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Crash Course US History 13: Slavery
1.
How did Southern cotton contribute to Northern industrialization?
2.
How much of the world’s cotton came from the American South?
3.
Why did industrialization not develop in the South?
4.
What were 2 things that the South did not have which was a disadvantage to them in the Civil War?
5.
By 1860, how many slaves were in the U.S.? What % of the southern population were slaves?
6.
The Yeomen farmers, who were the poorest of all, were in favor of slavery - why?
7.
Identify THREE justifications for slavery:
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8.
Avowed Racist and all around ass-hat John C. Calhoun defended slavery as a good – what jobs did he have
(which makes his views that much more upsetting)?
Secretary of State
All of the Above
9.
Secretary of War
Vice President
None of these, he was President
Describe conditions, events, or actions that prove that slaves DID NOT “enjoy slavery” and slavery was not a
“positive good.”
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10.
Dehumanization What is the difference between the life of slaves on rice plantations and cotton plantations?
11.
What were ways that slaves could rebel against dehumanization which could be upset by the sale of one or
more of the slaves?
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12.
Though a slave learning to read/write was prohibited, some did and even a few became preachers – Why did
many whites look upon black preachers with suspicion?
13.
Identify the MYSTERY DOCUMENT and HOW the quote relates to the Jefferson quote earlier in the episode:
“we have the wolf by the ear, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. justice is in one scale, and selfpreservation in the other.”
14.
What approximate number per year made the journey north in search of freedom? What individual was largely
involved in the successful escape of many slaves?
15.
The most successful slave rebellion (in that they killed some people) was what? To what degree was the
rebellion successful?
15.
What was the reality of potential slave rebellion (what outcomes were likely)?
Crash Course US History 18: The Election of 1860
1.
What is the cause of the Civil War?
2.
What was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850?
3.
Because the new Fugitive Slave Law was so messed up it led many freed men and women to move where?
4.
What was the “Slave Power?”
5.
Who was a huge backer of the Railroad (even though he himself was a tiny man)? Why did he support Railroad?
6.
What concept is established in Douglas’s Kansas-Nebraska Act? Why were many object to this plan?
How was this controversial?
7.
In what state was there so much violence that some believe that Civil War started there in 1857?
8.
The fighting over the status of states as either free or slave through popular sovereignty led to the creation of
what political party? How was is a sectional party AND what was their goal?
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9.
Who was an anti-slavery zealot that murdered an entire family and got away with it?
10.
Kansas joined the union in 1861 as what kind of state?
11.
On what grounds did Dred Scott sue for his freedom? (What was he arguing?)
12.
What was wrong with Chief Justice Taney’s decision?
13.
The Dred Scott decision convinced more people, especially Republicans that there really were no states that
could be called what? Why?
14.
What was John Brown’s goal or motivation when he went to Harper’s Ferry?
15.
What ‘historian term’ does Green use to describe the Democratic Party?
16.
What percentage of the popular vote did Lincoln get?
17.
By the time Lincoln actually took office, how many states had seceded from the Union?
18.
Fort Sumter was fired upon by which forces?
19.
What year did the first African slaves arrive in Virginia?
Why does John Green believe this made the Civil War inevitable?
How many Southern votes did Lincoln receive?