Term 2 AUSH
Slave owners exploited divisions between...
Field slaves and House slaves
The most famous liberator on the Underground Railroad was...
Harriet Tubman
Which of the following legal rights were slaves entitled to?
Having a day in court
What was Henry Brown's nickname?
Henry "Box" Brown
Which of the following was not one of the reasons behind Lincoln's issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation?
His belief in racial equality
The _______ Act of 1863 offered free public land to settlers in the West.
Homestead
Slavery was the central issue of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates which were held as part of the campaign for a Senate seat in the state of _______.
Illinois
Hostility to immigrants
Nativism
In April of 1862, Union forces captured the crucial port city of _______.
New Orleans
The largest city in the South by 1860
New Orleans
By 1860, ______ had become the nation's preeminent financial, commercial, and manufacturing center.
New York
In the early days of the war, Congress overwhelmingly approved a proposal introduced by ______ affirming that the Union had no intention of interfering with slavery.
John Crittenden
What former president successfully argued that the slaves should be free because they had been kidnapped from Africa in violation of international treaties?
John Quincy Adams
What was the reality ion potential slave rebellion (what outcomes were likely)?
Make things worse; innocent people killed; families separated
The border between PA and MD was the dividing line between slavery and freedom called...
Mason - Dixon Line
Prior to voting on the issue of slavery, Kansas was flooded with goons from _______.
Missouri
The South had ________ compared the North.
More illiteracy
The second of what the GOP called the "twin relics of barbarism" was _______.
Mormon polygamy
What emancipating character from the biblical story of Exodus inspired slaves?
Moses
The last and most successful slave rebellion killed sixty whites and was led by...
Nat Turner
The most successful slave rebellion (in that they killed some people) was what?
Nat Turner's
In the words of the Richmond Enquirer, "freedom is not possible without ________"
Slavery
The Republican Party emerged in opposition to:
Slavery's expansion
Which of the following represented the largest capital investment in 1860?
Slaves
In 1869, the ______ was completed.
Transcontinental railroad
In 1862, Union forces led by _______ achieved several important victories in the West.
Ulysses S. Grant
After Northern abolition, slavery became the South's...
"Peculiar Institution"
Republicans convinced most northerners that the ______ was the most threatening force in US politics.
"Slave Power"
What approximate number per year made the journey north in search of freedom?
1,000 (or so)
The sparse industry in the south introduced what fraction of manufactured goods?
10%
What famous statement did John C. Calhoun declare to be "the most false and dangerous of all political errors"?
"All men are created equal"
President Lincoln suspended _____ to maintain order during the Civil War.
Habeus Corpus
When did the British Parliament mandate near-immediate emancipation?
1833
Though a slave learning to read/write was prohibited, some did and even a few became preachers - these preachers were looked upon with suspicion by whites and this was logical since how many uprisings were led by preachers?
2
To be a planter, a family had to possess at least ______ slaves.
20
How much of the world's cotton came from the American South?
3/4
By 1860, how many slaves were in the U.S.?
4 million
On the eve of the Civil War, how many free blacks lived in the US?
500,000
About _________ of the world's cotton came from the slaveholding US South.
75%
In his final goodbyes John C. Calhoun does not say "Don't forget to be awesome" but instead says, "Don't forget to be..."
Abolitionist
The Underground Railroad was a network of ...
Abolitionist safehouses
Why did Ulysses S. Grant resign from the army in 1854?
Alcohol Addiction
Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation following the Union victory at the Battle of _________.
Antietam
The bloodiest day in US history was the 1862 Battle of ______ in Maryland.
Antietam
Besides the coastal northeast, the other great area of industrial production was located ______.
Around the Great Lakes
Abraham Lincoln was a member of what church?
Baptist
The largest concentration of slaves was in the Cotton...
Belt
The sporadic civil war in the state came to be known as _________.
Bleeding Kansas
Slaves consecrated marriages by jumping over a...
Broom
The first significant battle of the Civil War was a Confederate victory at _________.
Bull Run
The MYSTERY DOCUMENT refers to the "queen's dominions", which means what place?
Canada
What Massachusetts Senator was beaten unconscious on the Senate floor for criticizing slavery in 1856?
Charlie Sumner
Much of the construction was done by "coolies" - laborers from ______.
