History Unit 2 Quiz

What was the Great Awakening? How did it impact social reform movements?

The Great Awakening was a large spike in religion, especially in a community-wide manner. Many social reform movements of the 19th century used religion to advocate for their beliefs and used churches to reach large communities and further spread ideals.

What is an example of a 19th-century social reform movement? Who were its leaders? What was it trying to change?

The Abolition Movement. Leaders included Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. They wanted full emancipation for enslaved people in the United States.

What was the Middle Passage?

The journey taken by Africans across the Atlantic to be sold in the "New World."

Where does slavery appear in the US Constitution?

The word "slave" does not appear, but the idea is included in the 3/5 Clause, the Atlantic slave trade clause (outlawed until 1808), and the Fugitive Slave Clause (runaway enslaved people had to be returned to their owners).

How does the price of cotton impact the experience of being enslaved?

When the price of cotton increases, so does the demand for enslaved people. People become more determined to make money.

How did people resist slavery? (Include violent and nonviolent examples.)

People resisted through refusal to work, sabotage, stealing, running away, learning to read, and religion. The Underground Railroad was a nonviolent way people escaped slavery using secret safe houses and signals. Nat Turner's Rebellion was violent resistance.

What was Nat Turner's Rebellion?

A violent rebellion in which approximately 70 armed enslaved people killed their enslavers, led by Nat Turner.

What was the Underground Railroad?

A nonviolent way enslaved people escaped using secret safe houses and signals to safely migrate away.

What was the Abolition Movement?

The movement led by people who believed slavery should end in the United States.

What were the three different abolitionist strategies?

Strategy 1: Gradualism (moderate approach). Strategy 2: Colonization (sending formerly enslaved people to Liberia to create a colony). Strategy 3: Radicalism (getting rid of slavery by any means possible, even violence).

Who was John Brown? What was he trying to accomplish at Harpers Ferry?

John Brown was an abolitionist who felt he was called upon by God to free enslaved people. At Harpers Ferry, he tried to spark an insurrection to motivate the abolition movement and defend African Americans and enslaved people.

What was sectionalism?

Sectionalism was loyalty to your region instead of your country. Perspectives in government and politics were based on your region. Pre-antebellum slavery and religious interpretations led to the North-South division.

How did the US government attempt to use compromise on slavery? Was it successful?

The US government attempted to compromise by making a line to split which states could or could not legally have slavery. This was the Missouri compromise. This was not successful because the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed it.

Who were the candidates in the 1860 presidential election?

Abraham Lincoln, John Bell, John C. Breckinridge, and Stephen Douglas.

How did the candidates in the 1860 election differ in their views on slavery?

Abraham Lincoln opposed slavery. Breckinridge supported slavery. John Bell supported only the Constitution. Douglas was in the middle between Lincoln and Breckinridge.

What important information do you need to know from Unit 2?

The Liberator Newspaper, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the Dred Scott Decision.