Kansas and John Brown 1855-1858........................................................................................ 156 12.12 FromWhigs to Republicans.......................................................................................................................... 157 12.13 The Election of 1856........................................................................................................................................ 157 12.14 Buchanan Administration 1856-1860 ...................................................................................................... 158 12.15 The Dred Scott Decision.................................................................................................................................. 158 12.16 Republicans and Democrats Face Off........................................................................................................ 159 Lincoln-Douglas Debates...........................................................................................................................................................159 Freeport Doctrine.........................................................................................................................................................................159 Outcome ...........................................................................................................................................................................................159 12.17 The Impending Crisis ...................................................................................................................................... 159 Hinton Rowan Helper's Book ..................................................................................................................................................159 John Brown and Harpers Ferry Raid....................................................................................................................................160 12.18 Republican Ascendancy: The Election of 1860 ...................................................................................... 160 12.19 The Secession Crisis......................................................................................................................................... 160 12.20 The Confederate States of America............................................................................................................ 161 12.21 Chapter Twelve Practice Exam................................................................................................................... 162 Achieve Page 11