Check Your Understanding- Period 5 Flashcards
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Hinton R. Helper’s the impending crisis of the south
was banned and burned throughout the south
The border ruffians were
proslavery missourians who rushed into kansas to vote illegally and battle anti slavery forces there
As presented to congress, the Lecompton constitution provided for
the admission of kansas as a slave state
All of the following were true of the dred scott case except
that the missouri compromise banning slavery north of the 36 30 was repealed
The panic of 1857
was caused in part by CA gold pouring and inflating the currency
Opposition to the homestead act of 1860 included all of the following except
free spoilers who feared the legislation would top the political balance against the south
The political career of Abraham Lincoln could be described as
largely a failure until his meteoric rise in after 1854
Despite Abe Lincoln’s impressive and persuasive seven performances in the lincoln-douglas senate debates in 1858
senator douglas defeated Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas argued in the freeport doctrine, during the debates that
slavery would remain illegal if the people of a territory voted it down regardless of the supreme courts contrary decision in the dread scott case
The reaction of most northerners to John Brown was to
condemn the raid on Harper’s ferry but mourn Brown as a martyr after his execution
At the democratic convention of 1860, Senator Stephen Douglas
could not muster the necessary 2/3 vote so the entire body dissolved
Lincoln stated that he believed the black race was
inferior but entitled to the same natural rights as white people
Besides the border states that retained slavery, the region of the North where an antislavery civil war was most unpopular was the
butternut region of southern ohio, indiana, and illinois
As the Civil War began, the South seemed to have the advantage of
more talented military leaders
The North’s greatest strength in the Civil War was its
economy, particularly its greater manufacturing capacity and more efficient and extensive railroad network.
Fatal weaknesses of the Confederate government included all of the following except
the governor of Georgia seceded from the secession and fought both sides.
During the Civil War, President Lincoln
suspended the precious privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, so that anti-Unionists might be summarily arrested.
To fill the Union army’s demand for troops, the North relied, prior to 1863, mainly on
volunteers
The Union’s establishment of the National Banking System
was the first significant step toward a unified banking network since 1836.
Women made particular advances during the Civil War by
entering industrial employment and providing medical aid for soldiers on both sides.
Possessing ________ percent of the national wealth in 1860, the South claimed only ________ percent of the national wealth in 1870.
30, 12
The black soldiers’ brave and valuable service in the Union Army
strengthened their case for full citizenship after the Civil War.
After his victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, General Ulysses Grant became identified with the Union policy of
unconditional surrender
All of the following were true of Sherman’s march except
it had relatively little significance either militarily or politically.
