Early Slavery Issues
Compromise and Conflict
Fight against slavery
Politics
Misc
100
Explain the impact of the cotton gin on slavery: Identify who was the inventor:
It made it more profitable to grow cotton and led to an increase in slaves in the deep south. Eli Whitney
100
What is Popular Soverignty:
This idea allowed states to vote on the issue of slavery.
100
Describe how slaves could escape from the South:
Many used the underground railroad, a collection of escape paths that used conductors and safe causes; other used knowledge form songs to find their way North using the North star as a guide. Some who could read/write wrong fake papers or used other papers to travel North.
100
Identify the first state to secede from the United States and the name of the newly formed Southern government:
South Carolina was first to secede and helped form the Confederate States of America.
100
What happened at the Alamo:
A small group of Texans held off the army of Mexico for 13 days, which gave the army of Texas time to plan and defeat the army and achieve independence.
200
Identify the author and book that changed Northern perceptions of slavery:
Uncle Tom's Cabin written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
200
What occurred in Lawrence, Kansas
Attacks in this city by Pro Slavery groups led to burning of business and violence against anti-slavery supporters.
200
Name the two abolitionist leaders who published the Liberator and the North Star.
William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglas
200
In 1858, which candidate did Lincoln oppose and for what position:
Who is Stephan Douglas for U.S. Senate in Illinois.
200
What two issues did the newly formed Southern government stress when it was formed:
The importance of keeping slavery and the issue of states rights.
300
Identify three areas of economic development of the North that differed from the South:
The North developed more industry, factories, improved communication, railroads.
300
What was the purpose of the Kansas and Nebraska Acts:
Laws passed that allowed the citizens of each state to vote on the issue of slavery (popular sovereignty)
300
In 1860 seven Southern states voted to secede from the United States following this event:
The election of Abraham Lincoln.
300
During the Mexican War, writer Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes as a form of civil disobedience, define this term:
The refusal to obey unjust laws.
300
The Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo was signed with which country and what was the agreement:
Mexico agreed to give the United States the lands of Texas, New Mexico and parts of California.
400
Name two requirements of the Fugitive Slave Act:
It required the return of runaway slaves, non jury trials and slaves could not speak in court.
400
Explain the Missouri Compromise:
Established the boundary for slavery at 36,30. Prohibiting slavery north of this line.
400
What was the Freeport Doctrine:
What is a statement by Stephan Douglas in which he argued that a territory could lawfully exclude slavery by Popular Sovereignty even after the Dred Scott decision.
400
What was Lincoln's view of slavery in 1858:
Slavery is morally wrong and should not spread to new territories.
400
What is Manifest Destiny:
The belief that American was destined to control the entire continent.
500
What was the purpose of the Wilmot Proviso.
To ban slavery in the new territories acquired from Mexico:
500
Identify/describe the two attacks led by John Brown
At Pottawatomie Creek, he led attacked and killed pro-slavery supporters. He attempted to arm the slaves at Harpers Ferry, but was caught and executed for his crimes.
500
What argument did the Supreme Court use against slavery in the Dred Scott decision:
That a slave is not a citizen and cannot sue in court. It also stated the 5th Amendment protected property, and thus protected slaves. Because of this case, states would not be able to consider free territory.
500
What happened in the U.S. Senate after the anti-slavery speech by Charles Sumner:
Sumner was attacked by a member of the House for his anti-slavery views. The violence in the Senate showed how divided the country was during this time.
500
William Lloyd Garrison was one of the first to call for this:
The immediate emancipation of all slaves
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