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| --The American Colonization Society wanted to send FREE Blacks to what African country? |
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| --What was the fate of the American Colonization Society? |
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| failed, as more free black Americans were born in one year than were transported. |
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| --The Quaker author of THE GENIUS OF UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION that suggested immediate voluntary manumission was: |
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| --The founder of the New England Anti- Slavery Society or the ABOLITIONISTS in 1832 was: |
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| --The name of the abolitionist newspaper that called for slaves to run away to freedom was: |
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| --The name of the moderate anti-slavery society founded in the 1830s was the: |
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| --The Liberty Party's presidential candidate in 1840 when he urged an end to the interstate slave trade among other items was: |
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| #8 The attitude of Northern states & territories toward blacks was: |
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| --Northerners gradually began to dislike the institution of slavery for several reasons including: |
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| --The name of the author of An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World that argued for violence if there were no voluntary emancipation was: |
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| The brilliant Maryland slave who learned how to read & write & then overpowered his overseer & wrote himself a pass to freedom was: |
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| The name of the free black that planned an uprising in Charleston, S.C. in the 1820s was: |
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| --The name of the founder of the "Underground Railroad" to assist runaway slaves to get to Canada was: |
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| --The black woman who was freed from slavery in New York in the 1820s and who advocated women’s rights and explained the plight of women in slavery was: |
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| Elizabeth van Wagenen ("Sojourner Truth") |
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| --There were several general defenses of slavery that most southerners used. They included: |
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- slaves are treated better than North's "hirelings"
- religious: Jesus never condemned slavery, and blacks were Cain's descendants
- historical: Greece and Rome held slaves, contributed greatly to culture
- phrenology & brain size |
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| --The author of the idea that northerners ought to enslave their white factory workers to ensure domestic tranquility was: |
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| --The author of the SOUTH CAROLINA EXPOSITION & PROTEST OF 1828 was: |
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| --The real purpose of the SOUTH CAROLINA EXPOSITION was to find a way to lower the: |
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| --The name of the tariff that southerners got passed in 1828 in hopes ORIGINALLY of getting set a precedent to lower the tariff was: |
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| --The name of the WIFE of the Secretary of War, a woman whom Mrs. Calhoun thought was "loose" & whom Jackson defended was: |
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| --In a Jefferson Day Dinner in 1832, Andrew Jackson showed himself firmly opposed to the idea of CONCURRENT MAJORITY when he said: |
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| our Federal Union, it must be preserved |
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| --The idea of the CONCURRENT MAJORITY said that a state, if it did not approve of federal legislation could do what? |
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| nullify federal legislation through a "nullification" election |
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| --In the Tariff Compromise of 1833, WHO arranged the deal that led to South Carolina rescinding its Nullification Ordinance? |
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| --What did other SOUTHERN states do in 1833 when South Carolina challenged the national government on the tariff issue? |
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| nothing; did not follow the lead. |
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| The year 1831-32 was significant for several reasons, including: |
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1831 - Nat Turner revolt
1832 - south views slavery as positive
1832 - Nullification Controversy |
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| --The author of the proviso attached to an appropriations bill in 1846 that said there would be NO slavery in any territory from Mexico was: |
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| --The major argument in 1846-1848 that no one had anything to worry about in regard to slavery in the territories was that: |
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| the land was not arable, and people of each state should decide for themselves |
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| --The name of the Third Party in 1848 that provided a building block of the Republicans & wanted NO Slavery in the territories was the: |
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| --The winner of the election of 1848 & only the SECOND Whig to win the presidency was: |
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| --In 1850 there were several major issues that drove the country to the brink of Civil War; what were they? |
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| Sectional issues: expansion of slavery in western territories (esp California, who wants to be FREE), slavery in D.C., TX & NM war over border, Fugitive Slave Act desired by South to combat The Liberator |
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| --The major contributor to the Compromise of 1850, a Senator from Kentucky and author of the "American System" was: |
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| --Which great American senator & orator urged acceptance of the Compromise of 1850 when he said, "Hear me for my cause?" |
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| --What were the parts of the Compromise of 1850? |
