test 2 quarter 3

Question 1

what was passed the automatically postpones all petitions relating to slavery

Answer 1

gag rule

Question 2

why is robert purvis important

Answer 2

formal organization of the underground railroad

Question 3

how many times did harriet return to the south

Answer 3

19

Question 4

how many slaves did harriet save

Answer 4

300

Question 5

what region is slavery virtuaslly non existent

Answer 5

northern states

Question 6

what percentage of SC were slaves

Answer 6

58

Question 7

what percenyt of mississippi were slaves

Answer 7

51

Question 8

what did the treaty of guadelupe hildago do

Answer 8

ended the mexican war

Question 9

how much land did the treaty of guadalupe hildago add to the US? why is this land disputed

Answer 9

1 mil square miles of land, disputed because of the misouri comprimise, the land could be pro or anti slavery

Question 10

who suggested the comprimise of 1850

Answer 10

senator henry clay

Question 11

4 parts of the comprise of 1850

Answer 11

-CA enters the union
-status of slavery in the rtest of the newly required mexican territory would be decided by the ppl who live there
-slave trade (NOT SLAVERY) in DC
- new fugitive slave laws allowed southerners to reclaoim runaway slaves in free states

Question 12

what act takes the place of the missouri comprimise4

Answer 12

kansas and nebraska

Question 13

why do ppl begin flood into the kansas/nebraska territory

Answer 13

to influence the vote

Question 14

2 important parts of the dred scott decision

Answer 14

-black ppl are nhot US citizens
- slave holders hae the right to take existing slaves into free areas of the country

Question 15

who leads rebellion to overtake harpers ferry

Answer 15

john brown

Question 16

who puts down rebelllion

Answer 16

robert E Lee

Question 17

who is elected president in 1860

Answer 17

abe lincolm

Question 18

what percentage of popular and electoral did lincoln receinve

Answer 18

40% popular 59% electoral

Question 19

first state to secede from the union, on what date

Answer 19

SC Dec 20, 1860

Question 20

who is unanimously elected president of the confederacy

Answer 20

jefferson davis

Question 21

when does the attack on fort sumter start

Answer 21

april 12, 1861

Question 22

how many troops did lincoln send to put down the inssurection

Answer 22

75,000

Question 23

last 4 states to secede

Answer 23

virginia, arkansas, NC, tennessee

Question 24

north and south reason for fighting in the war

Answer 24

north: to preserve the union, south: to defend their homeland and way of life

Question 25

what city does the capital get moved to

Answer 25

richmond

Question 26

which side did kentucky take in the civil war and why

Answer 26

union bevause th confederate invasion pushes kuntucky to the side with the union

Question 27

population of union

Answer 27

22 mil

Question 28

population of the confederacy? how many were slaves?

Answer 28

9 mil, 3.5 mil were slaves

Question 29

2 parts of the confederate strat at the beginning pf the war

Answer 29

-defensive strat, wait for the north to tire -get every last drop of cotton to get support from europpean countries

Question 30

what % of factories were in the north

Answer 30

90%

Question 31

what depended on preserving the union

Answer 31

democracy

Question 32

why the secession of VA is key to the confederacy hope of success in the way

Answer 32

a much better chance for victory VA is wealthy and populated

Question 33

plan of the union and who came up with it and what are the 2 major parts

Answer 33

Anaconda plan made by winfield scott. -naval blockade of the south's coastline -gain control of the mississippi river: would cut the confederacy in half

Question 34

what does lincoln order the army to do in the summer?

Answer 34

invade the south

Question 35

where is fort sumpter

Answer 35

harbor of Charleston SC

Question 36

border state both sides wanted and where did they go

Answer 36

kentuvky misourri delaware maryland all joined union

Question 37

why did the union want control of the rivers in kentucky

Answer 37

they could invade the south

Question 38

last state to secede from the union

Answer 38

tennessee

Question 39

general in charge of fort sumpter when it was attacked

Answer 39

robert anderson

Question 40

4 states that secedes from the union after lincoln sends 75000 troops into the south2 reasons

Answer 40

VA, NC, tennessee, Arkansas

Question 41

first state to secede and when

Answer 41

SC, December 20, 1860

Question 42

how long does the attack on fort sumpter

Answer 42

34 hours

Question 43

2 reasons confederacy strat didnt work

Answer 43

-north dont get tired of the war - european countries have surplus of cotton and wont support the south

Question 44

2 reasons union's anaconda plan failed

Answer 44

-it would take too long to work and the ppl wanted action -underestimated the south's power and their ability to maintain supply lines through the blockade

Question 45

explain "cotton is king"

Answer 45

number 1 export of the US and the most important in the world market. Europpesan countries were dependant on cotton from the south. South wanted to use the south's dependency on cotton to gain their support