Abolitionists Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Causes of the Civil War - • Slavery • States' rights • Territorial claims • Abolitionist movement • Regional differences Consequences of the Civil War - • Reconstruction • Thirteenth Amendment • Fourteenth Amendment • Fifteenth Amendment Dred Scott - A black slave, had lived with his master for 5 years in Illinois and Wisconsin Territory. Backed by interested abolitionists, he sued for freedom on the basis of his long residence on free soil....

Compromises and Acts Questions and Answers Graded A+ How many slaves states were there in 1854? free? s- 15 f-17 why did the missouri compromise need to be repealed for this new law? bc congress should not have the ability to prohibit slavery in the territories which group of americans preferred the missouri compromise and why? people in the north preferred the missorui compromise bc they considered it a binding agreement Popular Sovereignty A belief that ultimate power resides...

History 1301 Final Exam Study Guide Exam Questions with Complete Solutions What was an important forum for black abolitionists? - Answer-The Negro Convention movement What did the abolitionist movement do? - Answer-Brought the slavery issue to the forefront of public consciousness, helped slaves to escape bondage and gave black abolitionists a voice. What marked the practice of transcendentalism in the 1840s and who was it headlined by? - Answer-Memorable experiments and living on a hig...

US History Regents Prep Exam Test With Correct Reviewed Answers 13th amendment - Answer abolished slavery 14th amendment - Answer Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws 15th amendment - Answer citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude 3/5 comprimise - Answer Only 3/5 of the states slave population counted toward representation in Congress abolitionists - Answe...

compromises and acts Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass How many slaves states were there in 1854? free? - Answer- s- 15 f-17 why did the missouri compromise need to be repealed for this new law? - Answer- bc congress should not have the ability to prohibit slavery in the territories which group of americans preferred the missouri compromise and why? - Answer- people in the north preferred the missorui compromise bc they considered it a binding agreement Popular Sovereignty - Answer- ...

History 105 TAMU Final Questions and Answers 100% Pass Manifest Destiny A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific. Overland Trails Westward trail route of wagon trains bearing settlers; collective experience; despite contradicting stories, Indian attacks were extremely rare & more helpful than harmful Oregon Trail, California Trail, Santa Fe Trail What are the different overland trails? California G...

Kansas-Nebraska Act1 Question and answers rated A+ Kansas-Nebraska Act Election of 1852 - correct answer In this, the Democrats nominated Franklin Pierce, and the Whigs nominated Winfield Scott. Pierce won the presidency because he supported the Compromise of 1850. The Kansas-Nebraska Act - correct answer 1854; sponsored by Senator Stephen Douglas, this would rip open the slavery debate; and create the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise...

Uncle Tom's Cabin Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1853 that highly influenced england's view on the American Deep South and slavery. a novel promoting abolition. intensified sectional conflict. Lecompton Constitution Supported the existence of slavery in the proposed state and protected rights of slaveholders. It was rejected by Kansas, making Kansas an eventual free state. Bleeding Kansas A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in...

compromises and acts Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass How many slaves states were there in 1854? free? - Answer- s- 15 f-17 why did the missouri compromise need to be repealed for this new law? - Answer- bc congress should not have the ability to prohibit slavery in the territories which group of americans preferred the missouri compromise and why? - Answer- people in the north preferred the missorui compromise bc they considered it a binding agreement Popular Sovereignty - Answer- ...

Kansas Civics Ch 18 & 19 Popular sovereignty: ️Notion advanced before the Civil War that the sovereign people of a given territory should decide whether to allow slavery. Seemingly a compromise, it was largely opposed by northern abolitionists, who feared it would promote the spread of slavery to the territories. Free Soil party: ️Anti Slavery party in the 1848 and 1852 elections that opposed the extension of slavery into the territories, arguing that the presence of slavery would...