Transcript i form exam review - Episcopal Academy, The

I FORM EXAM REVIEW
2008
Gibbs
QUESTION:
• What was the one thing that angered the
Northerners so badly about the
Compromise of 1850?
ANSWER:
• Fugitive Slave Law
QUESTION:
• What was the one thing about John Brown
that angered the Southerners so badly?
ANSWER:
• Treated as a martyr.
QUESTION:
• What is popular soveregnty and how was
it used in Chapter 14?
ANSWER:
• The people vote on the qustion of slavery
QUESTION:
• Who was the President of the Confederate
States of America at the time of
Seccession?
ANSWER:
• Jefferson Davis
QUESTION:
• What was the Act of Congress that said
everything above this line is “Free” (except
for one part) and everything below is
“Slave”?
ANSWER:
• The Missouri Compromise
QUESTION:
• What was the proposal that said all land
gained from the Mexican Cession should
be FREE – no slavery?
ANSWER:
• Wilmot Proviso
QUESTION:
• Why was the Republican Party Started?
ANSWER:
• There was no political Party that took a
firm stand on Anti-Slavery issues
QUESTION:
• Where were the first shots fired that
triggered the un-official start of the Civil
War?
ANSWER:
• Fort Sumter
QUESTION:
• Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act bother
Northerners and please Southerners?
What was its relationship with the Missouri
Compromise?
ANSWER:
• Kansas Nebraska – these new territories
will be pop sov.
• Undid the MO Comp.
QUESTION:
• Who was the mastermind behind the
Kansas-Nebraska Act and why was he
proposing it?
ANSWER:
• Stephen Douglas
• A railroad form Illinois to the Pacific
QUESTION:
• Now that Kansas is Popular Sovereignty –
how did it get the nickname “Bleeding
Kansas”?
ANSWER:
• People rushed to the land to cast their
vote – tensions were high as our Country
was split even more along the question of
Slavery. Violence ensued.
QUESTION:
ANSWER:
QUESTION:
• Who was Dred Scott? Why was his
situation noteworthy?
ANSWER:
• Slave. Moved from a slave state to a free
state. Owner Died – he sued for his
freedom.
QUESTION:
• Why was the US Constitution cited as a
reason to keep Dred Scott in enslaved?
ANSWER:
• It protected property rights – and slaves
were technically “property”
QUESTION:
• The Dred Scott Decision went a step
further and said…
ANSWER:
• “Banning Slavery” is unconstitutional – it
does not guarantee the rights to personal
property – therefore – the MO comp is
unconstitutional and everything will be pop
sov.
QUESTION:
• What was significant about the presidential
election of 1860 and why could it be
referred to as “the straw that broke the
camel’s back?”
ANSWER:
• Abe Lincoln won – who was a repulblica –
which means he was anti slavery. The
Southern states feared that the country
was going in a direction that was not in
tune with their way of life. Solution?
Secede from the Union. Start the CSA.
QUESTION:
• There were a bunch of Southern States
that seceded. They can be broken up into
two different groups. What is the event
that creates this division?
ANSWER:
• Fort Sumter
QUESTION:
• What is the definition of a “border state”?
ANSWER:
• A slave state that remained loyal to the
Union
QUESTION:
• How did Virginia handle their
disagreement within their state regarding
slavery/seceding from the union?
ANSWER:
• The creation of West Virginia
QUESTION:
• The Free Soil party was made up of
groups of people from what two political
affiliations?
ANSWER:
• Anti-Slavery Whigs
• Northern Democrats
QUESTION:
• What were the two things included in the
Compromise of 1850 that were designed
to make the North happy?
ANSWER:
California admitted as a free
state
Banned slave trade in
Washington DC
QUESTION:
• What were the two things included in the
Compromise of 1850 that were designed
to make the South happy?
ANSWER:
• Popular Sovereignty for the Mexican
Cession land
• Fugitive Slave law