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The Kansas and Nebraska Act, the Missouri Compromise, and the Compromise of 1850 were all meant to deal with
the issue of slavery in the U.S. territories which was dividing the nation.
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Consider the following headlines to answer question #6: • “Missouri Compromise Allows Two New States into the Union” • “Congress Agrees to Compromise of 1850” • “Popular Sovereignty Adopted Under Kansas- Nebraska Act” Which issue is reflected in these headlines?
status of slavery in the territories and states
100
Who served as president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Who is C. Jefferson Davis?
100
William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglas, and the Grimke Sisters would all be MOST LIKELY to support which newspaper headline?
“Slavery completely abolished in all states”
100
Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at
Appomattox Court House.
200
the following was a belief held by John Brown (1800.1859)?
The South should work to diversify its economic base.
200
Prior to 1850, what was a main reason the North developed an economy increasingly based on manufacturing while the South continued to rely on an economy based on agriculture?
Geographic conditions supported different types of economies.
200
Angelina Grimke were sisters from South Carolina and are MOST notable as being 19th century
abolitionist
200
How did the Missouri Compromise affect the expansion of slavery into western territories?
It allowed slavery only in Missouri and western territories south of Missouri.
200
In the end, the South could not defeat the Union because
The North had too much manpower and industry.
300
In Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address in 1865, he pleaded with the nation to
heal its wounds and work to unite the United States.
300
Why did the Dred Scott decision upset people in the northern states?
It removed all limits to the spread of slavery.
300
The Nullification Crisis of 1832 centered around
southern opposition to tariffs that favored Northern merchants.
300
Which is a reason why the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision increased tensions between slave and free states?
The Dred Scott decision gave slavery the protection of the U.S. Constitution
300
How did Sherman’s taking Atlanta greatly impact the election of 1864?
It assured voters that Union victory was in sight, thereby increasing the popularity of President Lincoln and allowing him to win re-election.
400
"The slaveholding states will no longer have the power of self-government, or self-protection, and the federal government will become their enemy . . ." South Carolina legislature, Declaration of the Causes of Secession, 1860 "The Union is older than any of the states, and, in fact, it created them as states." Abraham Lincoln, 1861 The quotes above represent two sides in which important conflict in American history?
the conflict over how much independence states should have in the federal system
400
The Confederate defeat at Vicksburg was important because it
resulted in the Confederacy being split in half along the Mississippi River.
400
How would a congressman from Georgia MOST LIKELY have voted regarding the Wilmot proviso?
He would have opposed it
400
The nullification confrontation of 1832-1833 between President Andrew Jackson and South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun concerned
Calhoun’s claim that a state has the power to ignore federal laws
400
What was true regarding the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in confederate states that had seceded from the Union.
500
The Nat Turner Rebellion had a significant impact on
the rights of slaves in the South.
500
The United States acquired large portions of the Southwest as a result of the
Mexican-American War.
500
States’ rights is BEST defined as the belief that
states should be able to decide most matters for themselves.
500
Why was the issue of slavery in the new US territories so politically heated in the 1800s?
Southern pro-slavery leaders and northern anti-slavery leaders both wanted to maintain their power in Washington and spread their ideology to new territories that would eventually become states
500
Worried about Confederate sympathizers in the vicinity of the nation's capital, Lincoln used his Constitutional power to
suspend the writ of habeas corpus in Baltimore.