SHORT ANSWERS chapter 12/13
Briefly explain why ONE of the following best supports the view that the enforcement of a new Fugitive Slave Law in the 1850s resulted in strong and varied reactions in the North. - formation of the Republican Party - publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin - increased activity on the Underground Railroad Contrast your choice against ONE of the other options demonstrating why that option is not as good as your choice. Briefly explain ONE critical response to the changes during this period.
Creation of the Underground Railroad provided a loose network of Northern free blacks and ex-slaves with some white abolitionists who helped escaped slaves reach freedom in the North or in Canada. The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book that in itself did not directly help the victims of the Fugitive Slave Law. During this time period several changes took place, which resulted in several critical responses, including the breakup of the Democratic Party. As a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, with the purpose of opposing the spread of slavery, the Republican party formed and the Democratic party weakened. This is critical because the Republican party would soon become a leading political party of the nation, with future President Abraham Lincoln being the first Republican President.
Choose ONE of the forces listed below, and explain how this best demonstrates this statement: "The development of the territory west of the MS River during the period between 1820 and 1860 was driven by a number of forces." - nationalism - new tech - population growth Contrast your choice against ONE of the other options, demonstrating why that option is not as good as your choice. Briefly explain the role ONE of the following men played in westward development. - Sam Houston - Samuel F.B. Morse - James Polk
Population growth both internally and from immigration provided vast numbers of people willing to endure hardships in hopes of gaining new opportunities of cheap land. Some forces did not as strongly support westward development, such as nationalism, which gradually weakened as sectionalism grew during this period. Sam Houston lead the fight for Texas independence from Mexico. Then, as the first president of the Republic of Texas, applied to the United States to be annexed as a new state.
Explain the point of view reflected in the cartoon above regarding ONE of the following. - "barnburners" - Free Soilers - David Wilmot Explain how ONE element of the cartoon expresses the point of view you identified in Part A. Explain how the point of you identified in Part A helped to shape ONE specific action between 1820 and 1860.
"Barnburners" were anti-slavery Democrats whose disloyalty threatened to burn down , or destroy, the Democratic party. Elements in the cartoon expressed specific points about "barnburners" with the two men on the right, the anti-slave democrats. Actions shaped by a specific point were for "barnburners" causing increased tensions over slavery, dividing the Northern and Southern Democrats, and by the mid-1850s resulting in the breakup of the national party.
Briefly explain the main point of Excerpt 1. Briefly explain the main point of Excerpt 2. Provide ONE piece of evidence from the period of 1830 to 1860 that is not included in the excerpts and explain how it supports the interpretation in either excerpt.
Senator Robert J. Walker, in "The Texas Question," is explaining that everyone already knows Texas is going to be part of the union eventually as well as the idea that Mexico would readily give it up. In addition, Walker shares his belief that slavery should be a local question decided on by Texans only. (decision made by the states). Representative Joshua Giddings, in "Upon the Annexation of Texas," recognizes that if Texas is admitted to the union, it will be admitted as a slave state. Giddings believes that the North would never allow that to happen because it would give the South and the slave states control of the union. Evidence that supports Gidding's view would be the fact that presidents Jackson and Van Buren both put off the request for the annexation of Texas primarily because of opposition among Northerners to the expansion of slavery. the annexation that Walker supported became reality when President John Tyler took the election of Polk as a signal to push the annexation through Congress. Instead of seeking Senate approval that would require a 2.3 vote, Tyler persuaded both houses of Congress to pass a joint resolution that required only a simple majority of each house.
Briefly explain the main point of the excerpt by Fitzhugh. Briefly explain the main point of the excerpt by Emerson. Provide ONE piece of evidence from the period of 1830 to 1860 that is not included in the excerpts and explain how it supports the interpretation in either excerpt.
Slaves are often moral and capable than free laborers. They have a home and their families are provided for. This in contrast to free laborers who often are homeless and extremely poor. Southerners incorrectly try to use the Constitution and the Bible to justify slavery. The real truth lies with basic human nature and in a man's heart, which knows that slavery is wrong. Evidence to support Fitzhugh's excerpt can be shown through the fact that the slave population was growing exponentially, possible as a result of being housed by their mastered and fed every so often. However, free laborers, who were becoming homeless and poor, did not have a home to reside in or food to be fed in times of starvation. Evidence to support Emerson's excerpt can be shown through the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This antislavery story shows the harrows of slavery, specifically about how slaves were mistreated, proving their is some part of people that believes slavery is wrong because of the fact that Americans began to change their outlook on slavery as a result of this story.
Briefly explain why ONE of the following best supports the view that a belief in manifest destiny played a decisive role in US politics and policies during the 1840s. Contrast your choice against ONE of the other options, demonstrating why that option is not as good as your choice. Briefly explain ONE criticism of this belief in manifest destiny during the 1840s.
The Annexation of Texas took place under President John Tyler, who persuaded both houses of Congress to pass a joint resolution for annexation. This added vast lands next to the Louisiana Purchase. Some activities did not completely support manifest destiny in a decisive manner. For example, "Fifty-four Forty or Fight, the campaign slogan for President James Polk, called for adding all of the Oregon Territory, but resulted in the United States gaining half of the original land. Not all Americans united behind the idea of manifest destiny and expansionism. Northern critics argued that the expansionist drive was as a result of Southern ambition to spread slavery into western lands. The acquisition of vast western lands renewed the sectional debate over the extension of slavery.
Briefly explain ONE important social or political response to the conflict over slavery in the period 1850 to 1855. Briefly explain ONE important social or political response to the conflict over slavery in the period 1855 to 1860. Briefly explain ONE important reason for the change in response from Part A to Part B.
The Fugitive Slave Law was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, which provided southern slaveholders with legal weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states. The law was highly unpopular in the North and helped to convert many previously indifferent northerners to antislavery. In October of 1859, John Brown of Kansas attempted to create a major revolt among the slaves. He wanted to ride down the river and provide the slaves with arms (weapons) from the North. However, he failed to get the slaves organized and Brown was captured. The effects of Harper's Ferry Raid were that the South saw the raid as an act of treason and were encouraged to separate from the North. Also, Brown became a martyr to the northern abolitionist cause. An important reason the responses changed was that the conflicts between antislavery and proslavery forces evolved from a discussion to violent responses.
Briefly explain the point of view reflected in the poem above regarding ONE of the following. - frontier - Manifest Destiny - overland trails Briefly explain ONE development from the period 1830-1860 that led to the point of view expressed by the writer. Briefly explain ONE way in which developments in the period following 1860 challenged the point of view expressed by the writer.
The frontier was the place where only the "daring, venturing as we go the unknown ways," pioneers would go as they were united in the dream for a better place and life. Pioneers settled in Oregon in the 1840s and their success in farming the fertile Willamette valley caused thousands to travel over the Oregon Trail to settle in the area south of the Columbia River. A challenge to this pioneer view would arise with the debacle of the Civil war in the 1860s but then be renewed after the war as many again strived for new opportunities on the frontier and were aided by the transcontinental railroad.
