The Nation Breaks Apart and the Civil War

Semester 2 Final

Test Review

Key Terms and People

abolition William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass

Harriet Tubman Sojourner Truth Underground Railroad

Popular sovereignty sectionalism Compromise of 1850

Fugitive Slave Act Dred Scott Kansas-Nebraska Act

Abraham Lincoln Freeport Doctrine John Brown’s Raid

Lincoln-Douglas Debates secession Confederate States of America

border states emancipation Emancipation Proclamation

cotton diplomacy contrabands 54th Massachusetts Infantry

Gettysburg Address Total War

Main Ideas

1.  Why were northern workers opposed to the abolitionist movement?

2.  What contributions did Harriet Tubman make to the antislavery movement?

3.  How did William Lloyd Garrison spread the abolitionist message throughout the U.S. in the mid 1800’s?

4.  List the Parts of the Compromise of 1850.

5.  Why were many northerners opposed to the Fugitive Slave Act?

6.  List the parts of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

7.  Describe what happened in Kansas as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

8.  What was the significance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

9.  How did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott Decision? (hint: there were 3 questions they needed to answer)

10.  Why did John Brown want to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry?

11.  How did the southern states respond to the Election of 1860? Why?

12.  Why did southerners who supported secession believe the action was constitutional?

13.  What states made up the Confederate States of America?

14.  What promise did Abraham Lincoln make to the south in his inaugural address? (pg. 472)

15.  What was President Lincoln’s main goal when he took office in 1861? (pg. 472)

16.  What event marked the beginning of the Civil War? (pg. 475)

17.  What was the significance of the 1st Battle of Bull Run? (pg. 478-479)

18.  What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam? (pg. 480-481)

19.  What principle from the Declaration of Independence did Lincoln use to justify the Emancipation Proclamation? (pg. 491)

20.  Why did Lincoln wait until after the Union Victory at the Battle of Antietam to announce the Emancipation Proclamation?

21.  In what ways did African American soldiers in the war face more difficulties than white soldiers? (pg 493)

22.  What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address? (pg. 500)

23.  Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war? (pg. 500)

24.  Why did General Lee decide to surrender his troops at Appomattox Courthouse? (pg. 502)

25.  How did life for African Americans in the south change after the Civil War? (pg. 503)