click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Sectionalism
History Review
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Why was Seneca Falls, NY significant during the reform movement? | That it where the first womens rights movement meeting was held |
What are the terms of the Compromise of 1850? | - California was counted as a free state - New mexico and Utah organized under popular sovereignty (they could vote) -Slave trade was abolished in DC |
What is the Fugitive Slave Law, and how did it affect freedmen? | The fugitive slave law was when if you saw someone that looked like a slave you had to, by law, return them to a slave owner. Freed men were affected because they weren't safe even though they were free. |
What reform movement was Dorothea Dix responsible for? | The movement for the Mentally Ill/ Unstable |
How did the fugitive slave act affect the people in the North? | They were upset because freed people were being put to work on farms |
In what way did Fredrick Douglas contribute to the abolitionist movement? | He wrote the North Star newspaper |
How did Americans react to the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | The citizens refused to follow new laws |
What is the economy like in the North, South, North-West, and West? | North- factories, South- Farming, Mid-West- Agriculture, West- Mining |
What issue did the Missouri Compromise address? | Slavery |
What region of the US were immigrants most likely to settle in, and why? | The North because, the factories were all up there, so there were more places for them to work |
What constitutional issue did President Lincoln have to address the moment that he took office? | States succeeding |
What do New Orleans and Boston have in common? | Theyre both port cities |
What type of art did the Hudson River school create? | Landscapes |
Did Industrialization cause an increase or decrease in sectional differences in the 1800's? | It caused an increase |
Describe the verdict in the Supreme Court case Dred Scott vs. Sanford | Scott was a freed slave, and someone turned him in to a slave worker. Scott tried to fight the case by taking it to the Supreme Court, but was then found as a slave. Northerners were mad |
What movement was Ralph Waldo Emerson responsible for leading? | Transcendentalism |
What occurred to agricultural labor in the upper southern states in the mid 1800's? | The cotton gin made slaves go to the lower states to grow more cotton |
How did the Missouri Compromise affect sectional tensions? | Tension relaxed a bit |
Why is Susan B. Anthony significant in US History? | She was a founder of the womens rights movement |