Slavery and Abolition
What invention perpetuated the slave trade instead of ending it?
The Cotton Gin, invented by Eli Whitney
What were some of the causes of the Civil War?
Slavery, States Rights, Lincoln's election to the presidency, economic interests
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin
What instigated the compromise of 1850?
California wanted to be entered as a free state
What American Ideal pushed Native peoples out of their land, both through conflict and policy?
Manifest destiny
How was Nat Turner's Rebellion different from traditional resistance from other slaves?
It was violent and public, rather than more subtle subterfuge.
Who were the Generals on both sides of the Civil War when the Confederacy surrendered?
Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
What amendment escalated women's fight for suffrage?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What year was this amendment passed and ratified
The 15th Amendment
passed in 1869, ratified in 1870
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
The court ruled that only white people could be citizens of the United States and declared restricting the expansion of slavery as unconstitutional.
Sagwitch was the chief of the Shoshone tribe during this massacre.
The Bear River Massacre
What are the three basic slavery systems?
Chattel slavery, governmental/state driven enslavement (e.g. ecomienda), Enslavement as a means of incorporating outsiders
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What political movements were women most involved in?
Abolition, Temperance, Suffrage, Education
Who ran against Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 elections?
Steven Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, John Bell
What Indigenous tribe was involved in the long walk?
Navajo
Fredrick Douglass noted in his writings that owning slaves does what to people?
What was the importance of the Battle of Gettysburg?
Turning point in the war
The were the traditional women's roles in the Cult of True Womanhood?
Domesticity, piety, purity, submissiveness
What was the official decision of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The public got to decide
How were Natives involved in the Civil War?
Trying to maintain a balance in the number of slave and free states (e.g. Missouri Compromise)
What are the four R's of Reconstruction?
Rights, Reunification, Reconstruction, Redemption
What role did women play in the civil war?
Evaluate the roles of the three branches of the government during Reconstruction.
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Who were the three native women we talked about in class and what were they known for?
Sacagawea: Interpreter in the Lewis and Clark expedition
Marie Dorion: Accompanied Astoria Pacific fur trade, which was the group that founded the Oregon trail
Mae Timbimboo Parry: Shared the story of the Bear River Massacre with her grandson, Darren Parry