Chapter 14 Review

Question 1

Provide the definition of the term:

popular sovereignty

Answer 1

people in a territory or state vote directly on issues, rather than having their elected representatives decide

Question 2

After being provided the definition, name the term:

to withdraw from

Answer 2

secede

Question 3

What did the Wilmot Proviso propose?

Answer 3

Congress would ban all slavery in territory that might become part of the U.S. as a result of the Mexican-American War

Question 4

Fill in the blanks:

Fugitives are what ______________ referred to _________ slaves as.

Answer 4

southerners, runaway

Question 5

Provide the definiton of the term:

Henry Clay

Answer 5

known as the Great Compromiser, he came up with the Compromise of 1850

Question 6

Why was the Free-Soil Party founded?

Answer 6

Many anti-slavery Whigs and Democrats wanted to take a stronger stand against the spread of slavery, especially in the land gained from the Mexican-American war

Question 7

True or false? If false, correct the statement:

John C. Calhoun was a U.S. senator from North Carolina, and he spoke for the South against Clay’s Compromise.

Answer 7

False. John C. Calhoun was a U.S. senator from South Carolina, and he spoke for the South against Clay’s Compromise.

Question 8

Provide the definition of the term:

Daniel Webster

Answer 8

U.S. Senator from Massachusetts who supported Clay’s Compromise in an effort to preserve the Union

Question 9

What problem did California’s proposed admission to the Union cause?

Answer 9

Both sides realized that California’s admission as a free state would upset the balance between free and slaves state in the Senate

Explanation:
Most of California was in the North, so northerners wanted it to become a northern state.

Question 10

What other issues were dividing the North and the South during the debate over the admission of California?

Answer 10

• Northerners - Wanted the slave trade abolished in Washington D.C.
• Southerners - Wanted a slave law that would help catch fugitive slaves (with the help of northerners)

Question 11

Fill in the blank:

Winning the Mexican War had added more than _________ square miles to the United States.

Answer 11

500,000

Question 12

True or false? If false, correct the statement:

The debate over the Wilmot Proviso demonstrated the nation’s growing sectionalism over the issue of slavery.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Which statement below is factual?

1. Popular sovereignty would allow U.S. voters to decide whether or not to add a new state to the Union.
2. Popular sovereignty would allow voters in a territory to decide whether they wanted to ban or permit slavery.

Answer 13

2

Question 14

What year was the Free-Soil Party founded?

Answer 14

1848

Question 15

Why was the South alarmed by the Wilmot Proviso?

Considering that in 1846 the North controlled the House of Representatives because of their large population, but each state had two seats in the Senate.

Answer 15

If the Wilmot Proviso went through, all new states founded would be free states, giving the North (antislavery) an overwhelming majority in the Senate and House of Representatives.

Question 16

Provide the definition of the term:

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer 16

the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 17

Fill in the blanks:

_________ Douglas proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in ______, his goal was a __________________ railroad.

Answer 17

Stephen, 1854, transcontinental

Question 18

How did the Compromise of 1850 deal with the admission of California to the Union?

Answer 18

It allowed California to enter as a free state to please the North

Question 19

Complete the statement with the best available option:

… was an antislavery settler from Connecticut who led the Pottawatomie massacre.

A. John C. Calhoun
B. Moses Speedbump
C. John Brown
D. Martin Van Buren

Answer 19

C. John Brown

Question 20

After being provided the definition, name the term:

false or misleading information that is spread to further a cause

Answer 20

propaganda

Question 21

True or false? If false, correct the statement:

Bleeding Delaware was the nickname given to Delaware because of the fighting between proslavery and antislavery settlers.

Answer 21

False. Bleeding Kansas was the nickname given to Kansas because of the fighting between proslavery and antislavery settlers.

Question 22

Fill in the blank:

To ________ is to place a burden on something or someone.

Answer 22

impose

Question 23

What impact did Uncle Tom’s Cabin have in the North and the South?

Answer 23

• In the North - It caused a lot of northerners to realize the ugly truths of slavery. Many started to believe slavery was immoral.
• In the South - Many southern plantation owners were angry and threatened. They claimed it was propaganda

Summary: It increased tensions between the North and the South

Question 24

What year was Uncle Tom’s Cabin published?

