World History 112 Final

What were some of the results of antebellum (1800-1860) racial segregation?

Blacks lived in segregated communities in northern cities.

How did women's suffragists feel about the Fourteenth Amendment?

They felt betrayed and angry, since the Fourteenth Amendment included only men.

Why did many oppose the land bill Thaddeus Stevens introduced in Congress in late 1865?

They felt that property rights of Southerners were more important than granting land to blacks.

What types of laws did Indiana, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin pass regarding black citizens in their states?

They banned all blacks from the state in their constitutions.

What percentage of slaves from the upper South moved into the Southwest as the cotton trade opened up?

Fifty percent between 1820 and 1860.

From where did the term "Jim Crow" come?

It was an 1840s northern black-face minstrel show.

What 1787 compromise was made over the Atlantic slave trade in the Constitution?

It was gradually abolished over the next twenty years.

What happened during the New York City Draft Riot of 1863?

It would free those slaves still in bondage in areas under rebellion on January 1, 1863.

What was not a part of the terms of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation?

It would free those slaves still in bondage in areas under rebellion on January 1, 1863.

How did Andrew Johnson's becoming president affect blacks?

Johnson felt that blacks should not vote or have a role in government, and were vastly inferior to whites. He destroyed many of their hopes.

What did Abraham Lincoln initially think was the appropriate long-term solution to slavery?

Lincoln wanted to compensate masters for their slaves and then send the slaves out of the United States.

Where was the largest free black urban population in the period between 1820 and 1860?

Philadelphia

The Wilmot Proviso, if it had been passed, would have

prohibited slavery in any lands acquired from Mexico, to reserve them specifically for whites.

Put these states in the order in which they abolished all slavery (from earliest to latest) after the American Revolution. 1. New Jersey 2. Vermont 3. Connecticut 4. Pennsylvania

2 - 4 - 3 - 1

How did whites justify racism in the 1830s and 1840s?

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Which new states led the production of cotton, in what was called the "Black Belt"?

Alabama and Mississi

Which of the following is not a correct statement about the effort to colonize free African Americans?

All blacks supported colonization, and looked forward to moving to Africa.

What was not a result of Nat Turner's Rebellion?

All of these are correct.

What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case regarding Scott's rights?

Black people (not just slaves) had no rights in America and therefore could not even bring a lawsuit.

Who were the carpetbaggers and the scalawags?

Carpetbaggers were Republicans from the North; scalawags were white southerners who supported the Republicans.

What distinguished Paul Cuffee from other Post- Revolutionary war Black leaders?

He actively engaged in sending African Americans back to Africa.

How did William Lloyd Garrison change the nature of the antislavery movement?

He called for the immediate abolition of slavery, along with a commitment to racial justice.

Why did Andrew Johnson veto the Freedmen's Bureau Bill?

He felt it would increase the federal bureaucracy too much.

Which of the following best characterizes Lincoln's ideas about race and slavery during the 1858 elections?

He was a racist, and although he opposed slavery, he was not for the social equality of blacks and whites.

How did David Walker's Appeal...to the Colored Citizens of the World influence the antislavery movement?

His aggressive style and tone in the pamphlet made others adopt a similar tone.

How did Lincoln change the nature of the war with the Emancipation Proclamation?

It became a war to free the slaves. The North gained the moral advantage.

Which of the following is true about the Denmark Vesey Conspiracy in 1822?

It reinforced white beliefs that the free black population was a dangerous influence.

Regarding slavery,wha twasthesignificanceoftheKansas-NebraskaAct?

It repealed the Missouri Compromise line, with the possibility that slavery would be allowed in areas it never had before.

What did the Fourteenth Amendment not do?

It unpardoned many of the people Johnson had pardoned.

What does the Preston Brooks-Charles Sumner incident tell us about the United States in 1856?

Slavery was becoming such a divisive issue that members of Congress, where all issues should be debated peacefully, were engaging in physical violence.

What does the story of Margaret Garner tell us about fugitive slaves?

Some despised slavery so much that they were willing to kill their children rather than have them grow up as slaves.

What reason did white southerners not use to justify the sexual exploitation of black women?

That black women were better at producing strong babies when mixed with white men.

What was the Republicans' position on slavery during the 1860 presidential election?

The Republicans were opposed to any expansion of slavery in the territories, but said they would not challenge it where it already existed.

How did the slave trade change in the early 1800s after the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade?

The domestic slave trade, mostly westward, increased dramatically.

How did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 strengthen previous laws?

The law required only lawmakers to help capture suspected runaways.

Which of the following is not true of Special Field Order #15?

The order forced former slaves to work in repairing the wartime damages to Southern cities.

What was a result of John Brown's raid?

The raid pushed the country toward civil war by intensifying feelings on both sides.

What happened to Circular 13 and Special Field Order # 15 after the assassintion of Lincoln?

They were both revoked. Land that had been given to blacks was returned to white owners.

What statement is true about black service during the War of 1812?

They were considered an "internal foe" by some white Americans.

Which modern film about slavery best expresses the domestic shift of African labor into the southwest?

Twelve Years A Slave.

Why was there so much violence in the South after Reconstruction?

White Southerners were frustrated by their loss during the Civil War, and resented blacks acquiring freedom and status.

What was the first concern of many African Americans once they achieved freedom at the end of the Civil War?

reuniting with lost family members

What event heightened sectional tensions between the North and the South, leading to increased militancy on both sides - as the North came out against slavery and the South for it?

the Missouri Compromise

What famous Atlantic world revolution was an influence on slaves planning uprisings in the United States?

the revolution in Haiti, led by Toussaint Louverture

What were the goals of the 1820s American Colonization Society?

to gradually free slaves, through purchasing them and sending them to Africa

What was Lincoln's initial aim of the Civil War when it began in 1861?

to preserve the Union and to free the slaves.

Before the Industrial Revolution could have much of an effect in America, what had to be greatly improved?

transportation

Most white northerners in the period 1820-1860

wanted nothing to do with blacks, and had the same kind of racist ideas as southerners.