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Question Answered step-by-step According to Dr. Waucaush, what percentage of southern whites owned… According to Dr. Waucaush, what percentage of southern whites owned slaves in the 1850s?  During the 1850s, 5% of southerners owned more than 20 slaves and fewer than 3,000 white men owned more than 100 slaves, this means that the majority of southerners were fighting in the Civil War to protect the property of the wealthiest 2% of southern society. What startling dynamic of warfare does this reveal?  What device automated the de-seeding (of cotton) process?  Describe how cotton production increased in the 1800s and explain the importance of cotton in the 19th century American economy and specifically by the year 1860.  Use percentages and statistics in your explanation.  MINI-ESSAY 1 point  ” Who” was the single largest financial asset in the entire American economy of the mid-nineteenth century?   _______  of America’s first __________ presidents were ____________     ____________ from ______________. (fill in the 5 blanks)  The Underground Railroad was a subterranean (underground) passage carved by escaped slaves, a passageway which housed abandoned mining shafts and mining carts originally used to transport iron ore. Slaves converted these mining carts into train cars that were “somewhat permissive for traveling” (according to Andrew Johnson and the House Committee on Repatriation) and although the rail that the mining carts traveled on stopped at different points in Maryland and Virginia, it provided a circuitous route where slaves could eventually disembark near a remote area of the Niagara escarpment (which is a long geological formation of rock that spans the US and Canadian border) where fugitive slaves avoided detection from American authorities:         True    or   False    The Supreme Court ruled in Prigg vs. Pennsylvania that northern states, where slavery was illegal (like Pennsylvania), did not have to cooperate with the return of ________________    ___________________   (fill in the 2 blanks)  Why did Nat Turner believe that God had called him to liberate slaves from bondage? 1 POINT  10. Upon encountering slaves who accompanied their masters to the North, and although seemingly well taken care of, according to Solomon Northup, what secret desire did slaves express to him when engaged in conversation? And what did slaves consult with Northup about? 1 POINT  The institution of slavery not only degrades ______________ but it degrades the __________________ . (fill in the 2 blanks)  1 POINT  12. Why did Frederick Douglass see his time in Ireland as transformative? 1 POINT  13. The South enjoyed an industrial advantage over the North at the beginning of the Civil War.   True   or   False  14. According to Dr. Waucaush, what led to slaughter and to so many casualties on Civil War battlefields? 1 POINT  15. What form of surgery was most common or the “usual remedy” for injuries sustained by soldiers in battle during the Civil War?  16. In all, ______ states would secede [from the Union] and form the ______________   _____________  of  ________________.  (fill in the blanks) 1 POINT  17. What are the states that held slaves, but did not join the Confederacy, called?  18. For Abraham Lincoln and the northern government, in the beginning, the Civil War was not a war that was fought to explicitly end slavery, but it was a war that was intended to do what two things? 1 POINT  19. Why did the Confederacy claim that Lincoln was acting in a dictatorial manner? 1 POINT  20. At the beginning of the Civil War, why did Lincoln rarely mention freeing the slaves as the goal of the war, but claimed rather, that the goal of the war for the North, was to keep the Union together? 1 POINT   According to the Written Lecture, why is Article 13 (the original proposed 13th amendment) called the “Ghost” amendment? 1 POINT  22. According to the Written Lecture, what did Article 13 say regarding slavery? 1 POINT  23. What did Lincoln basically guarantee in reference to the Corwin Amendment, when examining his inaugural address, from the Written Lecture? 1 POINT   24.  According to the article entitled “The ‘Ghost Amendment’ That Haunts Lincoln’s Legacy,” regarding the Corwin Amendment, what would have happened, “had it [the Corwin Amendment] been ratified”? 1 POINT  What type of order or measure can American presidents issue, in times of crisis, without needing permission from Congress?  26. According to Dr. Waucaush, why do historians call the Emancipation Proclamation a “war measure?”  27. According to Dr. Waucaush, why did Lincoln believe the majority of Americans would support a measure like the Emancipation Proclamation by the beginning of the year 1863? 1 POINT  28. According to Dr. Waucaush, why was slavery allowed to exist in the border-states after 1863? 1 POINT  29.  Considering the answer for question #28, what type of legislation was needed in order to abolish slavery in the border-states?  Did the Constitution indirectly support slavery?  If so, how so? Explain. 1 POINT  31. What amendment, according to the Written Lecture, finally abolished slavery permanently throughout the entire United States?  32. What percentage of Black soldiers who fought in the Union Army were escaped slaves? 1 POINT We are using the textbook Give Me Liberty! An American History volume one 6th editution History US History HIST 101 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)