America
American Slavery
Compromise/Acts
Mapping Out Things
Important Events
100
Describe what you see in the IMAGE above:
Factories & Machinery (INDUSTRIAL)*
100
Fugitive Slave Act
100
Missouri Compromise created the 36'30 Parallel line, this indicated that everything North was ___________ and everything South was ______________
North of the line was free states and everything South was slave states
100
What is the following map showing above ?
Bonus Points: If you can tell me, who made the deal for this land ?
Louisiana Purchase
Bonus:
Thomas Jefferson
100
What was the best way to travel across the US by the end of 1840 - 1850s
a) by foot
b) steamboat
c) carriage
d) railroad
d) railroad
200
What was the main reason for the inclusion of the Fugitive Slave Law in the Compromise of 1850?
a) to reward slave states for contributing funds to settle land claims
b) to pacify/stop the free states for the decision to keep slavery in the nation’s capital
c) to gain/foster support for an addition of another free state
d) to address problems caused by allowing popular sovereignty in the territories
200
John Brown led a failed rebellion at this location shown below:
Harper's Ferry
200
Why would James Monroe create the Monroe doctrine ?
To Keep other Countries out of U.S Land
200
The religious people that used this trail were:
a) Mormons
b) protestants
c) atheists
d) none of the above
Mormons
200
- Served as governor of Tennessee and Texas
- President of the Lone Star Republic
- Commander in Chief of the Texas Army fighting for Independence
a) Sam Houston
b) Davy Crockett
c) Andrew Jackson
a) Sam Houston
300
Determine the meaning behind the image :
Memphis = Cotton Capital
What made it easier to get cotton ?
Cotton Gin300
Why did people in the South who did not own slaves support slavery?
a) They feared the power of the slaveholders.
b) They believed they would be able to own slaves someday.
c) They knew that the Southern economy depended on slave labor.
d) They understood that the Constitution did not ban slavery in the South.
c) They knew that the Southern economy depended on slave labor.
300
What was an effect or outcome of the Missouri Compromise?
a) It temporarily ended the slavery debate.
b) It required Southern states to pay higher taxes.
c) It led to the South seceding from the Union.
d) It upset the balance of slave and free states in the Union.
a) It temporarily ended the slavery debate
300
The Gadsden Purchase allowed:
Increased the transcontinental railroad in the south
300
The cotton gin did what to the slave population ?
increased the need for more to process more cotton
400
What was the U.S always trying to balance ? What would happen when it was not balanced in the government ?
Free states Vs. Slave states
Loss of voting power in the goverment
400
Which statement best explains the increase in sectionalism between 1820 and 1850?
(sectionalism) - an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
a) Westward expansion created a heated debate over the nation’s policy concerning American Indians.
c) Westward expansion caused a recurring debate over the expansion of slavery in the new territories.
d) Westward expansion during the period occurred faster across the northern plains that the southern river deltas.
d) Westward expansion created a need for government spending to improve transportation
c) Westward expansion caused a recurring debate over the expansion of slavery in the new territories.
400
Describe what the Compromise of 1850 did for America
Allowed states to have a choice over being Free states or Slaves states
400
Why were Americans worried about adding in more land at after the Mexican War ?
a) the North feared an increase in the number of slave states.
b) The South feared losing their slaves to Mexican landowners.
c) Mexico attempted to arm runaway slaves to fight against the Americans.
d) The federal government attempted to limit slave contact with Native Americans.
a) the North feared an increase in the number of slave states.
400
Put the following List of Events in Order:
Lincoln & Douglass Debate/Competition
The Mexican War (Mexican American War)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Declaration of Independence
1) Declaration of Independence
2) The Mexican War
3) Kansas-Nebraska Act
4) Lincoln & Douglass
500
Daily Double:
Provide (4) examples of Manifest Destiny
500
Read the following statement by Fredrick Douglass:
The remark is frequently made that slaves are the most contented and happy laborers in the world. They dance and sing. The songs of the salve represent the sorrows, rather than the joys, of his heart; and he is relived by them, only as aching heart is relieved by tears.... Slaves sing more to make themselves happy than to express their happiness.
Who do you think would disagree with Mr. Douglass?
a) another abolitionist
b) freed slave
c) plantation owner
d) industry worker
c) plantation owner
500
What document was created that got rid of the Missouri Compromise ? What did it do ?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
ended the MO compromise and allowed all states for choice over allowing slavery or not
500
Label: These Areas on the Map: (1) (2) (A) (3)
1 = North American (USA)
2 = South America
A = Atlantic Ocean (Bonus: Middle Passage)
3 = Africa
500
Put the following List of Events in Order:
Stamp Act
The Louisiana Purchase
The American Revolution
Missouri Compromise
1) Stamp Act
2) American Revolution
3) Louisiana Purchase
4) Missouri Compromise