At Harper’s Ferry in 1859, who captured a federal arsenal, & tried to start a slave revolt?
Ulysses S. Grant
Nat Turner
Abe Lincoln
John Brown
What did states’ rights have to do with the Civil War?
The North wanted each state to have its own power.
The South wanted each state to have its own power
The North didn’t want the South to have any say in the govt.
The south wanted to have power over the northern states.
What were clipper ships used to transport?
Furs, gold, diamonds
Sugar, rum, furniture
Slaves, opium, tea
Silk, jewels, tools
Tor F Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, & West Virginia were slave states.
True
Why did southerners have slaves?
For labor building furniture
For labor in their factories
For labor on their plantations and farms
For labor clearing lumber on the frontier
Which state first seceded from the Union and when?
Texas, December 1836
Virginia, December 1865
North Carolina, December 1821
South Carolina, December 1820
What was hunted with clipper ships and why?
Dolphins to use as pets
Fish for sale in the market
Whales for their oil and baleen
Eels for their thick skins
What made clipper ships travel fast?
They were flat like a barge with no sails
They were large with 2 massive sails
They were small with many sails
They had twenty rowers per side
Name the secret system of stops for slaves escaping from the south.
The Underground Railroad
The Pony Express
The Super-Spy Network
The Abolitionist Rebellion
*What agreement did the the Kansas Nebraska act of 1854 un-do? P 240
Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Declaration of Independence
Dred Scott Decision (Slaves could not be US citizens)
The 13th Ammendment to the Constitution (outlawed slavery)
What was Harriet Tubman known for?
Escaping slavery and hiding in a cabin
Helping the Union as a spy in the Civil War
Writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Helping about 300 slaves escape to freedom
*What was something the Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court NOT do? P 241
Ensured that slaves that reach free states are free
Declared that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
Declared that slaves were not citizens so they couldn’t sue
Declared that slaves were property
T or F-Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, & West Virginia were part of confederacy (map in notebook wrong)
False
As part of the decision in 1850, what did the fugitive slave act mean for escaping slaves?
Slaves could no longer be U.S. citizens
People in slave or free states had to turn in runaways
Fugitive slaves were free as soon as set foot in free state
Caught runaways would be catcher's property
Name the new gov't. formed by South Carolina & other states that seceded?
The Confederate States of America
The Government of the South
The Union of Southern States
The Rebels
Where & when was the official start of the Civil War?
Vicksburg, MS, July 4-5, 1863
Philadelphia, PA, July 4, 1776
Fort Sumter, SC, April 12, 1861
Gettysburg, PA, July 7, 1863
True or False: The only thing that the Civil War was caused by was slavery.
False
What decision did the govt. make in 1850 that greatly affected escaping slaves? P 216
Banning Tik-Tok Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe write Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
To be a code-cracking book for escaping slaves
To try to gain slave-owner’s support for abolition
To show to Northerners how cruel slavery was
To defend slavery to Northerners
*Abraham Lincoln ran for president as a ___________. P 242
Old-Line Whig/ Constitutional Union party for compromise
Southern Democrat for Dred Scott decision and states’ rights
Northern or Regular Democrat for popular sovereignty
Republican for stopping the expansion of slavery