Power point 10 Review

Question 1

What were 2 popular ideas concerning emancipation in the early republic?

Answer 1

Slavery would be ended gradually
AND
Only slaves reached a certain age

Question 2

Describe the general idea of gradual emancipation and how it worked.

Answer 2

Once a slave hit a certain age they would be freed.

Question 3

In stark contrast to other slave societies throughout the world, _____.

Answer 3

there was never a serious slave rebellion in American history.

Question 4

______ revolutionaries thought slavery was at odds with the revolutions stated aims.

Answer 4

Virginia

Question 5

The real problem behind emancipation throughout the South was _____.

Answer 5

the extent to which the southerners had invested in slaves.

Question 6

In 1832 what brought Jefferson’s proposal for gradual emancipation back to the Virginia assembly?

Answer 6

Jefferson’s grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph introduced it after Nat Turners uprising in South Hampton County.

Question 7

Along with Thomas Jefferson, most Virginians believed ______.

Answer 7

that whites and blacks could not live peacefully together.

Question 8

What were the problems with the idea of colonization? (3)

Answer 8

1. Who would pay compensation for slave owners?
2. Should the state pay for transportation?
3. Who will pay for the land to which the slaves will be sent?

Question 9

When was the last time emancipation was brought up in the Virginia assembly?

Answer 9

1832

Question 10

Describe the real fear slave owners had concerning their slaves. (2)

Answer 10

1. That black men preferred white women

2. Given the chance, black men would murder white men and rape white women

Question 11

Describe why free blacks were seen as a threat to the institution of slavery.

Answer 11

1. Significant number of free blacks in southern states.

2. Free blacks would serve as a bad motivation and influence on slaves.

Question 12

How was William Lloyd Garrison, unlike other abolitionists?

Answer 12

He felt that:

1. Black people should be granted full political, legal, and social equality.
2. The idea of inter-racial sex and marriage

Question 13

Describe Garrison’s abolitionist attitudes toward northerners.

Answer 13

That they seceed from the south.

Question 14

What are some examples of tactics used by Garrison to rile Americans up concerning abolition?

Answer 14

Suggested secession

Burning of the constitution

Question 15

What did Garrison hope to accomplish as an agitator for abolition?

Answer 15

He wanted people to think of things in ways that they had not done before.

Question 16

Give some/an example of the southern response to northern abolitionist arguments.

Answer 16

Some said that slavery was morally required
Slavery was morally acceptable
a. It was a Christian institution
b. Abraham and Moses both owned slaves
c. Jesus never said anything negative about slavery
d. Paul’s writings in Colossians and Philemon

Question 17

Describe Garrison’s response to the southern argument based on the Bible.

Answer 17

He accepted their argument but rejected the bible.

Question 18

How did southern politicians assist Garrison in accomplishing his goals?

Answer 18

They gave him publicity by standing in the halls of congress excoriating Garrison.

Question 19

As evidenced by the career of Sumner no party would consistently support emancipation because ____.

Answer 19

?

Question 20

What was significant about the year 1840 in both houses of Congress?

Answer 20

They passed gage rules that did not allow discussion or debate concerning slavery.
Any petitions concerning slavery would be tabled and never brought to the most basic hearing in the two houses.

Question 21

Why did John Quincy Adams continue to read abolition petitions even after the gage orders were passed?

Answer 21

He felt the gage order was a violation of his constituents right to petition their congressman.

Question 22

How did John Quincy Adams’ opponents respond to Adams’ continued reading of abolition petitions?

Answer 22

Since the federal congress had no authority to abolish slavery where it existed or where any state wanted to make it legal there was no sense in discussing the matter.

Question 23

What explanation did Harriet Beecher Stowe use to say northerners were the ones responsible for slavery?

Answer 23

Since northerners bought products and supplied slaves to the south, the northerners were ultimately responsible.

Question 24

The eventual discussion concerning slavery actually concerned ____.

Answer 24

Who would control the senate.

Question 25

What were the 2 important points during the 1850s?

Answer 25

Abolitionism did not mean the abolition of slavery
and
The political struggle was not about slavery it was about who would control the senate.

Question 26

To what did abolition refer to the majority of northerners during the 1850s?

Answer 26

Preventing the spread of slavery into the newly acquired western territories.

Question 27

What made control of the Senate so important during the 1850s?

Answer 27

The senate was key in the struggle for political power, in the senate each state had the same number of representatives.
As long as the Senate remained balanced, no one single party or section could get legislation through the Congress.

Question 28

Describe the difference in the struggle to control the senate between the northerners and the southerners during the 1850s.

Answer 28

Northerners wanted to control the Senate because with control of both the House and the Senate they could push whatever legislation that they wanted.

Southerners struggled to maintain a balance in the senate so they could block any northern legislation passed by the House in the Senate.

Question 29

During the election of 1848, the Democrats began a trend concerning the presidential nominee which consisted of ____.

Answer 29

nominating a Northern candidate to try to win votes in that section.

Question 30

The problem with the idea of “popular sovereignty” was _____.

Answer 30

it ignored the 5th Amendment of the Constitution.

Question 31

What were some characteristics of the Wilmot Proviso?

Answer 31

1. Ended the Mexican-American War
2. Banned all African-Americans from land acquired from
   Mexico, preserving the area for white farmers.
3. Passed in the House but failed in the Senate.

Question 32

How did many northern states choose to oppose the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850?

Answer 32

They refused to agree to the fugitive slave law; nullification

Question 33

What were some characteristics of the newly formed Republican Party?

Answer 33

1. Powerful purely sectional party
2. 1854-now
3. Formed in Wisconsin
4. “Free soil, labor, and men”
5. Pro White
6. Hamiltonian system and promotion of homestead
   legislation
7. Free soilers, know-nothings, northern whigs and
   democrats

Question 34

Describe the Dred Scott decision?

Answer 34

The Supreme Court did not have jurisdiction in the case.

Question 35

What was a result of John Brown’s raid in 1859?

Answer 35

It was quickly defeated

Question 36

In the 1850s the “debate” and concern over the extension of slavery led to the formation of ______.

Answer 36

The Republican Party

Question 37

What was characteristic of the Republican Party’s stand concerning slavery?

Answer 37

Free men

Question 38

The growing hostility to southern slave owners in politics which lead to the growth of the Republican Party resulted at least in part from _____.

Answer 38

Abolitionist critisisms

Question 39

Why was abolitionism a significant factor in the growing sectional conflict of the 1850s?

Answer 39

They were trying to agitate the southerners

Question 40

What was the abolitionists’ reaction when the southern states seceded?

Answer 40

good riddance