Us History 1 final exam

Question 1

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 1

Popular sovereignty allowed settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be permitted there.

Question 2

Forty-Niners

Answer 2

The Forty-Niners were gold seekers who moved to California during the Gold Rush of 1849.

Question 3

Secession

Answer 3

Secession refers to the withdrawal of Southern states from the Union, leading to the Civil War.

Question 4

Compromise of 1850

Answer 4

The Compromise of 1850 was a series of laws aimed at resolving the territorial and slavery controversies arising from the Mexican-American War.

Question 5

Fugitive Slave Act

Answer 5

The Fugitive Slave Act mandated that escaped slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were found in free states.

Question 6

Underground Railroad

Answer 6

The Underground Railroad was a secret network that helped enslaved African Americans escape to free states and Canada

Question 7

Harriet Tubman

Answer 7

Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist who helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.

Question 8

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 8

Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that fueled abolitionist sentiment in the North.