Chapter 15 + 16

Question 0

The nickname for Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, who was the person most likely to be nominated for president by the democrats in 1860, was

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Little Giant

Question 1

The debates on slavery between the Illinois Republican and Democratic candidates for the US Senate that occurred in seven towns from mid-August to mid-October 1858 were known as the

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Lincoln-Douglas debates

Question 2

One of the best selling novels in American history, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published in 1851 was the critique of slavery titled:

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 3

In the debate preceding the Compromise of 1850, John C. Calhoun argued that

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The state’s rihts dotrine as a legitimate defense of minority rights
The territories were the common property of all the states.
The Constitution protected a person’s right to property everywhere.
Congress did not have the right to prohibit slavery in the territories

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THe older generation of sectional leaders who played a final role in the debates of 1850 included

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Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun

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True for the Fugitive Slave Law

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It convinced many northern whites that slavery was a moral wrong
It drove many blacks to flee to Canada
The federal government enforced it rigorously
Captured slaves in the North were at the mercy of slave catchers because they had not rights to defend themselves

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The document composed by Pierre Soule, John Mason, and James Buchanan propsoing that the US buy or, if necessary, seize Cuba from Spain became known as the

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Ostend Manifesto

Question 7

The efforts of Commodore Mathew Perry led to an 1854 treaty that opened trade with the previously isolationist Asian nation of

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Japan

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THe legislation sponsored by Stephen A Douglas, which in effect repealed the Missouri Compromise in return for southern support for a transcontinental railroad to be bulit west of CHicago was the

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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The Kansa Nebraska Act

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Helped bring about the organization of the Republican Party

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THe Missourians who crossed into Kansas to cast fraudulent ballots and promote the pro-slavery cause called themselves

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Border Ruffians

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The popular name for American Party members who often belonged to secret Protestant fraternal societies was the

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Know-Nothings

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Nativism in the 1850s refers to the fear and hatred of

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Immigrants

Question 13

Hte Dred Scott decision did all of the following

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Encourage Southerners to feel their position on slavery to be the correct one
Raise northern fears that slavery would become the national norm
Deem that the federal government could not interfere with the movement of property throughout the territories
Rule that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

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THe Panic of 1857

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Convinced the South that its system was superior

Question 15

The Republican platform of 1860 included all of the folloiwng

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Federal government support for economic development
A proposal to provide nearly free western lands to free men
Support for a transcontinental railroad
The passage of a higher protective tariff to aid buisness

Question 16

THe first state to secede, on December 20, 1860, was

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South Carolina

Question 17

THe organization created by President Lincoln to promote healthier conditions at military camps and support the vlunteer efforts to supply food and medicine was called the

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United States Sanitary Commission

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The border states included all of the follwing

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Maryland
Kentucky
Delaware
Missouri

Question 19

THe North’s advantages in teh Civil War included all of the following

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More railroad mileage
More industrial capacity, such as firearm production
A larger population
Greater manufacturing capabilities for such goods as footwear

Question 20

THe souths actual advantages in the Civil War included all of the following

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A tradition of honor and some excellent generals
A better traind troops at the onset of the war
The fact that the Northw ould have to occupy the SOuth to win
The reality that it was fighting a defensive war

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Lincoln’s primary goal early on as to

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Keep the Union together and reconcile the South as soon as possible

Question 22

The paper bank notes issued by the federal government under the Legal Tender Act of February 1862 became known from their colors as

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Greenbacks

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The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac

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Introduced iron plating and revolving turrets

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THe Emancipation Proclamation

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was made possible by the THirteenth Amendment

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Results of blacks serving in the Union army

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The warm reception of black people in the SOuth, who were overjoyed at the sight of armed black men Blacks earned the respect ofofficers and could calim citizenship The Confederate's threatened to execture them and did at Fort Pillow Some nothern laws changed, reducing discrimination

Question 26

AFter the war bgan, the poliical situation in the North involved all of the following

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A growing bureaucracy composed partly of women Increased shortages of food and food riots More independence and decision-making by Southern slaves Public meetins demanding a negotiated peace

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Sherman's Special Field Order 15

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Set aside 400,000 acres to be given to freedmen in 40-acre parcels

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The election of 1864

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Turned in Lincoln's favor only after the fall of Atlanta

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First Bull RUn

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FIrst major battle of war in the east

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Shiloh

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Bloodiest two day battle

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Forts Henry and Donelson

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Union victories on Confederate strongholds on rivers in Tennessee

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Petersburg

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In Virginia, Union laid siege for almost one year form 1864 yo 1865

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Gettysburg

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Bloodiest three day battle

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Vicksburg

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Its capture gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

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Peninsula Campaign

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Failed attempt to take Richmond by McClellan

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Antietam

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Bloodiest one day battle

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Wilderness

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12,000 Union dead in first encounter of Lee and Grant

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Fort Sumter

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First Confederate attack on Union fort

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Runaway slaves in the North could be captured and sent back

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Compromise of 1850

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Bring about more order and settle disputes between the North and SOuth Five total acts

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Lecompton Constitution

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Trying to persuade the federal government to allow Kansas in as a pro-slavery state

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Bleeding Kansas

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When it was decided that Kansas would have a vote on whether pro slavery or not, people flooded in. Battles and fighting

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US Sanitary Commission

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Found in order to improve living standards within the army and at home

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Morrill Tariff Act

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Increase tariff amount on all products in the North. Increased funding for war

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Shiloh

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bloodiest two day battle and an Union victory

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Peninsular Campaign

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Laid siege in Virginia with heavy casualties and an union loss

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Copperheads

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Democratic peace fighers. Named after the snakes. They did not want war

Question 48

New York City Draft Riots

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After drafts were introduced in the North. Rich men were allowed to pay in order to leave the army.