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Chapter 11 Study Guide
1. ___________________ is the name given to our unified nation.
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2. ___________________ was the one thing that connected all differences between the north
and south.
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3. ___________________ is an unreasonable, usually unfavorable opinion of another group
which is not based on fact.
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4. What book was written about slavery, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, in 1852?
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5. What statement did President Lincoln make to Beecher Stowe during the Civil War?
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6. What was the name of Uncle Tom’s slave-master?
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7. What did George Fitzhugh liken Northern industrialists to in his 1857 book?
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8. By 1860, where were nine of the ten largest U.S. cities located?
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9. What was the biggest technological change during this time?
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10. What did the most efficient form of transportation the world had yet known, do to canals?
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11. What northern city became a bustling trade center because of railroads?
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12. What did Samuel F.B. Morse invent in 1844?
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13. The issue of slavery might have not torn our country apart if we had not settled lands west
of ________________.
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14. What was Congresses first attempt to solve slavery in the territories, called?
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15. What did candidates try to avoid speaking about in the 1848 election?
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16. What political party was formed when members were angered at their parties unwillingness
to discuss slavery?
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17. Who warned there would be a “furious” and “bloody” war if there was a failure to
compromise?
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18. What raised the issue of slavery again in 1849?
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19. What was Henry Clay’s plan for a compromise over slavery called?
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20. What act was stated as the 5th part of the Compromise of 1850?
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21. Because he was ill, ________________ read John C. Calhoun’s speech for him on March
4, 1850.
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22. What theory gives states the right to nullify acts of the federal government?
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23. Who became President after Zachary Taylor’s death in July of 1850?
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24. Who did the Whig Party nominate in 1852, instead of Millard Fillmore?
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25. What Senator used his powerful oratorical skill to persuade Congress to adopt the
Compromise of 1850?
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26. What is a movement to ensure native-born Americans receive better treatment than
immigrants?
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27. How many European immigrants arrived in America, between 1846-1854?
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28. What society was formed in 1849 over the fear of immigrants?
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29. What did the American Party change it’s name to?
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30. What did Douglas introduce in 1854 to win support of both northerners and southerners?
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31. What is the policy of letting people in a territory decide whether slavery would be allowed
there, called?
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32. Who was the republican candidate for President in 1856?
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33. Members of the new Republican Party dedicated themselves to stopping the
______________, or south.
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34. What were the 1,200 New Englanders sent to Kansas to fight slavery called?
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35. What was the name of Kansas’ anti-slavery capital?
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36. What was the name of Kansas’ pro-slavery capital?
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37. Who felt that he was God’s chosen instrument to end slavery?
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38. What was the nickname given to violence which consumed Kansas in the summer of 1856?
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39. Who beat Charles Sumner with a cane after Sumner made insults against Senator Andrew
Butler?
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40. Who did the Democrats nominate for President in 1856?
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41. Why did the Supreme Court state that Dred Scott had no right to sue in court?
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42. Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for Scott v. Sandford?
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43. Who criticized James Buchanan for accepting the Lecompton constitution?
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44. What was Stephen Douglas known as during the reelection campaign of 1858?
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45. What (2) important principles were highlighted in the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
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46. What (2) pieces of literature did Lincoln use to justify slavery being a moral issue?
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47. Where was the federal arsenal which John Brown attacked in October of 1859?
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48. Who was in charge of the Federal troops who stopped John Brown’s attack of a federal
arsenal?
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49. What doctrine did Northern Democrats stand by during the election of 1860?
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50. What were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri considered?
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51. What was Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina
considered?
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52. What did they call the southerners who wanted the south to secede?
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53. What was the official name of the South after they seceded?
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54. What did President Buchanan consider secession from the Union?
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55. Who was President Lincoln directing his Inaugural Speech to in March of 1861?
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56. What was the name of the federal fort in the harbor of Charleston?
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57. Who was in charge of the fort located in the harbor of Charleston?
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58. What was the first state to secede from the Union?
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59. What General was ordered by Jefferson Davis to attack Fort Sumter in April of 1861?
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60. What were the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas called?
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