CP US History - Unit 5 - Dividing a Nation

“I believe that to have interfered as I have done, as I have always freely admitted I have done in behalf of His despised poor, is no wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood farther with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I say let it be done.”

Source: Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court when about to receive the sentence of death

John Brown used the above quote to explain why

• Americans had united to remove Native Americans from the South

• he led the raid on Harpers Ferry in Virgina

• The United States should add Texas and Oregon to the Union

• he wanted to help protect Americans growing interest in South America

“I believe that to have interfered as I have done, as I have always freely admitted I have done in behalf of His despised poor, is no wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood farther with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I say let it be done.”

Source: Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court when about to receive the sentence of death

Using the quote above and your knowledge of US History, a Northerner would have viewed John Brown as a(n)?

• religious zealous

• martyr

• terrorist

• suffragist

Which TWO problems did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act attempt to solve. YOU MUST PICK TWO ANSWERS!

• Extension of slavery into the western territories

• Equitable distribution of frontier lands to owners of small farms

• Placement of protective tariffs on foreign imports

• Equal representation between slave and free states in Congress

• Need for internal improvements in transportation

“I am outraged by this decision! How can the judicial branch of government take it upon itself to hand down a decision that, in effect, declares men to be mere property rather than human beings? God will hold them responsible. More than that, regardless of what the Court says, God will judge any man who holds another in bondage when he has the power to set him free.”

The above statement most likely comes from which of the following?

• A Democrat protesting the election of Abraham Lincoln

• A member of Congress who supports protective tariffs

• An abolitionist protesting the Dred Scott decision

• A member of the Confederate government, protesting the Emancipation Proclamation

What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• California becomes a free state and the creation of the Fugitive Slave Laws

• Maine becomes a free state and Missouri becomes a slave state

• Slavery was banned west of the Mississippi River

• The Supreme Court ruled that popular sovereignty was unconstitutional

The Mexican-American War ended with the signing of what treaty?

• Treaty of San Juan

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Wilmot

• Treaty of For Laramie

Which of the following compromise created the 36'30' line, in order to separate the slave states from the free states?

• Compromise of 1850

• Great Compromise

• 3/5th's Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

The map most directly reflects the

• presidential election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

• increase in manufacturing jobs in the South.

• issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

• process of readmitting Confederate states into the Union.

The map was intended to

• encourage the ideals of republican motherhood

• promote the acquisition of new territories in the South

• display the settlement patterns of Native Americans

• show an increase in sectional division between the North and the South.

Which of the following would NOT be considered an event illustration the tensions between the Anti-slavery and Pro-slavery movements?

• Bleeding Kansas

• Seneca Falls Convention

• John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

• Scott v Sanford case