HIUS 420 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Moderate Abolitionists - ANS Believed in graduate abolition of slavery, slave-owners receiving
compensation, etc
Amount of slaves in the south - ANS 3.5 Million
The years of the war - ANS 1861-1865
Secession - ANS Splitting from the Union
Key distinguishing factors of the Northern state - ANS o More industrial
o Bigger cities
o More money
o More railroads
o More people
Popular Sovereignty - ANS Settlers/residents choose whether they would be free or slave
Key distinguishing characteristics of Southern states - ANS o Small cities
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, o Less education
o Less money
o Bad roads
o More land
Abraham Lincoln - ANS o Republican
o Lost to Douglas in the 1958 senate race. However, the debates made him an household name
o Against popular sovereignty
o Wife came from southern aristocracy in Kentucky
o Didn't intend on ending slavery
o As a result of his election, deep south states seceded
o Called upper south states to arms for the union after which they seceded
o Imprisoned people in Maryland
List of Northern Free Soil States - ANS - Maine
- Mass
- New Hampshire
- Rhode Island
- Connecticut
- Vermont
- New York
- New Jersey
- Penn
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
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ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Moderate Abolitionists - ANS Believed in graduate abolition of slavery, slave-owners receiving
compensation, etc
Amount of slaves in the south - ANS 3.5 Million
The years of the war - ANS 1861-1865
Secession - ANS Splitting from the Union
Key distinguishing factors of the Northern state - ANS o More industrial
o Bigger cities
o More money
o More railroads
o More people
Popular Sovereignty - ANS Settlers/residents choose whether they would be free or slave
Key distinguishing characteristics of Southern states - ANS o Small cities
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, o Less education
o Less money
o Bad roads
o More land
Abraham Lincoln - ANS o Republican
o Lost to Douglas in the 1958 senate race. However, the debates made him an household name
o Against popular sovereignty
o Wife came from southern aristocracy in Kentucky
o Didn't intend on ending slavery
o As a result of his election, deep south states seceded
o Called upper south states to arms for the union after which they seceded
o Imprisoned people in Maryland
List of Northern Free Soil States - ANS - Maine
- Mass
- New Hampshire
- Rhode Island
- Connecticut
- Vermont
- New York
- New Jersey
- Penn
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
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