China
The US during the Civil War also passed an act setting aside land grants for ______.
Colleges
General Benjamin Butler began the practice of treating escaped slaves as _______.
Contraband
Without what product, would the North have been unable to industrialize?
Cotton
The Brown Fellowship Society - an association of elite free blacks - would not allow ______ to join.
Dark-Skinned men
In 1822, former slave __________ organized - but could not carry out - a conspiracy to start a slave rebellion.
Denmark Vesey
What was responsible for most deaths?
Disease
In the notorious case of _________, the US Supreme Court ruled that blacks were "beings of an inferior order" with "no rights which the white man was bound to respect."
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Slaves that worked in the cotton fields worked in 'gangs' under an overseer or a what (which was another slave with a position of slight power)?
Driver
What long-term solution did Abraham Lincoln favor for black Americans?
Emigration
Which of the following was not part of the proslavery argument by 1860?
European approval
What was one way that slaves could rebel against dehumanization which could be upset by the sale of one or more of the slaves?
Forming families
The famous abolitionist who had escaped to the north after being born in to slavery
Frederick Douglas
What famous abolitionist said he was "really well off" as a slave in Baltimore, compared to life on the plantation?
Frederick Douglass
Who said that, "Once you let a black man get upon his person the brass letters 'U.S.' and there is no power on Earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United States"?
Frederick Douglass
Early in the war, blacks in the North and South began calling the conflict the "________ war".
Freedom
Avowed Racist and all around ass-hat John C. Calhoun defended slavery as a good - what jobs did he have (which makes his views that much more upsetting)?
Fringe Politician, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Vice President
In the cotton fields, planters used...
Gang Labor
Early in the war, Lincoln appointed _______ to command the Army of the Potomac.
George McClellan
What are 2 things that the South did not have which was a disadvantage to them in the Civil War?
Industry (& technology) and Railroads
Slaves freed by Richard Randolph formed a vibrant community called _______
Israel Hill
In the mid-19th century, the ______ state was transformed by the Meiji Restoration
Japanese
What New Testament biblical character inspired slaves by offering personal redemption?
Jesus Christ
Which of the following was not a way that slaves successfully resisted...
Open Rebellion
The Southern ideal of the slaveholding gentleman who took personal responsibility for the physical and moral well-being of his dependents - women, children, and slaves.
Paternalism
Which of the following did not profit from Southern slavery?
Poor Southern Whites
Abolitionists and _________ quickly concluded that slavery itself must become a target of the Union war effort.
Radical Republicans
The original capital of the Confederacy
Richmond
General ________ replaced the wounded commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Robert E. Lee
Many black soldiers served with distinction in the Civil War, including the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers commanded by _______.
Robert Gould Shaw
Women played the leading role in organizing ______, events selling goods to raise money to help soldiers.
Sanitary Fairs
Because the Civil War transformed the US government and society, some historians call it the...
Second American Revolution
Why was a slave named Celia sentenced to death in 1855?
She killed her owner as a means of self-defense; the Others waited until after Celia gave birth to kill Celia
In April of 1862, the Union general repelled a surprise attack at the Battle of ______ in Tennessee.
Shiloh
What term did Andrew Johnson use to describe the politically dominant Southern planters?
Slavocracy
The kidnapped free black who spent twelve years in slavery and described overseers' "utter heartlessness, brutality, and cruelty"
Solomon Northup
What was the only state where a majority of families owned slaves?
South Carolina
In the 19th century, cotton replaced __________ as the world's top slave-produced crop.
Sugar
In the rice fields, planters used...
Task Labor
In 1839, slaves took control of _______ and sailed it to the coast of Long Island.
The Amistad
The anti-immigrant party that emerged in the 1850's
The Know-Nothing Party
What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist journal?
The Liberator
To find freedom, slaves followed...
The North Star
The vast majority of slaves worked in...
The field
Most of the railroad construction between 1848 and 1860 took place in ...
The former NW territory
What new technology impacted society around the time of the war?
The photograph
According to the text, _______ was perhaps the most powerful weapon slaveholders possessed.
The threat of sale
The Yeomen farmers, who are the poorest of all, were in favor of slavery - why?
There were legal rights even for the poorest; they had racism inherited beliefs, slaves gave them someone they were better than
