Question | Answer |
What was the Treaty of Hidalgo? | This was the treaty that ended the Mexican - American War in 1848. (Pg. 349) |
What was Frederick Douglass? | He was a Baltimore slave who disguised himself as a merchant sailor and escaped to New York City & became an influential lecturer for the antislavery cause. (Pg. 350) |
Who was Sojourner Truth? | She was ". . .an African - American abolitionist who was welcomed as a member of the American Anti-Slavery Society." (Pg. 350) |
What was the "Free Soil Party"? | A political party formed by anti-slavery advocates in 1848. Martin van Buren became their presidential candidate in the 1848 election. (Pg. 351) |
How is Harriet Tubman connected to the Underground Railroad system? | She was what was known as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad - "conducting" slaves along routes through American territory made hostile by the fugitive slave law & on to Canada. (Pg. 353) |
What provisions did the Compromise of 1850 make where "free" and "slave" states were concerned? | California was admitted as a free state. Utah & New Mexico were left open to slavery or freedom (on the principle of popular sovereignty). (Pg. 354, photo caption) |
What was the main goal of the Compromise of 1850? | To maintain a balance between "free" and "slave" states. |
Who were John Deere & Cyrus McCormick? | They were inventors who created an improved steel plow (John Deere) and a mechanical reaper (McCormick), which allowed farmers to plant and harvest more crops, improving crop yields & profits. (Pg. 356) |
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe? | The author of the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin", a novel which depicted "the darkest inhumanities of southern slavery in the 1st American novel to include African American central characters". (Pg. 357) |
What was the Gadsden Purchase? | This was the purchase of a strip of land that lay below the New Mexico Territory's border. It was purchased by James Gadsden for the purpose of allowing trains to travel a straight path from "a city in S. California westward". (Pg. 359) |
What was the Kansas - Nebraska Act? | It let people living in the territories of Kansas & Nebraska decide for themselves whether or not to enter the union as free or slave states. |
What was one (1) result of the passing of the Kansas - Nebraska Act? | Both Pro and anti - slavery advocates rushed into Kansas to try and effect the outcome of the next election (held after the Act was passes), resulting in violence. (Pgs. 359 & 360) |
What does the term "Bleeding Kansas" refer to? | This term refers to the violence that erupted after the passage of the Kansas - Nebraska Act. |
List two (2) outcomes of the Dred Scott Case. | The Supreme Court ruled that: 1.) Slaves who had resided in free states were not entitled to their freedom, and; 2.) African Americans could never be U.S. citizens. (Pg. 364) |
Which states joined South Carolina in seceding from the Union in February, 1861? | Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana joined South Carolina in the "1st wave of secession". (Pg. 371) |
Which states joined Virginia in seceding from the Union in April, 1861? | North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas joined Virginia in the "2nd wave of secession". (Pg. 377) |
What four (4) slave states did not leave the Union? | Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, & Missouri. (Pg. 378) |
What did President Lincoln state regarding the main reason war would come (if it did) in his inaugural address? | President Lincoln stated that war would begin over secession, not slavery, ". . .for the federal government had the duty to maintain the Union by any means necessary". (Pg. 374) |