1. US History Unit 4 Study Guide Review

2. NULLIFICATION CRISIS

3. What was President Jackson’s reaction to South Carolina’s threat of nullification? He threatened to send in troops and crush South Carolina.

4. Nullification confrontation of 1832- 1833. What was it? South Carolina was angry about the tariff and said they would ignore it.

5. What did John C. Calhoun claim that states had a right to do to a law? He said they could cancel out laws from the national government.

6. What did the doctrine of nullification say? States could block or “nullify” laws from the national government that they didn’t like.

7. MEXICAN WAR

8. Shade in the territory that the U.S. gained after the Mexican war.

9. How did Manifest Destiny influence the Mexican War? Many Americans thought that the United States was meant to stretch from coast to coast, which meant that they would need to get the land that Mexico controlled in the West.

10. WILMOT PROVISO

11. How did people in the South feel about the Wilmot Proviso? Would they have been in favor of it? Mad and no.

12. MISSOURI COMPROMISE

13. Where did it make slavery illegal? It banned slavery in territories north of the 36’30’’ line.

14. The compromise was adopted over the creation of new states in what territory? Louisiana Territory.

15. What states did it add to the U.S.? Which state was free and which was a slave state? It added Maine (as a free state) and Missouri (as a slave state).

16. Why was there a slave state and a free state? They wanted to keep an equal number of free and slaves states.

17. KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

18. What two territories did it create? How would the issue of slavery be decided in those territories? It created territories called Kansas and Nebraska. Slavery would be determined by popular sovereignty, meaning the people living in those territories would vote on whether or not to have slavery. I would hope you got the first part of that answer right.

19. Why was the name “Bleeding Kansas” given to the Kansas territory? Pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas soon became involved in a violent conflict.

20. What does the term “border ruffians” refer to in regards to Kansas? “Border ruffians” were pro-slavery people from Missouri who crossed the state border into Kansas and were often violent.

21. JOHN BROWN

22. Which reform movement was John Brown a member of? Abolitionism.

23. What was his role in the Pottawatomie Massacre? John Brown and his sons brutally murdered several pro-slavery families.

24. How did John Brown die? He was hanged for attempting to lead a slave revolt.

25. What was his raid an attack on? The armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia and the surrounding slaveholders.

26. Reaction to the raid from southern slaveholders? Daaaaaaaang They were angry, worried about future slave uprisings, and more radical in their opposition to abolitionists.

27. LOUISIANA PURCHASE

28. Shade the area of the Louisiana Purchase on the map.

29. STATES’ RIGHTS

30. In which area of the U.S. would the idea of states’ rights have been popular? It would be popular in the South.

31. DRED SCOTT DECISION

32. How would an abolitionist have viewed the decision that slaves were property, and not citizens? An abolitionist would be very angry about the decision.

33. What did the Dred Scott decision say in regards to the freedom of slaves who were taken into a free territory? It said that they were still slaves and had no right to challenge their situation.

34. Was Scott freed from slavery after the decision? No.

35. WESTWARD EXPANSION

36. What event in California caused people to flock there, and thus increased the population? Gold was discovered in California in 1848.

37. What was the nickname for people who went to California to search for gold? 49ers.

38. WILMOT PROVISO (AGAIN)

39. Which section of the U.S. would have supported the Wilmot Proviso? North or South? The North would have supported it.

40. COMPROMISE OF 1850

41. What three men were major figures or supporters of the Compromise of 1850? Henry Clay, Stephen Douglas, Daniel Webster.

42. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Harriet Beecher Stowe.

43. DEFINITIONS

44. What was popular sovereignty? It was the idea that people living in a state should vote to choose whether or not the state would have slavery.

45. What is a tariff? A tariff is a tax on imports.

46. What is the definition of secession? Secession is a state or area leaving the country.

47. REVIEW

48. What was the House of Burgesses? What was it the first of in the U.S.? It was a legislature in the Virginia Colony and was the first elected government in the Colonies.

49. Why was tobacco important to Jamestown? It made money for the settlers and therefore allowed them to avoid starving.

50. What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine? It stated that the United States would not let European countries interfere in the Western Hemisphere.

51. What was the purpose of the abolition movement? It wanted to end slavery.

52. What were the 4 areas of reform that we discussed? Abolitionism, Temperance, Education, and Women’s Rights.

53. Which movement was John Edwards associated with? He was part of the First Great Awakening.

54. What area of land in North America did Manifest Destiny say the United States should control? Everything from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

55. What is the Bill of Rights? What are they supposed to protect? It is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. They protect individual rights.

56. How did John Locke influence the Declaration of Independence? He came up with the idea that everyone has a right to life, liberty, and property.

57. Shade the area created by the Northwest Ordinance.

58. What is the definition of infrastructure? Infrastructure is the structures, systems, and facilities that allow an economy to function.

59. What were Eli Whitney’s Inventions? He created the cotton gin and interchangeable parts.