1.
What 2 political forces worked together to leave politicians powerless against the steady disintegration of American unity by the late 1850’s?
2.
List 4 common causes of political strife throughout most of the first half of the
1800’s.
The White South Fortifies Itself
3.
Regarding Southern views of slavery by the 1850’s: a.
By the 1850’s, what was the slave population in the South? b.
Morally, how did Southerners justify slavery? c.
Describe the role of physicians to support the plight of slavery. d.
Describe how southerners argued that slave laborers were better off than free laborers of the North. e.
Describe the perceived differences between North and South social responsibilities. f.
Explain William Walker’s plan for slavery expansion. g.
List 3 problems associated with the radical expansion of slavery feared by most Southerners.
4.
Regarding the cotton economy: a.
Cite the growth of cotton exports in the American economy from 1800 to
1860. b.
List 4 technological advancements that Southerners utilized to increase cotton production in the mid 1800’s. c.
How did cotton production benefit the Northern economy?
5.
Regarding Southern slave ownership: a.
Roughly, what percentage of families actually practiced slavery? b.
Roughly, what percentage of those slave owning families, owned 20 or more slaves?
6.
Regarding the Southern economy by the 1850’s, what was their rank in the following world economies: a.
Miles of railroad b.
Textile factories c.
Iron production
7.
Describe the idea of Slave Dominion over the South?
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8.
Regarding Hinton Rowan Helper’s book
The Impending Crisis of the South : a.
Who gave financial assistance for publication b.
List 3 areas of Southern culture cited as being behind that of the North c.
What was helper’s political proposal to remedy the “crisis”
9.
How did the common white Southerner view slavery?
10.
Explain how by the 1850’s purchasing a slave was considered a secure investment.
11.
Describe the economic impact the slave trade had on the Southern economy.
12.
Describe the growing white supremacist’s ideology of the South.
13.
Regarding the political divisions within the South, describe the following: a.
Fire Eaters b.
J.D.B. DeBow c.
“Yankee Blight” d.
Political party supporting abolition? e.
Southern political parties calling for caution and compromise? (2)
Bleeding Kansas
14.
Regarding the Kansas – Nebraska Act: a.
What did it call for in settling the territory? b.
Describe the political development by 1855 c.
Describe the “Sack of Lawrence” 1856 d.
Describe the Sumner – Brooks altercation in the US Senate in 1856 e.
Describe the “Pottawatomie Massacre” 1856
The Republicans Challenge the South
15.
List the 3 candidates and their parties in the 1856 election.
16.
Describe the “Slave Power” conspiracy during the 1856 election.
17.
How did Kansas eventually enter the union?
18.
By 1856, list 2 reasons why many politicians believed the slavery crisis would
“die down”.
Dred Scott Case
19.
Describe the 2 main components of Judge Taney’s decision regarding slavery in the 1856 Dred Scott case.
20.
Explain what the Dred Scott decision did to the 1820 Missouri Compromise?
21.
Regarding the Dred Scott decision: a.
Describe Democratic opinion b.
Describe Republican opinion
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22.
What 3 sectors of the US economy prospered in the 1850’s?
23.
Describe 3 growing concerns Americans had regarding the American society.
Financial Panic and Spiritual Revival
24.
Regarding the panic of 1857: a.
How did the end of the Crimean War affect US farm exports? b.
What event triggered the economic panic of 1857? c.
How did southerners support the institution of slavery during the Panic of
1857? d.
What does the group YMCA stand for?
The Agony of Kansas
25.
How did most of the new immigrants to Kansas view the slavery issue in 1857?
26.
Which political party was being split over the issue of slavery?
27.
Regarding Buchannan’s view of Kansas: a.
How did he see it as a compromise? b.
How did he believe the slave issue would be resolved in Kansas
28.
Who emerged as a leading political figure from the Northern Democrats?
29.
What was the vote outcome of the Kansas proposed constitution?
30.
Who emerged as a leading Republican candidate to oppose Douglas in 1860 election?
The Lincoln – Douglas Debates
31.
Regarding the Lincoln – Douglas Debates: a.
List the 4 leading political parties in Illinois by the 1850’s. b.
From what Illinois cities were Lincoln and Douglas from? c.
What 3 political issues did Douglass stand for? d.
Describe Douglas’s view of popular sovereignty. e.
What was Lincoln’s statement about a “divided house”? f.
What was Lincoln’s view on slavery? g.
List 3 social – political rights that Lincoln did not think should be given to blacks? h.
Which of the candidates eventually won the 1858 US Senate race for
Illinois?
John Brown and Harpers Ferry
32.
Regarding John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry: a.
After the Pottawatomie riots, what did John Brown do for the abolitionists cause? b.
Describe Brown’s full plan for the raid on Harpers Ferry. c.
What became of Brown and his plan? d.
Describe the affect of the John Brown’s raid had on the American public.
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The North and the South Call Each Other’s Bluff (393-397)
33.
Which political party gained support after the John Brown incident?
34.
Within the Democratic Party, give the following: a.
Candidate nominated for the “northern” Democrats b.
Candidate nominated for the “southern” Democrats c.
Candidate for the Constitutional Union Party d.
Candidate for the Republicans
35.
Why was Lincoln politically an attractive candidate for the Republicans?
36.
Describe how Lincoln and Breckenridge campaigned in the opposition’s territory.
37.
Describe Douglass’s campaign across the South?
38.
Regarding the 1860 election results: a.
Which candidate took Missouri? b.
Which candidate took Cape County?
39.
Give the electoral vote results for the top four candidates.
40.
Describe how the South viewed the election of Lincoln?
41.
Describe how the North viewed the election of Lincoln?
The South Debates Independence
42.
Regarding Southern secession: a.
List 3 charges made by the South to justify secession? b.
What fact justified South Carolina’s view that secession was legal? c.
List the first set of 6 states that seceded from the United States. d.
Where was the Secessionist convention held?
43.
Regarding the Confederate Constitution: a.
What 2 provisions were clearly stated b.
Confederate President c.
Confederate Vice-President
44.
Regarding public reaction to secession threats: a.
Describe the 3 politically held views of white Southerners in regard to secession. b.
What was the biggest fear of Border States in the upper South? c.
How did recent immigrants of the North view the looming Civil War? d.
How did Lincoln and the Republicans view the rhetoric of the Southern secessionists?
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Lincoln Becomes President
45.
List 3 scenario compromises discussed by Congress to avert a Civil War.
46.
What did Frederick Douglass say about compromises that placated the South and slavery?
47.
What did Lincoln risk losing if he attacked the Southern troops at the federal arsenal at Ft. Sumter?
48.
Regarding Lincoln’s inaugural address of 1861: a.
3 promises that soothed Southern fears b.
3 promises that instilled fear in Southerners
The Decision at Fort Sumter
49.
Regarding Lincoln’s handling of the Ft. Sumter Crisis: a.
What developing issue in Ft. Sumter caused Lincoln to react faster than he planned on? b.
Explain how the Governor of South Carolina and Confederate President
Davis interpreted Lincoln’s action at Ft. Sumter. c.
What was the Confederate action on Ft. Sumter? d.
How did Lincoln respond to the fall of Ft. Sumter?
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