Chapter 11
What religious movement began during the 19th century and lead to the creation of religions such as Mormonism?
Second Great Awakening
What is the name of the president who died 30 days into office due to pneumonia?
William Henry Harrson
What was the first challenge by the North to the institution of Slavery?
Free - Soil movement
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
What organization was created to help former slaves?
Freedmen's Bureau
Name of the founder of Mormonism that would later be killed due to his infamy as a conman.
Joseph Smith
Name of the president who upheld Manifest Destiny and would add California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and New Mexico into the Union
- California would be a free state
- Divide the Mexican territories into Utah and New Mexico and let the settlers decide whether it'd be a free or slave state
How many slave states would stay a part of the Union during this era?
What act would president Johnson veto that would've ensured rights to African Americans
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Name of the author of Walden and would later land himself in jail due to not paying his taxes as they were being used on things that went against his beliefs.
Henry David Thoreau
What is one of the reasons why many Americans living in Texas while still being under Mexico's sovereignty wanted independence from Mexico?
Slavery
What book would highlight the horrors of slavery and show them to the public?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
One clear advantage in personnel that the south had over the North.
South had far more veterans
What where the
13th
14th
15th
13th - African Americans are Free
14th - Secure citizenship for all African Americans
15th - African Americans can vote
What was the name of the convention that was held in order to discuss issues regarding women and was lead by the leading feminists at the time?
Seneca Falls Convention
Name of the treaty that would ban slavery in newly acquired territories of the US
Wilmot - Proviso
How many times would Harriet Tubman return to the south to free slaves from their owners?
16 times
What did Sherman's March do?
- Destroys everything in its path
What system was used in the south to keep labor at cheap costs and was considered Slaver 2.0?
Sharecropping
What was the name and the date of publication of the Essay written by Thoreau that would inspire men like MLK and Gandhi to oppose oppression through nonviolent means?
On Civil Disobedience
What was the name of the treaty that would recognize the Rio Grande as the border of Texas and would give California and New Mexico to the Union?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What did the Dred Scott v. Sandford case result in?
- Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court
- Constitution wasn't intended for African Americans
- Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional because it excluded slavery from Wisconsin and other northern territories
What was the movie that would exalt and absolve the KKK, and would be shown on the white house lawn at one point?
Birth of a Nation