Answer 24

1852

Question 25

How did Stephen Douglas's plan undo the Missouri Compromise? ## Footnote a.k.a: the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 25

It proposed allowing the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on the topic of slavery through popular sovereignty ## Footnote Reminder: The Missouri Compromise made it so all states/territories north of the 36°30' parallel were free (excluding Missouri).

Question 26

What was the outcome of the election to select a legislature in the Kansas Territory?

Answer 26

Pro-slavery forces, many from Missouri, flooded into Kansas and illegally voted. This outraged anti-slavery settlers, who rejected the legislature and formed their own rival government.

Question 27

# Fill in the blank: In the Kansas Territory, out of the ____ legislators, all but _____ were pro-slavery.

Answer 27

39, 3

Question 28

List the four main terms of the Compromise of 1850. ## Footnote proposed by Henry Clay

Answer 28

1. California would be admitted as a free state 2. Slave trade would be banned in Washington D.C. 3. Popular sovereignty would decide slavery in the rest of the Mexican Cession 4. Southerners got a tough new fugitive slave law

Question 29

# After being provided the definition, name the term: The goal of this was to end slavery by giving supporters and opponents of slavery some of what they wanted.

Answer 29

Compromise of 1850

Question 30

The Fugitive Slave act of 1850 allowed government officals to arrest any person accused of being what?

Answer 30

a runaway slave (by any white person)

Question 31

# True or false? If false, correct the statement: Suspects in the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 had no right to a trial.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

# Complete the statement with the best available option: ... were required to help authorities capture accused runaway slaves if asked. **A.** Southerners **B.** Westerners **C.** Northerners **D.** Easterners

Answer 32

C. Northerners

Question 33

What was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 33

the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Question 34

# Fill in the blanks: * **_Cause_** - The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed. * **_Effect_** - Thousands of __________ African Americans fled to ________.

Answer 34

northern, Canada

Question 35

# After being provided the definition, name the term: * Reopened the issue of slavery in territories * Northerners were outraged

Answer 35

Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

Question 36

# Fill in the blanks: Although Kansas had only ______ voters, nearly ______ votes were cast on election day. Both proslavery and antislavery settlers wanted to hold the __________ in the territory.

Answer 36

3,000, 8,000, majority

Question 37

# Provide the definition of the term: James Buchanan

Answer 37

he was the Democrats' candidate in the election of 1856

Question 38

# After being provided the definition, name the term: slave that sued for his freedom and went all the way up to the Supreme Court

Answer 38

Dred Scott

Question 39

What was the result of the Election of 1856?

Answer 39

The Democrat James Buchanan was elected

Question 40

# Fill in the blanks: In the Election of 1856, although James Buchanan won, the Republican Party ran its first candidate, _______________. He won in ____ of the nation's 16 free states, showing the emergence of the ____________ Party as a major political force.

Answer 40

John C. Frémont, 11, Republican

Question 41

Why did Dred Scott claim he was no longer enslaved?

Answer 41

He had lived for an extended period in free territories (Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory) because his master was enlisted in the Army.

Question 42

# Complete the statement with the best available option: ... was a lawyer from Illinois that ran for the U.S. Senate in 1858 against Stephen Douglas. **A.** John Brown **B.** William Henry Harrison **C.** Andrew Jackson **D.** Abraham Lincoln

Answer 42

D. Abraham Lincoln

Question 43

# Provide the definition of the term: Roger B. Taney

Answer 43

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1857

Question 44

# Fill in the chart:

Answer 44

Question 45

What position did Stephen Douglas take on slavery?

Answer 45

He supported *popular sovereignty*, rather than the decision being made by Congress.

Question 46

What was John Brown's goal in launching the raid on Harpers Ferry?

Answer 46

To seize weapons from the U.S. army storage and distribute them to the slaves of the South, which he hoped would trigger a massive slave uprising

Question 47

# True or false? If false, correct the statement: John Brown believed he could trigger a slave rebellion that would lead to the end of slavery across the country.

Answer 47

True

Question 48

Why were Southerners shocked at the North's reaction to John Brown's hanging?

