Antebellum


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1) According to the Slave Codes of Virginia, you were a slave if 2) According to the Slave Codes of Virginia, a slave is considered 3) The device for pulling seeds from cotton. 4) Who was the “Moses” of the African slaves? 5) What was the “Promised Land” for the Africans travelling through the Underground Railroad? 6) Slave revolts happened in the 7) What is “popular sovereignty?” 8) What is “sectionalism?”

Write the three provisions of the Missouri Compromise. (2 points each)

Write the two provisions of the Compromise of 1850 that gave each region power. (2 points each)

Why was the policy of popular sovereignty successful in 1850? (2 points)

Write the provision of the Kansas-Nebraska Act that led to violence. (2 points)

List two reasons this provision leads to violence. (3 points each)

Why was Stephen Douglas never elected President? (5 points)

Describe two reasons that George Fitzhugh offers to justify slavery. For each defense of slavery, please respond with an intelligent argument based upon your knowledge of the true nature of slavery. (2 points for each correct response)

1) Argument:

1) Attack the Argument:

2) Argument:

2) Attack the Argument:

According to Frederick Douglass, what does the Fourth of July mean to Africans? Explain in detail. (5 points)

What did Sumner mean by the phrase, “Crime againstKansas?” (5 points)

Why were these crimes committed? (5 points)

What were the two questions that Taney decided in the Dred Scott decision? What were his answers? (2 points each)

Why did this decision lead to Civil War? In other words, how did this decision eliminate any opportunities for compromise? (5 points)

What did Lincoln mean by the phrase “A house divided against itself cannot stand?” Explain in detail. (5 points)

Why does William Seward believe that the country is on a collision course? (3 points each)

How did John Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry contribute to the conflict between the North and the South? (4 points)

Describe two platforms of the Republican Party on the issue of slavery. (4 points)

How did these platforms justify Southern secession? (4 points)

Define secede. (2 points)

Identify the theory the South used to justify succession. (2 points)

Explain how the theory justifies the Southern cause. (4 points)