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History - Exam 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The American Colonization Society wanted to send FREE Blacks to what African country? | Liberia |
| What was the fate of the American Colonization Society? | Existed for 40 years but failed |
| The Quaker author of THE GENIUS OF UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION that suggested immediate voluntary manumission was: | Benjamin Lundy |
| The founder of the New England Anti Slavery Society or the ABOLITIONISTS in 1832 was: | William Lloyd Garrison |
| The name of the abolitionist newspaper that called for slaves to run away to freedom was: | The Liberator |
| The name of the moderate anti slavery society founded in the 1830s was the: | American Anti Slavery Society |
| The Liberty Party's presidential candidate in 1840 when he urged an end to the interstate slave trade among other items was: | James G Birney |
| The attitude of northern states & territories toward blacks was: | racist |
| Northerners gradually began to dislike the institution of slavery for several reasons including: | Fugitive Slave Act, Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| 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: | David Walker |
| The brilliant Maryland slave who learned how to read & write & then overpowered his overseer & wrote himself a pass to freedom was: | Frederick Douglas |
| The name of the free black that planned an uprising in Charleston, S.C. in the 1820s was: | Denmark Vesey |
| The name of the founder of the "Underground Railroad" to assist runaway slaves to get to Canada was: | Harriet Tubman |
| 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: | Elizabeth Van Wagenen (Sojourner Truth) |
| There were several general defenses of slavery that most southerners used. They included: | slaves had better conditions than northern hirelings, religious argument, historical argument, pseudo-scientific argument |
| The author of the idea that northerners ought to enslave their white factory workers to ensure domestic tranquility was: | John C Calhoun |
| The author of the SOUTH CAROLINA EXPOSITION & PROTEST OF 1828 was: | John C Calhoun |
| The real purpose of the SOUTH CAROLINA EXPOSITION was to find a way to lower the: | Tariff of 1828 |
| The name of the tariff that southerners got passed in 1828 in hopes ORIGINALLY of getting set a precedent to lower the tariff was: | Tariff of Abominations |
| The name of the WIFE of the Secretary of War, a woman whom Mrs. Calhoun thought was "loose" & whom Jackson defended was: | Peggy Eaton |
| In a Jefferson Day Dinner in 1832, Andrew Jackson showed himself firmly opposed to the idea of CONCURRENT MAJORITY when he said: | "Our federal union, it must be preserved" |
| The idea of the CONCURRENT MAJORITY said that a state, if it did not approve of federal legislation could do what? | nullify the Federal law |
| In the Tariff Compromise of 1833, WHO arranged the deal that led to South Carolina rescinding its Nullification Ordinance? | Henry Clay |
| What did other SOUTHERN states do in 1833 when South Carolina challenged the national government on the tariff issue? | nothing |
| The year 1831-32 was significant for several reasons that included: | Nat Turner Revolt, Nullification Crisis, Toke Fields Visit |
| 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: | David Wilmot |
| The major argument in 1846-1848 that no one had anything to worry about in regard to slavery in the territories was that: | nature would resolve the issue |
| The name of the Third Party in 1848 that provided a building block of the Republicans & wanted NO Slavery in the territories was the: | Free Soil Party |
| The winner of the election of 1848 & only the SECOND Whig to win the presidency was: | Zachary Taylor |
| In 1850 there were several major issues that drove the country to the brink of Civil War; what were they? | California and New Mexico wanted to come into the union as free states, northerners wanted to end slavery in Washington D.C., border dispute with Mexico, southerners wanted a strong fugitive slave act |
| The major contributor to the Compromise of 1850, a Senator from Kentucky and author of the "American System" was: | Henry Clay |
| Which great American senator & orator urged acceptance of the Compromise of 1850 when he said, "Hear me for my cause?" | Daniel Webster |
| What were the parts of the Compromise of 1850? | California admitted as free state, New Mexico admission postponed, no slave trade in Washington D.C., strong fugitive slave act, new Texas boundary |
| In the Compromise of 1850 what state was admitted to the union as a FREE ONE? | California |
| The president who refused to sign the Compromise of 1850 and who subsequently died from gastric distress in July 1850 was: | Zachary Taylor |
| The name of the president who realistically signed the Compromise of 1850 into law was | Millard Filmore |
| After the Compromise of 1850 HOW MANY FREE states were there in the union? | 16 |
| After the Compromise of 1850 HOW MANY SLAVE states were there in the union? | 15 |
| In Massachusetts in 1852, that state defeated whom for the position of senator & chose an abolitionist, Charles Sumner, instead? | Daniel Webster |
| The Republican Party of 1852-54 came into existence due to what factors? | Fugitive Slave Act, Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| What major religious groups had split into southern & northern factions as early as 1844-45? | Methodists and Baptists |
