History Test3 Dates and Lists

Question 1

1846-1848

Answer 1

Mexican War

Question 2

1861-1865

Answer 2

Civil War

Question 3

1865-1877

Answer 3

Reconstruction Years for the Union

Question 4

Differences between Democrats and Whigs

Answer 4

1. Democrats: most resided in the south, pro slavery, didn’t want a strong government, felt the government should leave business alone, neither helping nor hindering it
2. Whigs: most resided in the north, believed the government should protect industry with tariffs on imports, with grants of monopolies, with construction of harbors and railroads, with a national banking system

Question 5

Compromise of 1850

Answer 5

1. California will be admitted as a Free state
2. the Utah territory and New Mexico territory will be left up to the citizens of the state (popular sovereignty)
3. Will have a strong Fugitive Slave Law

Question 6

14 steps to the Civil War

Answer 6

1. slavery not resolved by founding fathers
2. 1793 - Eli Whitney invents cottton gin
3. nullification and secession controversies
4. 1820 Missouri compromise
5. 1831 end of moderation; Nat Turner & William Lloyd Garrison
6. Mexican War - Wilmot Proviso
7. compromise of 1850; california, popular sovierngty, fugitive slave law
8. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
9. Kansas - Nebraska Act; part of Louisiana purchase, not suppose to be slave states, this act contradicted it
10. Political failure; north and south stops compromising (Brooks, Pierce, Buchanan)
11. Dred Scott Case
12. Lincoln - Douglas Debate
13. John Brown’s Raid
14. The Election of 1860

Question 7

Why did the South secede

Answer 7

1. Knew that Lincoln opposed Slavery, and felt that once he became president, he would abolish it
2. they also speculated a war wagging and the non existence of the constitution soon to begin and taking away of rights
3. Mississippi stated that if they submit to the north, they will lose $4 billion for their slaves lives - felt they were being oppressed just as England was oppressing American before

Question 8

Why did the North oppose secession

Answer 8

Wanted to maintain the Union

Question 9

Lincoln’s two key points in 1st inaugural address

Answer 9

1. he will not abolish slavery because he cant; it would mean a constitution amendment and he did not have the authority to do that
2. he will not let any state secede (they never declare war b/c you can only do so with another county & the confederate was not! - it would mean they admitted to their existence)

Question 10

1860 how many slaves

Answer 10

4 million

Question 11

how many civil war deaths

Answer 11

620,000

Question 12

how many blacks in Union Army

Answer 12

almost 200,000

Question 13

Emancipation Proclamation, why was it issued

Answer 13

1. due to run away slaves showing up at Union Army camps, it was unsure as to what their title was
2. Blacks were beginning to join armies
3. Lincoln felt that some slaves needed to be abolish in the south; he passed the proclamation giving freedom to slaves in a majority of the confederate states
4. Was proclaimed during the war and officially passed on Sept. 22, 1862

Question 14

13th amendment

Answer 14

Abolished Slavery EVERYWHERE

Question 15

14th amendment

Answer 15

established a constitutional guarantee of basic citizenship for all Americans including African Americans; and it forbids any state to abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens, to deprive any person of life liberty or property with outdue process of law, or to deny any person the equal protection of the law

Question 16

15th amendment

Answer 16

Forbids states to deny any person the vote on grounds of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”