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APUSH Test on Chapter's 16 - 19 in The American Pageant ; Fourteenth Edition

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314978910Natural PopulationWhat caused the great increase in the slave's population in the first 1/2 of the 19th century?
314978911Still discriminated againstHow were free blacks in the North treated?
314978912Deep South (including Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana)By 1860 slaves were concentrated in the Black Belts, where are the Black Belts?
314978913WhippingHow did slave owners encourage slaves to do more work?
314978914Slaves were able to maintain a two parent householdWhat was family life like for slaves?
314978915Black leader, Martin DelanyWho came up with the idea of recolonizing Black's back to Africa?
314978916The AmistadIn 1839, enslaved African's rose up aboard what Spanish slave ship?
314978917Tyler disapproved of Andrew Jackson's tacticsWhy did John Tyler join the Whig party?
314978918Britain invades America by setting an American Steamer, called the Caroline, on fireDuring the 1837 Canadian Rebellion against Britain, what happened?
314978919Fighting over the boundary of Maine and CanadaWhat was the Aroostook War?
314978920They wanted to ignore slavery issues & not have it brought upWhy would we not want to annex Texas?
314978921A joint resolutionHow did we annex Texas?
314978922Rich soil ; FarmlandWhy did Americans want to migrate to the Oregon country?
314978923Manifest DestinyIn the 1840's they knew that God had ordained the growth of the American Nation stretching from North America. What was it called?
314978924They were fighting over a single issue ; the issue was OregonWhy was the election of 1844 notable?
314978925By Buying ItIn his quest for California, how did the president James K. Polk first try to get the land?
314978926Rio GrandePresident Polk claimed that "American blood has been shed on the American soil" it refers to news on the armed Mexicans and Americans in what river?
314978927The U.S would pay $15 million to Northern MexicoThe terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican war includes what?
314978928Amendment sought to ban slavery in any territory that the U.S acquired from MexicoWhat was the Wilmot Proviso?
314978929The Mexican CessionWhat was the largest single addition in America Territory?
314978930SpainWho was the first old war European's that first came to America?
314978931As if they were insignificant ; disrespectfullyHow did the Spanish Franciscan missionaries treat the Native inhabitants of CA?
314978932SlaveryIn order to maintain the political parties that are vital bonds of national unity, party leaders avoided talk of ______?
314978933Condemned slavery for destroying chances of jobs for white male workers. Less jobs = Less money / decreased salaryIllustrate the ideas of the Free-Soil Party?
314978934The people that lived in that territoryAccording to the principal, popular sovereignty, the replace of slavery in the territory would be determined by who?
314978935GoldThe event that threatened to destroy the long standing equality of free and slave states in the U.S said it was the _____?
314978936Worried about the state hood ; Worried that free states would have more power ; No balanceThe South grew increasingly worried about the future of slavery because?
314978937Helping slaves escape to Canada ; The Underground RailroadHow did Harriet Tubman gain fame?
314978938More restricted Fugitive Slave LawsWhat did Daniel Webster ask for in the Seventh of March Speech?
314978939William H. SewardDuring the debate of 1850 who argued that there was a higher law than the Constitution that compelled him to demand the inclusion of slavery from the territories?
314978940Zachary Taylor diesWhat help caused the Compromise of 1850?
314978941Popular SovereigntyIn the Compromise of 1850 Congress determined that slavery in New Mexico and Utah territories was going to be determined by what?
314978942Asking for a Fugitive Slave LawIn light of future evidence it seems apparent that in the Compromise of 1850 the South made a tactical blunder by doing what?
314978943SlaveryWhat caused the fatal split in the Whig Party?
314978944The Whig Party fell apartWhy was the election of 1852 significant?
314978945Matthew C. PerryWhat was the name of the guy who opened up Japan to the United States?
314978946CubaIn 1850's what piece of land were the Manifest Destiny people trying to get?
314978947The Treaty of WanghiaWhat was the first formal diplomatic agreement of U.S and China?
314978948The Ostend ManifestoWhat was the name of the scheme that Pierce had to acquire Cuba from Spain?
314978949A RailroadHow do people think we could keep the Pacific Coast Territory from breaking away from the U.S?
314978950Popular SovereigntyHow does Stephen A. Douglas want to decide slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory?
314978951The Missouri CompromiseIn order for the Kansas-Nebraska Act to work properly what legislation did they have to repeal?
314978952To show the cruelty of slaveryWhat was the purpose of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
314978953More Abolitionists & people who would not help with the Fugitive Slave LawWhat result did Uncle Tom's Cabin have in the North?
314978954Lawrence, Kansas was raided / attacked by Pro-Slavery peopleIn 1856, what happened in Kansas that was the breaking point?
314978955The proposed state constitution in Kansas ; It was written so that states could only apply to be a statehood if they were a slave stateWhat is the Lecompton Constitution?

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