Week 1 Quiz HIS 392, Summer 2020

Week 1 Quiz HIS 392, Summer 2020

Week 1 Quiz HIS 392, Summer 2020

Week 1 Quiz HIS 392, Summer 2020

Week 1 Quiz

HIS 392, Summer 2020

 

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  1. Explain the Market Revolution and why it led to regional differentiation in the American economy.

 

 

  1. What were the main routes of the internal slave trade in the antebellum United States?

 

 

  1. What are two abolitionist arguments against slavery?

 

 

  1. Why was the Three-Fifths Clause such an important political document?

 

 

  1. Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to such sectional tension and violence?

 

 

  1. What are the main military developments of 1861?

 

 

  1. How do you explain Abraham Lincoln’s election to the presidency in 1860?

 

 

  1. What are the main arguments seceding states make about why they are leaving the Union?

 

 

  1. Why was John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry such a galvanizing event leading to the Civil War?

 

 

  1. Explain the difference between free soil and popular sovereignty with regards to western territories.