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What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
- To permanently abolish slavery in the South
- To promote the expansion of slavery into all territories
- To create a balanced admission of slave and free states (correct)
- To establish a new national political party
Which event contributed most directly to the rise of sectionalism in the United States?
Which event contributed most directly to the rise of sectionalism in the United States?
- The signing of the Declaration of Independence
- The issue of slavery in newly acquired territories (correct)
- The formation of the Constitution
- The outcome of the Revolutionary War
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow the territories to do?
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow the territories to do?
- Elect their own governors without restrictions
- Freely decide on matters of taxation
- Join the Union as free states only
- Choose whether to permit slavery (correct)
Which significant role did Frederick Douglass play during the Civil War?
Which significant role did Frederick Douglass play during the Civil War?
What was a major consequence of the Dred Scott Case?
What was a major consequence of the Dred Scott Case?
What was a primary focus of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction?
What was a primary focus of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction?
Which amendments provided African Americans with political rights during Reconstruction?
Which amendments provided African Americans with political rights during Reconstruction?
What was one factor that contributed to the decline of the Republican Party in the South during the 1870s?
What was one factor that contributed to the decline of the Republican Party in the South during the 1870s?
Flashcards
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny
The belief that the United States was destined by God to expand its territory and influence across North America, spreading democracy.
Sectionalism
Sectionalism
Conflict between the North and South over the issue of slavery, particularly in newly acquired territories.
Missouri Compromise (1820)
Missouri Compromise (1820)
A temporary solution that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, attempting to balance the power between North and South.
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
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Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850
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Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas
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Dred Scott Case (1857)
Dred Scott Case (1857)
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Study Notes
Antebellum Period
- Manifest Destiny was the belief that the US was ordained to spread democracy
- Sectional tensions arose over slavery in newly acquired territories, particularly in the West
- The Missouri Compromise (1820) temporarily resolved the issue, but it resurfaced with the Mexican-American War
- The Compromise of 1850, including popular sovereignty, aimed to lessen tensions
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 failed to address slavery and led to strife in "Bleeding Kansas"
- The Dred Scott Supreme Court decision ruled that slaves were property, not citizens, and Congress had no power over slavery
Political Parties
- Know-Nothings: A nativist political group advocating for white Protestants to exclude Catholics from immigration
- European immigration (Irish and German Catholics) fueled nativist sentiment in the 1830s and 1840s
Emancipation & Civil War
- The Civil War's purpose shifted from preserving the Union to abolishing slavery
- Frederick Douglass argued that Black soldiers' service would secure citizenship rights
- The Confederacy lost a higher percentage of its total forces compared to the Union, with the Confederacy losing ~40% compared to the Union losing ~25%
- Farmworkers comprised a higher percentage of Confederate soldiers than Union soldiers (60% vs 47.5%)
Reconstruction
- The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments granted political rights (including voting) to African Americans in the South
- The Republican party's decline in the South started in the 1870s
- The Freedmen's Bureau offered education to formerly enslaved people
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Test your knowledge on the Antebellum Period and the Civil War, focusing on key events like Manifest Destiny, the Missouri Compromise, and the roles of political parties. This quiz covers important legislative acts and court decisions leading up to the Civil War, as well as significant figures like Frederick Douglass.