| In the debate over the transcontinental railroad in 1853-54, which side had the best route? | Southern |
| The chief advantages of the SOUTHERN transcontinental railroad route were: | no mountains, cheap, easily defendable |
| The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 got southern support for ORGANIZING those areas in return for: | repeal of 36-30 |
| WHO was to decide the existence of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska territories? | people of that state (popular sovereignty) |
| The name of the group that aided some 1200 New England emigrant families to Kansas in 1855-56 was the: | New England Emigrant Aid Society |
| New Englanders sent not only people to Kansas but also weapons known as: | Beecher's Bibles |
| The ABOLITIONIST who murdered the whites at a pro-slavery encampment in 1856 at Potawatomie Creek was: | John Brown |
| The member of the House & South Carolinian who beat Charles Sumner for his verbal attack on Andrew Butler, S.C. Senator, was: | Preston Brooks |
| In the election of 1856 the REPUBLICAN candidate who only needed six more NORTHERN states to win was: | John C Fremont |
| The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1856 when the Dred Scott Decision was made was: | Roger Taney |
| The Dred Scott decision in 1857 said WHAT about the citizenry of black people in the United States? | they weren't citizens |
| The reason the Supreme Court said in 1857 that the federal government could NOT forbid slavery in the territories was: | violated the 5th amendment |
| The FREEPORT DOCTRINE of 1858 was an idea of Stephen Douglas who said slavery COULD not exist in the territories IF there were no: | territorial slave codes |
| The leader of the raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia in 1859 when he hoped to cause a general southern slave uprising was: | John Brown |
| The CONSTITUTIONAL UNION Party candidate for president who wanted a Constitutional guarantee of the institution of slavery was: | John Bell |
| The SOUTHERN Democratic Party candidate in 1860 when he wanted federal government slave codes was: | John Breckinridge |
| The RUMP DEMOCRATIC PARTY or regular Democratic Party candidate in 1860 when he called for Popular sovereignty in the territories was: | Stephen Douglas |
| Lincoln's chief rival in the Chicago Republican Party Convention was: | William Seward |
| The FIRST state to SECEDE from the union in December 1860 was: | South Carolina |
| Which SLAVE states remained LOYAL to the union in 1861? | Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia |
| The FIRST major battle of the Civil War when in July 1861 the Northern Army was defeated was: | Battle of Bull Run Creek (Battle of Manassass) |
| The name of the northern plan to win the war by blockading the south, then cutting it up & finally by taking Richmond was: | Anaconda Plan |
| The reason for the issuance of the EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION in 1862 was an attempt to prevent whom from intervening for the south? | The British and French |
| The three states "reconstructed" under Lincoln's Plan were: | Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana |
| Lincoln considered a state eligible to reenter the union & Congress when WHAT PERCENTAGE of its 1860 voters swore allegiance to the U.S.? | 10% |
| The assassin of Lincoln in April 1865 was: | John Wilkes Booth |
| Andrew Johnson was from WHAT state? | Tennessee |
| Which of the following describe Andrew Johnson? | Southerner, Democrat, slave owner, supporter of states rights, racist |
| In Johnson's Plan of Reconstruction, WHO HAD to get the president's forgiveness before being able to vote & hold office? | southerners with $20000 or more of taxable property |
| In December 1865, what aspect of the newly reconstructed southern governments shocked Northerners? | black codes, all blacks were counted for purposes of representation |
| What happened to President Johnson in the "swing around the circle" in the mid-term election of 1866? | he was heckled, responded by cursing; made clear he was a racist and that he supported states rights |
| What did Congress do to President Johnson in May 1868 when he continued to defy it? | impeached him |
| The "harsh" or Congressional Reconstruction was seen as such by white planters because: | they couldn't vote or hold office |
| What were some of the ADVANCES in the south during "Radical Reconstruction?" | public school system, welfare agencies, new state constitutions |
| In 1873 the north tired of disturbances in the south & did what to permit former rebel leaders to vote & hold office? | Amnesty Act |
| The name southerners gave to former Confederates who got back into power in all but 3 southern states from 1873-1876 was that of the: | Redeemers |
| The Democratic candidate for president in 1876 & probable winner of the disputed election was: | Samuel J Tilden |
| The 3 southern states where there were TWO sets of Electoral College votes sent to Washington were: | South Carolina, Louisiana, Florida |
| The FIRST & public Compromise of 1877 resulted in WHAT to count the disputed Electoral College votes? | Electoral Count Commission, (Act) |
| The SECRET and second Compromise of 1877 included what? | Hayes got presidency; all troops out of South Carolina, Louisiana, and Florida; Southern Postmaster appointed, southern transcontinental railroad, pork barrel projects |
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