HUSH Midterm 2022 Study Guide

Question 1

What was Republicanism in this period?

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Self government, states&#x27; rights, agrarian, and hands-off economy

Question 2

What is the Bill of Rights?

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First 10 amendments created to protect individual liberties

Question 3

What did Lincoln argue during his presidential debates?

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The spread of slavery should be stopped

Question 4

What did the Compromise of 1850 include?

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California annexed as free state, Fugitive Slave Act, Slave trade banned in Washington D.C., Allowing future territories to decide themselves on free or slave status

Question 5

Why did slaveholders want to withhold the enslaved from literacy, according to Frederick Douglass?

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Educated slaves would threaten authority

Question 6

What were political parties&#x27; views on slavery during the 1840&#x27;s?

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Democrats wished to keep and expand it, Parties such as the Liberty Party and Free soilers, began to oppose it

Question 7

Who was present at the Constitutional Convention?

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White, educated men from a wide range of age

Question 8

What caused tension between the Mexican and American Immigrants in Texas?

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The banning of slavery in Mexican-Texas

Question 9

Why did Lincoln want to keep the slaveholding border states within the Union?

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Important resources, Transportation means

Question 10

Many blacks participated in the Northern war cause

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True

Question 11

What happened at John Brown&#x27;s Raid?

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Attempt to initate a slave revolt by raiding Harper&#x27;s Ferry

Question 12

Lincoln said the Proclamation was a "military necessity." What advantages did the Union gain as a result?

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Southern economy was crippled, European support of the South was prevented

Question 13

Who were the Daughters of Liberty?

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Group that boycotted British taxes, and helped create non-imported goods

Question 14

What were the Fugitive Slave Act&#x27;s effects?

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All citizens would be legally obliged to report and capture runaway slaves

Question 15

Effects of War of 1812

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Increased American patriotism, National respect for the US, Federalist Party dissipated

Question 16

What was the Anaconda Plan?

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Northern plan to deprive Southern economy

Question 17

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

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Let Kansas and Nebraska vote on free or slave status

Question 18

Advantages of American military

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Men adapted to guerilla warfare, The colonies were far from Britain

Question 19

What was the Boston Tea Party?

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342 crates of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor in protest of taxes

Question 20

Which general is most closely associated with the end of the war?

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William T. Sherman

Question 21

World domination was a motive for American Imperialism

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False

Question 22

What was "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine?

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Article that argued and reasoned for American Independence

Question 23

Protecting and "saving the uncivilized" was a motive for American Imperialism

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True

Question 24

Causes of War of 1812

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Native American support from the British, British blockade of American goods, Impression of US sailors

Question 25

What is Imperialism?

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A country extending its influence through military or political means

Question 26

Having a diverse and rich country was a motive for American Imperialism

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False

Question 27

What gave Lincoln the pretext needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

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The need to cripple the Southern economy, The need to deter European support of the South

Question 28

What did the Federalists believe?

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Strong government, industrial, and government assisted economy

Question 29

What did the "Committee of correspondence" do?

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Organized resistence to British policies

Question 30

What did the US gain after the War?

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Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and California

Question 31

How was the Mexican-American War justified by President Polk?

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Claimed Mexican military aggression within the US&#x27;s borders

Question 32

What was the Proclamation&#x27;s long-term impact?

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Ended up being denounced in the Declaration of Independence, One of the first major acts in which colonists outright disobeyed, Britain began asserting more authority, Rose tensions between colonists and the monarchy

Question 33

How did the French and Indian War eventually contribute to the start of the American Revolution?

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Britain imposed new taxes due to their war debt, Britain began strengthening its hold on the colonies

Question 34

What was originally written in the Constitution about slavery?

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Slavery was not to be allowed to be banned until 1808, The fugitive slave clause, The three-fifths clause

Question 35

Why was this Proclamation difficult to enforce?

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Britain was far from the colonies

Question 36

What did Douglass argue during his presidential debates?

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Future states should decide on their free or slave status

Question 37

What were the effects of Sherman&#x27;s March to the Sea?

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Surrender of Confederacy, Enormous cripple to morale and economy of the south

Question 38

What were the significant impacts of the Emancipation Proclamation?

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Detered European support of the South, Officially made Civil War about slavery, Inspired slaves to escape with Union army

Question 39

What boosted the cotton economy after 1815?

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The War of 1812

Question 40

Who were the Free-Soilers?

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Political party that opposed slavery&#x27;s expansion

Question 41

What were the Intolerable Acts? (aka Coercive Acts)

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Laws seen as a violation to colonists&#x27; natural rights, Laws passed to punish colonists after Boston Tea Party, Laws that rose anger against Britain

Question 42

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act&#x27;s effect(s)?

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Bleeding Kansas, Dramatic increase in Northern and Southern tension

Question 43

What is total war?

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War unrestricted in weapons and location

Question 44

What happened at Lexington and Concord?

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The battles that proved the colonists could stand up to the British army, The first battles of the American Revolution

Question 45

What messages are incorporated in this Political Cartoon?

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Unfair economic balance, represented by the battle between the two fighters, Strikes, represented by the hammer, American monopolies, represented by the knight and his chariot, The poor, represented by the man and his weak horse

Question 46

Expanding the economy with new resources and an expansive market was a motive for American Imperialism

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True

Question 47

What did Marbury v. Madison establish?

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The Supreme Court has the power to declare laws unconstitional

Question 48

Causes of Mexican-America War

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Mexican disapproval for Texan annexation, President Polk moved American troops into disputed territories

Question 49

What were Imperialism&#x27;s effects on the US?

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Gave the US a diverse population, Made the US a strong and important force in the world, Expanded American reach

Question 50

Advantages of British military

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Very large amount of soldiers, Organized and well-trained

Question 51

Effects of Mexican-American War

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Texan annexation, Slavery in Texas, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 52

What were the immediate effects of the Emancipation Proclamation?

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Literally nothing

Question 53

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

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Boundary along the Appalachian Mountains to prevent westward settlement

Question 54

How did did many of the founding fathers view political parties?

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As a dividing force in the country

Question 55

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

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Political group that rallied for colonists&#x27; rights, and fought taxation, Group responsible for Boston Tea Party

Question 56

What was Manifest Destiny?

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The "God-given right" to expand the country to the west coast

Question 57

How did Southern whites seek to regain power during Reconstruction?

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Unjust, racist laws known as the Black Codes, Violence and intimidation

Question 58

What was William Lloyd Garrison&#x27;s stance on slavery?

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Slavery needed to end altogether

Question 59

What organization worked torwards black rights and racial equality in the South?

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Freedmen&#x27;s Bureau

Question 60

How did the Confederate solution to financial issues contribute to its defeat?

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Unmonitored money production led to big inflation

Question 61

Competing globally as technology advanced was a motive for American Imperialism

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True

Question 62

Why did southerners view slavery as a "positive good"?

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Their economy would collapse without it

Question 63

What did Alfred T. Mahan advise for the US?

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A strong foreign policy, and new national markets for the US&#x27;s goods

Question 64

How did the position of blacks change after Reconstruction?

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Oppressed by Southern laws

HUSH Midterm 2022 Study Guide

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HUSH Midterm 2022 Study Guide

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