Semester 1 Review
This early 1600s colony was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown
The president that served during the secession crisis and sought to preserve the Union.
Who was James Buchanan?
This 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe exposed the true horrors of slavery and aided in accelerating the abolitionist movement.
What is Uncle Toms Cabin?
This event took place in 1860 and marked the election of a Republican president who opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories.
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln?
The belief by Southerners that slavery was not only necessary, but also beneficial for society and the economy (also referred to as the "Positive good" theory).
What is the Pro-slavery argument?
This document, which was signed in 1776, declared the United States independence from Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The abolitionist that became the first African American able to serve in Congress and criticized slavery very vocally.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
This 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia resulted in the deaths of over 50 people and eventually led to harsher slave laws.
This Southern state was the first to secede from the Union following the election of Lincoln.
What is South Carolina?
This idea argued that the people of each state should decide by vote whether to allow slavery or not, rather than Congress making the decision.
What is popular sovereignty?
This 1820 agreement decided to admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state while establishing a dividing line at 36°30' latitude line to limit slavery expansion.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The president who was elected in 1860 who emancipated slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This 1857 Supreme Court decision ruled that African Americans were not allowed to be citizens and that Congress was unable to ban slavery in all areas.
What is Dred Scott vs. Sandford?
This government, which was formed by Southern states and led by Jefferson Davis sought to preserve slavery and seceded from the Union in 1861.
What is the Confederate States of America?
This concept viewed slavery as morally wrong and argued that the institution of it should be completely removed despite economic and political concerns.
What is abolitionism?
This 1840s movement advocated for the expansion of the United States across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Politician from South Carolina who was known for his advocacy for nullification and for the Confederacy's secession from the Union.
Who was John C. Calhoun?
This law was part of the Compromise of 1850 and required all citizens to help capture runaway slaves, and it became very controversial within the North.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Refers to violent fights between pro-slavery and anti-slavery citizens in Kansas, which was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the idea of popular sovereignty.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
This proposal by Stephen Douglas allowed for the possibility of slavery in the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska through the doctrine of popular sovereignty.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This 1828 law known for raising tariffs, that was opposed by southerners, eventually led to the nullification crisis.
What is the Tariff of Abominations?
This Chief justice who had pro-South views, delivered the majority opinion in the Dred Scott case.
Who was Robert B. Taney?
This secret network of routes and safe houses helped slaves escape to freedom and was ran by prominent individuals such as Harriet Tubman.
What is the Underground Railroad?
This document was known as a last ditch effort to prevent the splitting of the Union, stating that the Missouri Compromise line could be extended towards the Pacific Ocean. W
This extreme abolitionist who was known for his radical and violent methods, led a raid on the federal arsenal during 1859 in hopes of beginning a slave rebellion.
Who was John Brown?