Unit 4 Test Review
Chapters 16,17,18,19
Prompts: Multiple Choice 400 points 
Hinton Helper, 1857
Henry Clay, Compromise of 1850
Stephen Douglas, 1854
Roger B. Taney, 1857
Sumner-Brooks, 1856
South Carolina Ordinance of Secession, 1860
American Party, 1856
James Hammond, 1845
William Lloyd Garrison, 1831
Frederick Douglass, 1852
Granville Stuart, 1852
Thomas Hart Benton, 1846
David Potter, 1976
James K. Polk, 1848
Robert C. Winthrop, 1846
James K. Polk, 1845
David Walker, 1829
Map(s) of Slave Population & Cotton Production
Table: Census Results, Slave population 1790 -1860
Thomas Dew, 1832
Short Answer Question(s): Choose 2 of 4 100 points
Use specific evidence [pronouns[ and explain the evidence 3 sentences suggested per [a, b, c]
NW Ordinance, 1787 – Missouri Compromise, 1820 – Mexican Cession, 1848
Why does one mark the beginning of a Sectional Crisis that led to the outbreak of the Civil War
American Colonization Society – “The Liberator” – Nat Turner [Southampton) Rebellion
Explain why one best supports the position that the Anti-Slavery movement had become more radical
Abolitionism – Manifest Destiny – Economics
Explain why one represents the primary cause of the Civil War
Excerpts from George Fitzhugh and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Explain main point of each – provide evidence from 1830 – 1860 and explain how it supports one of the
interpretations in the excerpts
Topics of Study for the Multiple Choice:
- Southern argument(s) for the defense of slavery…several…ex: Bible
- Abolitionist’s ideas and actions to combat slavery
- Economic changes in both the North and South in the 1840’s and 50’s …effect on Sectionalism
- Hinton Helper’s intended audience, and main idea of his book….
- Clay’s Actions and motivations for the Compromise of 1850
- Popular sovereignty- several questions…define, role in various schemes etc…
- Compromise of 1850 – all parts – which parts favored each the North and South
Zachary Taylor’s position on the compromise of 1850- why
Stephen Douglas’s view on popular sovereignty and use of this idea…Freeport doctrine, Lecompton,
election of 1860
What one specific benefit in Congress would the slave states receive by adding Kansas as a slave state
Dred Scott ruling: Slaves were property therefore not___________________
: Slavery in the territories?
: Which act of Congress is ruled unconstitutional
What event caused the 7 states to secede and form the CSA
Name of people that opposed immigration: ? (historical term)
2nd Great Awakening’s influence on both the North and South’s view of slavery
Many abolitionists also support what other groups fight for equal rights at this time
Manifest Destiny: by definition, How it causes other actions …
The “balance” between North and South in # of States that are FREE and Slave is established by which
compromise.
The “Mexican Cession” is seen as causal factor to the Civil War due to what issue being raised again
(Wilmot Proviso) after so long it being “gagged” by a variety of actions.
Polk & Oregon Country details from campaign in 1844 to settlement with Britain…what group claims the
settlement was unfair…why 54 -40 or fight….
Dates for the Peak of “Manifest Destiny,” from Oregon Trail through Gold Rush and Kansas-Nebraska
Ostend Manifesto
Wilmot Proviso
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
What is the area called we gain from Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Why was Polk tempted to reject the treaty…What did the Southerners want? What position do the Whigs
in Congress take to change his mind
Social Darwinism…applied to Manifest Destiny and Slavery
When does the International Slave Trade end?
How does the Cotton Gin effect the growth or need for slaves
American Exceptionalism applied to Manifest Destiny…
Nativists
Two main groups of immigrants in the 1840’s and 50’s
Ideas that influences South Carolina’s secession, from the doc on secession… ie…states rights,etc..
Due to the large amount of land acquired during the 1840’s what discussions begin about “Internal
Improvements?’
How is the annexation of Texas and Why we fight the Mexican American War related to the Monroe
Doctrine
Sumner-Brooks incident in Congress who what when where why reaction, etc..
Explaining the growth of the cotton production and population of slavery….where why etc..
David Walker’s “Appeal” who what when where why…similar to slave narratives, such as…
Kansas-Nebraska Act – details…who what when where why effects… 2 main effects
William Lloyd Garrison’s view on slavery, his work on the “Liberator,”