Chapter 7 Test Study Guide

1. What does the concept of “manifest destiny” mean? We were destined to spread over the total continent.

2. Name the main points of the Missouri Compromise. It maintained a balance of power between slave and free states. Missouri entered as a slave state. Except in Missouri, slavery was banned.

3. What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850? California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state with no slavery. Each state could decide to be free or slave.

4. What was the name of an organized escape plan for southern slaves fleeing their owners? The Underground Railroad

5.Which industries were a major part of Georgia’s economic base during the antebellum period? cotton mills, brick and pottery factories, grist mills, iron foundries

6.What southern states were among the original seven that formed the Confederate States of America in 1861? Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina

7. What conflict did Georgians face after Lincoln’s election? The conflict between states’ rights and Union rights.

8. What were the causes of the Civil War? States’ rights, slavery, and sectionalism

9. Which result of the Compromise of 1850 did not benefit the North? Congress passed a law(Fugitive Slave Act) allowing fugitive slaves to be returned to their owners.

10. Describe the major differences between the North and South during the antebellum period. The South was agricultural while the North was industrial. The North favored high tariffs on imported goods while the South did not. Both the North and the South believed their interests were best for whole nation.

11. After the 1820s, from which country did most of the land taken during westward expansion come? Mexico

12. Who was the publisher of antislavery newspaper, The Liberator? William Lloyd Garrison 13. Who was the abolitionist and public speaker known for “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech? Sojourner Truth

14. Who was the author of antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Harriet Beecher Stowe

15. Who was the Underground Railroad conductor known as “Moses”? Harriet Tubman

16. Who was the white abolitionist who led a raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry?

John Brown

17. Who was the abolitionist who published a newspaper, The North Star? Frederick Douglas

18. Review the charts on pages 220, 221, and 234.