Ch. 13 + 14 Quiz

Question 1

___ strong opposed the Wilmot Proviso

Answer 1

Southerners

Question 2

___ ___ of SC refuted the Wilmot Proviso

Answer 2

John Calhoun

Question 3

The ____ of ____ saw fragmentation of the parties concerning the slavery issue

Answer 3

election, 1848

Question 4

____ during the election of 1858 firmed upon their pro-slavery stance, while ___ firmed in their abolitionist stance

Answer 4

democrats, whigs

Question 5

In the 1848 election, ___ won and took a ___ __ stance on the slavery issue

Answer 5

Taylor, free soil

Question 6

_____ of ____ caused a settlement to be made by legislatives of Indiana between the North and South on the slavery issue. It made CA a free state and established the TX boundary

Answer 6

compromise, 1850

Question 7

____ became aware of the cruelty of slavery through books like “___ ____ ___” and they became resistant to the ___ ___ Act

Answer 7

Northerner’s, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Fugitive Slave

Question 8

Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written by ___ ___ __ and sold 300,000 copies in 1st year

Answer 8

Harriet Beacher Stowe

Question 9

In the Election of ____, the ___ party divided between North and South (pro-slavery and abolitionists)

Answer 9

1858, Whig

Question 10

in 1858 the Democrats elected ___ ____ to the presidence

Answer 10

Franklin Piercer

Question 11

Franklin Piercer focused on the _____ _____ and sought to acquire Cuba. He wanted a transcontinental railroad

Answer 11

manifest destiny

Question 12

The ___ ___ Act occurred over the issue of the railroad which led to dispute about territories becoming states.

Answer 12

Kansas Nebraska

Question 13

In January 1854, Sen. Douglas introduced a repeal on the ____ ____ which led to the Kansas Nebraska Act

Answer 13

Missouri Compromise

Question 14

Differentiation between the Democratic and Republican was strong by

Answer 14

1860

Question 15

In 1860, ___ ___ represented the Republican party and won

Answer 15

Abe Lincoln

Question 16

” __ ______” were an anti-Catholic nativist movement often called the “American Party”

Answer 16

know nothings

Question 17

____ during the Election of 1856 wanted make every territory free, had an “adventure” side and elected _____

Answer 17

Republicans, Freemont

Question 18

The Democrats labeled Republicans _____, and elected ___ during the 1856 elections

Answer 18

extremists, Buchanan

Question 19

public schools encouraged the idea of ___ ___, self reliance, work ethic, etc

Answer 19

free labor

Question 20

freed black abolitionists such as ___ ____ pushed for the abolition of slavery

Answer 20

Frederick Douglas

Question 21

By the 1830s, ____ stretched from Southern Virginia to central Texas

Answer 21

cotton

Question 22

By 1860, many Southern States had ____ majorities

Answer 22

black

Question 23

“___ ___” was the Southern Pro-Slavery idea that the slave owners were caring for their slaves

Answer 23

racially based

Question 24

____ ____ had four major cash crops

Answer 24

plantation economy

Question 25

the four major cash crops of the plantation economy were

Answer 25

sugar, rice, tobacco, cotton

Question 26

the south was _____ and ____ based

Answer 26

agricultural, slave

Question 27

the south attracted very few _____

Answer 27

immigrants

Question 28

the plantation “leader” structure” was based on

Answer 28

chivalry

Question 29

Economic and Industrial growth in american occurred by ____

Answer 29

1860

Question 30

Growth came from 4 facts which were

Answer 30

millions moving to cities, factories booming, H20 to steam power, rise in framing activity

Question 31

___ _____ patented an innovative plow that quickened work in 1837

Answer 31

John Deere

Question 32

___ ______ pattened an innovative wheat reaper that made harvesting quicker

Answer 32

Cyrus McCormick

Question 33

more land available increased ____ among US citizens

Answer 33

farming

Question 34

By 1850, trains traversed over ____ _____ mostly in New England and Mid Atlantic States

Answer 34

9000 miles

Question 35

railroads sped not only transportation but allowed for the massive growth of the __ and ___ industries

Answer 35

iron, coal

Question 36

the ___ boomed in 1844 to prevent train accidents

Answer 36

telegraph

Question 37

in 1844 Samuel Morse developed

Answer 37

Morse Code

Question 38

railroad builders recieved grants from the

Answer 38

federal government

Question 39

___ ___ was the idea that as a laborer, you were also free and indepenent and may benefit from your wages

Answer 39

free labor

Question 40

there was an industrial _____ in which the south had a cotton plantation economy that was booming

Answer 40

evolution

Question 41

the ___ ____ occcured when the acquisition of territory from Mexico heated a debate as to whether or not slavery should be allowed

Answer 41

Wilmot Proviso

Question 42

the PA Democrat ____ ____ proposed to Congress that they ban slavery from all territory acquired in war

Answer 42

David Wilmot

Question 43

Free Soil props got support from pro-slavery individuals and were also called ___ ___ __

Answer 43

white man’s proviso

Question 44

slave holding political officials tried to win sway of __ ___ plain folk

Answer 44

lower class

Question 45

43 percent of white men cast votes in ___

Answer 45

1810

Question 46

76 percent of white men cast votes in ___

Answer 46

1827

Question 47

plantation belt _____ lived within the orbit of planter class of people and were freeholders of the land

Answer 47

yeomen

Question 48

6 million Americans out of 8 million did not own

Answer 48

slaves

Question 49

slaves were mostly ___ ___

Answer 49

field hands

Question 50

____ ____ occured when Kansas became a key point of conflict after the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854

Answer 50

Bleeding Kansas

Question 51

Bleeding Kansas was the prelude to the ___ ___

Answer 51

civil war

Question 52

___ ____ was a radical anti-slavery soldier, attacked pro-slavery individuals @ Porrawatomie

Answer 52

John Brown

Question 53

the 1857 Supreme COurt Trial concerning a MS slave who sued for slavery was called __ vs. ___

Answer 53

Dred Scott vs. Sanford

Question 54

The pro-slavery court that rejected Scott’s freedom did so on three grounds:

Answer 54

1. he was not a citizen
2. his home state was pro-slavery
3. the court ruled the Missouri compromise to be “unconstitutional”

Question 55

0The Lincoln Douglas Debates occurred when Lincoln challenged Douglas to ___ debates. ___ won the election but the other got the public eye

Answer 55

7, Douglas