SCLA 102 test 2

What was the primary reason American colonists revolted against the British?

Taxation without representation. No representatives in parliament meant no right to tax them.

What did the stamp act tax?

It taxed printed materials including newspapers, playing cards, legal documents, almanacs, etc.

What was the significance of the battle of Saratoga?

It was the turning point in the war. This victory from the Americans convinced France to ally with them.

What were the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party?

The massacre was a deadly riot where British soldiers shot into a crowd of protestors. The tea party was a retaliation of the tea act where the British taxed tea in America and they dumped a lot of tea into the Boston harbor. The sons of liberty did this.

What three rights does Thomas Jefferson say are inalienable in the Declaration of Independence?

Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

What was the miracle and Philadelphia?

The constitutional convention of 1787 where delegates successfully made the framework for a new government despite deep divisions.

How was the Big vs. Small states conflict resolved at the constitutional convention?

It created a bicameral legislature. The house which is proportional to the population and the senate which is 2 reps per state.

How was Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist resolved?

Resolved by federalists adding the bill of rights to the constitution to protect individual liberties.

Which amendment of the constitution protects freedom of speech?

The 1st amendment

Which amendment separates Church and state?

the first amendments, specifically the establishment clause.

The 5th amendment protects people from double jeopardy. What is double jeopardy?

Being tried for the same crime after legitimate acquittal or conviction.

What is “eminent domain” found in the 5th amendment?

The power of the government to take private property for public use/good, as long as they pay just compensation.

What amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms?

The 2nd amendment

What does the 10th amendment mean?

Any powers not delegated to the federal government by the constitution are reserved to the states or the people.

Know some of the major examples Frederick Douglass gives in his Narrative to show the
dehumanization of slavery.

Aunt Hester: She was a sexual object to the master and was found sneaking out with another slave. She was brutally whipped and tortured.

The lesson of Old and Young Barney: Animals like horses are treated better that slaves

Incident involving the slave Demby: Killing a slave is morally equivalent to killing a farm animal

How the slave children were fed: Slave children are fed as if they are pigs

Why were the slaves whipped by colonel lloyd if they had tar on their hands: They would be eating the fruit, fruit is more cherished than slaves.

How the practice of slavery dehumanizes the slave holder: It destroys the character of the slave holder like with the wife from the north.

Know the two major episodes in the life of Douglass that empowered him to overcome
the dehumanization of slavery.

First step to empowerment is education and consciousness: Mrs. Auld taches him to read. Reading about slavery and human rights.

Second step is actually fighting back and having the will to oppose injustice.

What was it about the treatment of his grandmother that infuriated Douglass more than
anything else?

After serving her masters faithfully from infancy to old age, she was put in a cabin in the woods to die in isolation.

Why did William Lloyd Garrison apologize to his readers?

He apologized for his previous support of gradual emancipation, and that now he is in support of immediate emancipation.

Where did the American Civil War officially start?

Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor, Charleston, South Carolina

How did the Kansas-Nebraska act lead to greater conflict between the north and the south?

It allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska allowing for the people there to vote on whether slavery was legal or not. This led to violent conflict known as bleeding Kansas.

Which invention resulted in greater slavery in the antebellum south?

The cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney.

Which book was instrumental in increasing hostility between the north and south?

Uncle Tom’s cabin

Who was John Brown and what role did he play in increasing friction between the North and the South?

A radical abolitionist who tried to raid a federal armory and start a slave revolt in the south. Became a martyr in the North and a terrorist figure in the South.

Who was Dred Scott and what was his role in the history leading to the civil war?

An enslaved man who sued for his freedom. He was free and lived in the north most of his life. His master died, and he was left with relatives who made him come down to the south. He sued, and it was taken to the Supreme Court. The ruling was that slaves are property, not citizens, and that Congress cannot ban slavery in any territory.

According to the article “Why Do Women Leave Engineering,” why do women leave the
field of engineering at higher rates than men?

The negative group dynamics women tend to experience during team based work projects makes the profession less appealing.

Which two women organized the convention in Seneca Falls in 1848.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott

Know the plot and characters of the Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin. What serves as a
primary symbol in the narrative.

The open window, pretty much showing that there is freedom in the life that awaits her after her husbands death.

Why is the final sentence of Chopin’s story ironic?

“Of the joy that kills” She dies of despair and agony cause she wanted her husband to be dead not alive.

What was the final battle of the American revolution?

The battle of Yorktown.

According to Professor Malone’s lecture on the Civil War, what were the three
significant results of that conflict?

It ended slavery, made the united states a singular noun, ended national cognitive dissonance and moved us closer to fulfilling the enlightenment principles.