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California is admitted as a free state, but New Mexico's joining the union (also free) is postponed so the balance of voting power is not thrown off
No slave trade in D.C., but slavery is allowed there
TX/NM border is set to the East (NM happy), but Texas was paid $$ (TX happy)
Fugitive Slave Act passed |
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| --In the Compromise of 1850 what state was admitted to the union as a FREE ONE? |
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| --The president who refused to sign the Compromise of 1850 and who subsequently died from gastric distress in July 1850 was: |
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| --The name of the president who realistically signed the Compromise of 1850 into law was: |
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| --After the Compromise of 1850 HOW MANY FREE states were there in the union? |
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| --After the Compromise of 1850 HOW MANY SLAVE states were there in the union? |
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| --In Massachusetts in 1852, that state defeated whom for the position of senator & chose an abolitionist, Charles Sumner, instead? |
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| --The Republican Party of 1852-54 came into existence due to what factors? |
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| Whigs' disintegration, Northern "Barn Burner" Dems rebel against Democratic Party for passing Fugitive Slave Act, Free Soil & Liberty Parties join in Ripon, Wisconsin |
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| --What major religious groups had split into southern & northern factions as early as 1844-45? |
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| Methodist Churches and Baptist Churches |
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| --In the debate over the transcontinental railroad in 1853-54, which side had the best route? |
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| --The chief advantages of the SOUTHERN transcontinental railroad route were: |
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| Easy to build (terrain-wise) and easy to defend (TX, LA, NM, & CA are all organized with militias) |
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| --The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 got southern support for ORGANIZING those areas in return for: |
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| repeal of 36/30 part of Missouri Compromise (which will allow slavery in the north) |
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| --WHO was to decide the existence of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska territories? |
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| --The name of the group that aided some 1200 New England emigrant families to Kansas in 1855-56 was the: |
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| New England Emigrant Aid Society |
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| --New Englanders sent not only people to Kansas but also weapons known as: |
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| --The ABOLITIONIST who murdered the whites at a pro-slavery encampment in 1856 at Potawatomie Creek was: |
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| --The member of the House & South Carolinian who beat Charles Sumner for his verbal attack on Andrew Butler, S.C. Senator, was: |
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| --In the election of 1856 the REPUBLICAN candidate who only needed six more NORTHERN states to win was: |
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| --The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1856 when the Dred Scott Decision was made was: |
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| --The Dred Scott decision in 1857 said WHAT about the citizenry of black people in the United States? |
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| --The reason the Supreme Court said in 1857 that the federal government could NOT forbid slavery in the territories was: |
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| it violated 5th Amendment: Federal Government cannot deprive citizen of property without due process of law |
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| --The FREEPORT DOCTRINE of 1858 was an idea of Stephen Douglas who said slavery COULD not exist in the territories IF there were no: |
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| --The leader of the raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia in 1859 when he hoped to cause a general southern slave uprising was: |
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| --The CONSTITUTIONAL UNION Party candidate for president who wanted a Constitutional guarantee of the institution of slavery was: |
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| --The SOUTHERN Democratic Party candidate in 1860 when he wanted federal government slave codes was: |
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| --The RUMP DEMOCRATIC PARTY or regular Democratic Party candidate in 1860 when he called for Popular sovereignty in the territories was: |
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| --Lincoln's chief rival in the Chicago Republican Party Convention was: |
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| --The FIRST state to SECEDE from the union in December 1860 was: |
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| --Which SLAVE states remained LOYAL to the union in 1861? |
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| Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware |
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| --The FIRST major battle of the Civil War when in July 1861 the Northern Army was defeated was: |
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| --The name of the northern plan to win the war by blockading the south, then cutting it up & finally by taking Richmond was: |
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| --The reason for the issuance of the EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION in 1862 was an attempt to prevent whom from intervening for the south? |
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| --The three states "reconstructed" under Lincoln's Plan were: |
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| Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee |
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| --Lincoln considered a state eligible to reenter the union & Congress when WHAT PERCENTAGE of its 1860 voters swore allegiance to the U.S.? |
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| #15 There were several general defenses of slavery that most Southerners used. They included: |
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