Answer 48

The North was celebrating a man who had attempted to incite a massive slave revolt

Question 49

# Fill in the blanks: After the raid on _______________, Southerners were convinced that the North was out to destroy their way of ______.

Answer 49

Harpers Ferry, life

Question 50

The famous painting titled "*Tragic Prelude*" was made by which artist?

Answer 50

John Stewart Curry in 1937

Question 51

How did divisions among the Democrats help lead to the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln in 1860?

Answer 51

Divisions helped split the Democratic Party's vote, weakening the party's chance of being elected

Question 52

Why did southern states secede from the Union?

Answer 52

They feared that Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party's opposition to the expansion of slavery threatened their voice in the national government

Question 53

Why was Lincoln reluctant to give up Fort Sumter?

Answer 53

It would be seen as weakness and encourage more secession

Question 54

# Fill in the chart:

Answer 54

Question 55

Was the Constitutional Union more popular in the North or South?

Answer 55

the South

Question 56

# Fill in the blank: Although he did not receive a majority of the popular vote _________ received enough electoral votes to win the election.

Answer 56

Abraham Lincoln

Question 57

After South Carolina seceded out of the Union, how many more states immediately (almost) followed?

Answer 57

six ## Footnote There were seven original members of the Confederacy, and four more joined after the fall of Fort Sumter.

Question 58

# Chance to be bonus: Where did the seven seceded states meet to form a new nation?

Answer 58

Montgomery, Alabama

Question 59

# Chance to be bonus: How many states in total were part of the Confederacy?

Answer 59

11

Question 60

Who was the President of Confederacy?

Answer 60

Jefferson Davis

Question 61

``` "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of... war. The government will not attack you...We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies." ``` Who most likely made this quote?

Answer 61

Abraham Lincoln

Question 62

What were the two responses of seceding states to Lincoln's message?

Answer 62

1. They rejected Lincoln's message 2. They seized federal property within their borders

Question 63

What was Lincoln's plan to deal with the siege of Fort Sumter?

Answer 63

To send a supply ship with no guns so southerners wouldn't think he was attacking them

Question 64

What was South Carolina's response to Lincoln's plan with Fort Sumter?

Answer 64

They attacked the fort with artillery, killing the people inside, which started the Civil War

Question 65

# Complete the statement with the best available option: The Supreme Court saw slaves as ... **A.** property **B.** farmers **C.** industrial machines **D.** both A and B

Answer 65

A. property

Question 66

# True or false? If false, correct the statement: Most historians agree that the start of the civil war was when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter. ## Footnote big chance of being on test as question or bonus

Answer 66

True

Question 67

# Arrange the following events in chronological order: * Missouri Compromise * Compromise of 1850 * Kansas-Nebraska Act * Harpers Ferry * Fugitive Slave Act * Dred Scott case * Pottawatomie Massacre * Wilmot Proviso

Answer 67

1. Missouri Compromise (1820) 2. Wilmot Proviso (1846) 3. Compromise of 1850 4. Fugitive Slave Act (1850, part of Compromise) 5. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) 6. Pottawatomie Massacre (1856) 6. Dred Scott Case (1857) 7. Harpers Ferry (1859)

Question 68

# Fill in the blank: The spokesperson for the south was ________________.

Answer 68

John C. Calhoun

Question 69

Who was the spokesperson for the north?

Answer 69

Daniel Webster

Question 70

Who was the spokesperson for the West?

Answer 70

Stephen Douglas

Question 71

Who wanted a transcontinental railroad through Kansas and Nebraska?

Answer 71

Stephen Douglas

Question 72

# Fill in the blanks: _______________ was a Massachusetts senator and a leading abolitionist who was beat with a cane by _______________.

Answer 72

Charles Sumner, Preston Brooks ## Footnote Sumner had delivered a speech in which he criticized and specifically attacked Senator Andrew Butler of South Carolina who support slavery. Preston Brooks was Butler's cousin, so he took retaliation into his own hands.

Question 73

# **Guaranteed bonus:** What was the nickname for rifles that were sent to anti-slavery settlers in Kansas by Henry Ward Beecher?

Answer 73

Beecher bibles