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Unit 7 Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How was John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry an indication of the deep dictionary tension between the North and the South? | It frightened Southerners who now believed that the North would act violently to repeal slavery. |
| The abolitionist movement worked to | Make slavery illegal everywhere in the United States |
| How did people active in the abolitionist movement publicize the brutal treatment of enslaved people? | Through powerful speeches and widely read newspapers and books. |
| Based on the maps above, what conclusions can you draw about the impact of westward expansion on slavery? | As more western territory was settled, the fragile balance of free states and slave states was threatened. |
| The above is an excerpt from the first debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in 1858. Based on the excerpt, which of the following statements can be inferred? | Lincoln believed that African American men should have all the constitutional liberties that white men had |
| Lincoln argued that slavery was inherently unjust because he realized that African Americans | Were also human beings. |
| The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a law that did all of the following EXCEPT: | Maintained the balance of free states and slave states. |
| Frederick Douglass was born into slavery but escaped as a young man. In this excerpt from his autobiography, he describes his experiences with a farmer named Edward Covey. This passage from Douglass’s autobiography particularly highlights | The harsh and unjust ways enslaved people were routinely treated |
| How did Dorothea Dix educate the public after she visited prisons in 1841? | She told people that prison conditions were inhuman and some prisoners were mentally ill. |
| Which of the following trends led to the Second Great Awakening? | Settlers on the frontier practiced their religion in an energetic new manner. |
| The writers of the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions modeled their work on the Declaration of Independence in order to | Show how their demands for women’s rights paralleled equal rights for all. |
| How did the cotton gin lead to increased cotton production in more places throughout the South? | It reduced the time needed to process cotton. |
| Many enslaved African Americans expressed their hopes and beliefs in religious folk songs called | Spirituals |
| This passage above is from a petition submitted in 1845 to the Massachusetts legislature by factory workers regarding their working conditions. What can you infer from this excerpt? | Factory workers in the mid-1800s were expected to work very long hours. |
| In 1831, an enslaved man named Nat Turner led a violent rebellion against slaveholders in the South that killed at least 55 whites before Turner was captured and executed. How do you think Turner’s rebellion affected life in the South? | Frightened slaveholders treated enslaved people more harshly than before the rebellion. |
| This passage describes the boom in Southern cotton production in the early to mid-1800s. Based on the passage, what were some effects of the increase in cotton production? | Cotton planting spread to many areas of the South. |
| Why did industry develop more slowly in the South than the North? | Much of the Southern population included enslaved people with no money to buy manufactured goods. |
| How did Cyrus McCormick’s inventions affect the economy of the United States? | Growing wheat became the primary economic activity in prairie states. |
| Which of the following occurred because of the railroad expansion across the United States? | New territories in the midwestern United States were opened to commercial agriculture. |
| What did the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford have in common with the Fugitive Slave Act? | Both extended the rights of slaveholders into free states. |
| Why did Kansas get the nickname “Bleeding Kansas” in the 1850’s? | Abolitionists and supporters of slavery clashed violently there. |
| Which is an accurate conclusion from the results of the presidential election of 1856? | The North and South had finally become two separate political groups. |
| How did the approach of the abolitionist movement begin to change in the 1830s? | It shifted from a gradual approach to demanding that enslaved people be freed immediately. |
| What was the duty of a conductor on the Underground Railroad? | To move runaways safely from station to station. |
| In the passage above, Stow describes the attempt of a young enslaved woman to escape to freedom while carrying her child. What can you infer about Stowe’s purpose for writing her novel? | She wanted to show how harsh and evil the practice of slavery was. |
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