History and Geography 800: The Civil War: Quiz 1
What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850?
A stringent fugitive slave law was passed, popular sovereignty was established for New Mexico and Utah, California was admitted as a free state, and Texas was paid by the Federal Government for the territory given to New Mexico.
economist
An expert in economics
The Great Debate was held in the Senate over the admission of _____ to the Union
California
tariff
Charges on imports
Preston Brooks attacked Senator ______ because he criticized Senators Douglas and Butler for their support of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Charles Sumner
What stated if the laws of the federal government are harmful to a state, that state has the right to declare the law null?
Doctrine of Nullification
Which of the following resulted from the Dred Scott decision?
Dred Scott remained a slave, a slave was ruled to be a non-citizen with no right to sue in federal court,freeing a slave against his master's wishes was ruled to be a violation of due process of law, The Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional, and the U.S. Constitution appeared to support slavery.
What were the results of John Brown's raid?
John Brown became an abolitionist martyr and the South feared a Northern plot to start a slave rebellion
Why did the South fear admitting California as a free state?
Other territories might follow their example and Non-slave states would control the Senate
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederacy
No one but the ____ objected morally to slavery until the early 1800s
Quakers
boycotting
Refusing to trade with.
sectionalism
Regional prejudice, interests, hatred.
The principal purpose of the ____ party was to prevent the spread of slavery
Republican
After which war did slavery decline because ideas toward individual freedom were changing, and people were starting to respect human rights?
Revolutionary War
Bitter confrontations over what issue earned the new Kansas territory the name "Bleeding Kansas"?
Slavery
Why was slavery a paradox?
Slavery was a paradox because slaves were considered human beings physically, but legally they were nothing more than property.
Which group proved to be more profitable because they were permanent possessions of their mast?
Slaves
Before the 1830s, more emancipation societies existed in the:
South
The ____ opposed tariffs because it felt tariffs would hurt its foreign trade.
South
border states
Southern states that did not secede
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was proposed by:
Stephen Douglas
Select the four candidates in the 1860 election:
Stephen Douglas, John Breckenridge, Abraham Lincoln, and John Bell
Why was the North opposed to the cheap sale of land in the West?
The North was opposed to cheap sale of sale of land in the West because they were afraid they would not be able to sale their products at their own cost.
Describe the Underground Railroad.
The Underground Railroad extended from the slave states northward to Canada, There where stopping places no one knew of such as houses, barns, and caves. Families would make sure sure the slaves had a place to stay during the days and make sure they got to where they needed to be during the night. More than 300 slaves escaped from bondage to freedom by the way of the Underground Railroad.
What did the states of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Texas have in common?
They seceded from the Union after the election of Lincoln
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin
platform
a plan of action or statement of a group
insurrection
a rising against established authority
approprations
a sum of money or other thing being appropriated
indentured
bound by a contract to serve of work for a period of time
What was included in the 1860 Republican platform
denounced John Brown's raid, slavery could continue where it already existed, and no slavery in new terrories
Which of the following did the West specifically want?
easy bank credit, cheap public land, and internal improvements at national expense
President James Polk
extend Missouiri Compromised line
Frederick Douglass
published the North Star
David Walker
recommended the use of violence to gain freedom
What was the action of the state of Tennessee?
seceded from the Union after Fort Sumter
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the:
Missouri Compromise
The ____ wanted high tariffs to protect its industry.
North
Slavery soon proved to be impractical in the _____ , but the invention of the cotton gin made it profitable in the _____
North and South
Harriet Tubman
Underground Railroad
What was the action of the state of Maryland
did not secede from the Union
Nat Turner
led a slave revolt in Virginia
Wilmot Proviso
no slavery in new territories
coerce
to compel; force
appease
to put an end to by statisfying
South Carolina
first to secede from the Union
West Virginia
formed from five western counties
Emancipation societies wanted to do away with slavery because of their interest in slaves as:
human beings
Lewis Cass
popular sovereignty
Clay's plan to encourage an end to _______ was called the American Plan.
sectionalism
emancipation
setting free from slavery
John C. Calhoun
slaves could be taken into any territory
The issue of _____ rights threatened the future of the Union because the relationship between state and federal government was unsettled.
states'
What was included in Lincoln's inaugural address?
No state had a right to leave the Union, federal posts in the South would be defended, and slavery could continue where it already existed
Southerners defended slavery by stating that slaves were necessary for economic survival. T/F
True
The tariff of 1828 raised the amount of tax on imported goods to forty-nine cents on every dollar. T/F
True
People who opposed slavery were called:
abolitionists
William L. Garrison
called slave holders criminals
Robert Anderson
commander of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter
first shots of the Civil War
The American Colonization Society planned to send freed slaves to:
Liberia
Explain what Lincoln meant by the statement, "A House divided against itself cannot stand."
Lincoln meant by the statement, " A House divided against itself cannot stand." that if one half of the nation had different opinions from the other half of the nation then the nation all together cannot be expected to be a great country.
From you study of the Civil War, all of the following states seceded from the Union after the election of Lincoln except:
Maryland
Although Lincoln lost the 1858 election, the Lincoln-Douglas debates won him wide support for the 1860 Presidential election. T/F
True
Calhoun believed that the tariff of 1828 was unconstitutional because the tariff was meant not to raise revenue but to protect one field of industry at the expense of another. T/F
True
Alexander Stephens
Vice-President of the Confederacy
John Brown could best be described as a(n):
abolitionist
Crittenden Compromise
extend the 36 30' line to the Pacific Ocean
What was the action of the state of Virginia?
seceded from the Union after Fort Sumter