I FORM EXAM REVIEW 2008 Gibbs
QUESTION: What was the one thing that angered the Northerners so badly about the Compromise of 1850?
ANSWER: Fugitive Slave Law
QUESTION: What was the one thing about John Brown that angered the Southerners so badly?
ANSWER: Treated as a martyr.
QUESTION: What is popular soveregnty and how was it used in Chapter 14?
ANSWER: The people vote on the qustion of slavery
QUESTION: Who was the President of the Confederate States of America at the time of Seccession?
ANSWER: Jefferson Davis
QUESTION: What was the Act of Congress that said everything above this line is “Free” (except for one part) and everything below is “Slave”?
ANSWER: The Missouri Compromise
QUESTION: What was the proposal that said all land gained from the Mexican Cession should be FREE – no slavery?
ANSWER: Wilmot Proviso
QUESTION: Why was the Republican Party Started?
ANSWER: There was no political Party that took a firm stand on Anti-Slavery issues
QUESTION: Where were the first shots fired that triggered the un-official start of the Civil War?
ANSWER: Fort Sumter
QUESTION: Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act bother Northerners and please Southerners? What was its relationship with the Missouri Compromise?
ANSWER: Kansas Nebraska – these new territories will be pop sov. Undid the MO Comp.
QUESTION: Who was the mastermind behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act and why was he proposing it?
ANSWER: Stephen Douglas A railroad form Illinois to the Pacific
QUESTION: Now that Kansas is Popular Sovereignty – how did it get the nickname “Bleeding Kansas”?
ANSWER: People rushed to the land to cast their vote – tensions were high as our Country was split even more along the question of Slavery. Violence ensued.
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QUESTION: Who was Dred Scott? Why was his situation noteworthy?
ANSWER: Slave. Moved from a slave state to a free state. Owner Died – he sued for his freedom.
QUESTION: Why was the US Constitution cited as a reason to keep Dred Scott in enslaved?
ANSWER: It protected property rights – and slaves were technically “property”
QUESTION: The Dred Scott Decision went a step further and said…
ANSWER: “Banning Slavery” is unconstitutional – it does not guarantee the rights to personal property – therefore – the MO comp is unconstitutional and everything will be pop sov.
QUESTION: What was significant about the presidential election of 1860 and why could it be referred to as “the straw that broke the camel’s back?”
ANSWER: Abe Lincoln won – who was a repulblica – which means he was anti slavery. The Southern states feared that the country was going in a direction that was not in tune with their way of life. Solution? Secede from the Union. Start the CSA.
QUESTION: There were a bunch of Southern States that seceded. They can be broken up into two different groups. What is the event that creates this division?
ANSWER: Fort Sumter
QUESTION: What is the definition of a “border state”?
ANSWER: A slave state that remained loyal to the Union
QUESTION: How did Virginia handle their disagreement within their state regarding slavery/seceding from the union?
ANSWER: The creation of West Virginia
QUESTION: The Free Soil party was made up of groups of people from what two political affiliations?
ANSWER: Anti-Slavery Whigs Northern Democrats
QUESTION: What were the two things included in the Compromise of 1850 that were designed to make the North happy?
ANSWER: California admitted as a free state Banned slave trade in Washington DC
QUESTION: What were the two things included in the Compromise of 1850 that were designed to make the South happy?
ANSWER: Popular Sovereignty for the Mexican Cession land Fugitive Slave law