HIUS 390 Quiz Antebellum Virginia

HIUS 390 Quiz Antebellum Virginia

HIUS 390 Quiz: Reading — Antebellum Virginia

1. What was a major factor in the number of Virginia slaves who attempted to run away?
2. What was NOT an important transportation project built in Virginia in the mid-nineteenth century?
3. What new political party formed in the 1830s in opposition to Andrew Jackson?
4. In Virginia’s sectional differences, what natural boundary marked the dividing line between the traditional thinkers and those desiring reforms to have greater representation?
5. Many prominent Virginians joined the American Colonization Society as an answer to address the large freed black population in the state. What did this society advocate?
6. What nation did America go to war with under President James K. Polk, that resulted in several Virginians militarily distinguishing themselves and a vast growth in the size of the nation?
7. During the middle of the nineteenth century, what was a factor in advances in higher education?
8. What was NOT one of the factors that caused the family life of slaves to be precarious?
9. What was the nineteenth century (1800s) revitalization of Christianity in the southern states called?
10. What was the primary issue the Reform Convention of 1850-1851 was called to discuss?
11. What was a main cause of disgruntlement for Virginia’s western counties during the antebellum era?
12. What did Cyrus McCormick’s Virginia reaper ultimately do?
13. What was a negative impact the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad had on the region between Lynchburg and Bristol?
14. Which geographical area of Virginia was isolated from the rest of the state by the mid-19th century?
15. What engineering approach was first used in the construction of the Blue Ridge Tunnel built through Afton Mountain in the 1850s?
16. What Virginian tunnel was believed to be the longest tunnel in the world following its construction in the 1850s?
17. In what area of Virginia did the construction of the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad in the 1850s change the economy, society, and politics of the region?
18. What happened to Henry Brown’s wife and children?
19. What did Henry Brown do after he escaped from slavery?
20. What was Henry Brown’s ride on the train like as he travelled inside the box?