History test unit 5

Question 1

What is the Mason dixon line?

Answer 1

• A boundary between Maryland a Pennsylvania

- A dividing line between slave states and free states

Question 2

how were the south and north different?

Answer 2

The south was more based on agriculture and farming and had a lot more alves and few rail roads
While the north was based on manufacturing and machinery and didn’t not have as many slaves and had a lot of advanced technology also more people were coming to the north for better job opportunities

Question 3

Pro slavery used what to defend themselves?

Answer 3

• the bible
• referred back to every civilization that had been successful had slaves
• Thought slavery would keep their social class for whites normal because slaves would be on the bottom
• they thought when blacks were under a slave owner they were happier because they were given food and better opportunities

Question 4

what was the Abolitionist Movement?

Answer 4

Blacks get to stay and be free and based on the idea that slavery was a sin

Question 5

who is David Walker?

Answer 5

a free black man wrote an appeal

Question 6

who was william Lloyd?

Answer 6

wrote the liberator a news paper

Question 7

what was Nat turner’s rebellion?

Answer 7

Nat turner led a slave revolt in Va that killed about 60 whites
revolt sent panic throughout the south and made slave laws more harsh

Question 8

what is Uncle tom’s cabin ?

Answer 8

-a book by harriet Beecher stowe
-Describes slavery at its worst
How slavery tears families apart
-2nd most famous book in the second century
Encouraged anti slavery feeling in the north

Question 9

Things women could do?

Answer 9

• Circulate petitions
• Attend meetings
• March in parades
• Deliver public letters

Question 10

who is dorthy dix?

Answer 10

• Establishing asylums before the civil war

- Leading advocate for more humane treatment of the insane

Question 11

who are the grimmie sisters?

Answer 11

letters of equality of sexes and also equality for blacks

Question 12

who is Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth cady stanton?

Answer 12

-both Wanted equal rights
-Both responsible for making an assembly
-Based on the declaration of independence from what thomas Jefferson said
And restarting it for women

Question 13

what is the missouri compromise?

Answer 13

They wanted to add misour as a state but it expanded past the boundary

Question 14

what is the fugitive slave law?

Answer 14

• Made it easier for slave catchers to capture fugitives or even to kidnap free blacks
• Heavy fine or imprisonment for anyone who helped the fugitives

Question 15

what is the Dred Scott case and what did the supreme court say about it?

Answer 15

Dred scott is a slave in 1830 his owner took him with him when he was traveling to illinois and when they got back dred scott sued for his freedom because he took him to a place where slavery wasn’t allowed

Supreme court decided dred scott was not a free citizen so he could not sue

Question 16

what was John brown’s goals?

Answer 16

His goal was to turn arnsental in to a supply station for a huge slave revolt

Question 17

what was the Kansas and Nebraska act?

Answer 17

• Both of the states were north of the missouri compromise line
• Created two new territories kansas and nebraska

Question 18

why was senator stephen douglas of illinois was gonna take away the missouri compromise?

Answer 18

Because of popular sovereignty

Question 19

why did kansas get the name bleeding kansas?

Answer 19

Because kansas became a battleground for Anti slavery people and pro slavery people

Question 20

information about the battle of Fort Sumter?
location
Winner
Impact

Answer 20

• south carolina
• south
• was a cause of the civil war

Question 21

information about the battle of Bull Run?
Location
Winner
Impact

Answer 21

• Manassas Virginia
• south
• the hope of both sides for a quick was ended

Question 22

information about the battle of Antietam?
Location
Impact

Answer 22

• maryland

- bloodiest one day in the war , first major battle on northern soil

Question 23

information about the battle of Gettysburg?
Location
Winner
Impact

Answer 23

-gettysburg, pennsylvania
-north
-turning point in the battle
the confederates would never again able to mount a major invasion of union territory

Question 24

information about the battle of Appomattox courthouse
location( the mclean home in appomattox courthouse Virginia)
Impact - robert lee eventually surrendered all confederate field armies and the end of the civil war

Answer 24

• Mclean in the appomattox courthouse in Virginia

- robert lee eventually surrendered all confederate field armies and the end of the civil war

Question 25

what did Abraham lincoln believe about the nation?

Answer 25

believed that the US was one nation not a collection of independent states

Question 26

what did Ulysses S Grant do and successful for ?

Answer 26

• successful at defeating confederate forces in the west

- accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox courthouse

Question 27

who was Frederick Douglass and what did he do?

Answer 27

• Former slave who became a prominent abolitionist

- Urged Abraham to recruit blacks for the union forces

Question 28

who was Jefferson davis?

Answer 28

-President of the confederacy of America

Question 29

who was Robert E, lee and what did he do?

Answer 29

-Confederate General of the Army of Northern Virginia
-Opposed secession but did not believe the union should be held together by force
Urged southerners to accept defeat and reunite rather than fight on after Appomattox

Question 30

who was Stonewall jackson and how did he die?

Answer 30

• Confederate General known for his brilliant tactic

- Killed at the battle of Chancellorsville when he was accidentally shot by his own troops

Question 31

what were some of the reasons the North won the civil war?

Answer 31

North: 2 million /south: 5.5million

Industry
North: can make more things (Iron) / south: can only make raw materials

Military
North : a Navy with very strong leadership/ south : great leaders a few but they didn’t have a navy at all

Railroads
North : had tons of railroads/ south : did not have a lot of railroads at all

New technologies - railroads, telegraphs ,Ironclads(ships made of iron), Air balloons, Early hand grenades, a new kind of rifle, and minie balls.

Question 32

what was the Emancipation Proclamation and what did it do?

Answer 32

• emancipation proclamation allowed for enlistment of african american soldiers
• freed all slaves in rebelling states

Question 33

what was The gettysburg address and what did it do?

Answer 33

• Unifying the nation and unifying the country

- He is talking about the declaration of independence how the fathers set up our country

Question 34

what is the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 34

• California applied for statehood

- But it upsets the balance of free and slave states

Question 35

what is the Compromise?

Answer 35

• California was admitted to the union as a free state
• Territories of the Utah and New Mexico would be open to slavery
• The slave trade was abolished in washington dc
• Congress passed a stricter fugitive slave law