15 (American History)

On October 16, 1859, Brown and a group of __________ men, made up of five blacks and 16 whites, met in the town of Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

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Fugitive Slave Act

A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders

John Brown earned a reputation for his antislavery protests during which time period?

Bleeding Kansas

Which event became a symbol for the differences between abolitionists and slave owners?

Brooks-Sumner affair

On December 30, 1853, the Treaty of La Mesilla transferred 45,000 square miles of land below the southern border of Oregon Territory to the United States in exchange for a payment of $15 million.

False

Which group rose to oppose the Whigs and the Democrats during the Election of 1848?

Free-Soilers

Who provided the first historical mention of the Underground Railroad?

George Washington

Which of the following terms did Mexico have to fulfill under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

It would cede 525,000 square miles of land to the United States.

In May 1856, Charles Sumner gave a speech denouncing the __________.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Why was debating Stephen Douglas a good idea for Lincoln?

Lincoln would gain national exposure.

Who argued against including women's suffrage in the Declaration of Sentiments?

Lucretia Mott

Women's suffrage became a reality in the United States with the ratification of the __________ Amendment in 1920.

Nineteenth

During the election, Lincoln made a concentrated effort to seek the __________, the voting base for Douglas.

Northern Democrat vote

The __________ arose in the wake of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act, which had allowed new territories to decide the slavery question for themselves.

Republicans

What was the regional reaction to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Southerners were pleased, while Northerners were outraged.

__________ sparked one of the most significant migrations in American history.

The discovery of golden nuggets in California

Which points did Chief Justice Roger B. Taney use to justify the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case?

The property clause of the Constitution, the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment, and the fact that African Americans were not citizens

Why was it difficult at times for families in slavery to be together?

They had to stand by as family members were brutalized or hurt.

What is the most likely reason slave owners always kept their slaves dependent upon them for food, clothing, or shelter?

They wanted to exert control and dependency on their slaves.

What was the focus of the free-soilers?

They wanted to tip the power balance to the side of the abolitionists.

Which Amendments are commonly referred to as the "Reconstruction Amendments?" (Select all that apply.)

Thirteenth Fourteenth Fifteenth

Stephen Douglas believed Americans should accept slavery as a necessary evil.

True

During the election of 1856, James Buchanan sought the vote of __________.

Whigs Nativist Northerners

In 1850, __________ forestalled a threatened rebellion in the South by promising to lead the US Army against it.

Zachary Taylor

convention

a large meeting to discuss and debate shared interests or concerns

sentiment

a point of view or feeling about an event, situation, or idea

Which of the following is the best description of a Nativist?

a political viewpoint that favors native inhabitants over immigrants

What was the Wilmot Proviso?

an attempt to ban slavery from any new territories entering the Union

It was the determination of the Nativists to stop any immigrant or __________ from being elected to a political office.

catholic

What hastened California's admission into the Union as the 31st state in 1850?

gold rush

What issue led Lincoln to gaining national exposure?

slavery

Q1- Which term best describes the wide network of people who assisted fugitive slaves in their attempt to reach the North or Canada?

the Underground Railroad

abolition

the act of ending the institution and practice of slavery

suffrage

the right to vote in political elections