Unit 5 Test Review (ch. 12-15)

Question 1

uncle tom’s cabin

Answer 1

anti-slavery book by harriet breecher. helped lay the groundwork for the civil law

Question 2

gadsden purcase

Answer 2

a small slice of land in return for the purpose of building the transcontinental railroad system. purchased by Pierce.

Question 3

ostend purchase

Answer 3

manifesto that urged Pierce to seize the slave-owning land of cuba from spain

Question 4

KS-NB Act

Answer 4

allowed the people of kansas and nebraska to decide if they wanted slavery to be allowed in that area. It repealed the missouri compromise.

Question 5

know nothng party

Answer 5

american party, they opposed immigrants and followers of the catholic church.

Question 6

bleeding kansas

Answer 6

a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery “Border Ruffian” elements in Kansas between 1854 and 1861.

Question 7

dred-scott decision

Answer 7

dred scott contradicted the missouri compromise and said that by goign with his master everywhere that made him and his family free slaves. the decision made it so slavery could be included in some areas and also declared african americans were not citizens.