Know what happened as the U.S. expanded its borders in the early 1800s. (MC)
Strong differences developed among the various regions.
100
2) Know what regional loyalty is called (MC)
Sectionalism
100
3) Know what tariffs are (TF)
A tax
100
4) Know why the North didn't mind tariffs while the South despised them. (SA)
Most of the nation's factories were located in the North.
100
5) Know what the Compromise of 1850 worked out. (TF)
California being a free state and the rest of the lands gained by Mexico being broken into two territories.
200
Know the outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. (MC)
Kansas joined the Union as a free state and the South began to speak of leaving the Union
200
7) Know the outcome of the Dred Scott decision. (MC)
Dred Scott was not given freedom and it made the problem worse.
200
8) Know what cash crops were grown in the South (MC)
Cotton, rice, tobacco, and sugarcane.
200
9) Know why keeping slaves could be expensive. (MC)
They had to feed, clothe, and house slaves.
200
10) Describe Nat Turner's Rebellion and the outcome of it. (SA)
A slave known as Nat Turner led an attack that killed more than 50 people and owners trying to end the rebellion killed more than 100 slaves. The Virginia legislature voted not to end slavery and to prevent more problems Virginia joined with two other slave states who had passed laws that put more control on slaves.
300
11) Know the meaning of the word emancipation (M)
The act or process of being free from state.
300
12) Know the meaning of the word resist (M)
To avoid
300
13) Know the meaning of the word code (M)
A set of laws.
300
14) Know the meaning of the word fugitive (M)
A runaway slave
300
15) Know the meaning of the word underground (M)
Secret or hidden
400
16) Know the meaning of the word abolitionist (M)
A person who wants to abolish slavery
400
17) Know the meaning of the word equality (M)
Being equal or having equal rights
400
18) Know why Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois from Kentucky. (MC)
Many people in KY owned slaves.
400
19) Know Abraham Lincoln's political background. (TF)
He had a law office and he served in the state legislature.
400
20) Know Stephen A Douglas' previous political achievements (MC)
He wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Senator
500
21) Know Douglas' stance on slavery compared to Lincoln's stance. (TF)
Douglas thought every state should decide for themselves when it came to slavery.
500
22) Know what the Southern states promised to do if Lincoln was elected president. (TF)
To leave
500
23) Know how Lincoln was able to still win the presidency despite losing all Southern states. (MC)
He had the North and Western states.
500
24) Know what options Lincoln had when it came to the Southern states wanting to secede. (MC)
Let them be, or force them
500
25) Know what ended up happening at Fort Sumter. (SA)