S24, Week 6 Real Midterm Exam Questions (80 Terms) With Verified Definitions Updated 2024

inductive reasoning {Ans: Bottom-up approach (Specific specific, general) This crow is black, that crow is black, = All crows must be black.}Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 {Ans: Made it a federal crime (with a $500 fine) to assist an escaping slave, and established the legal mechanism in which a slave could be legally returned to their owners.}Martha Washington {Ans: George Washington's wife and the first First Lady of the U.S.A., she freed George Washington's slaves about a year after his death because she feared they would end her life. (G.W.'s will had said that his slaves would be freed upon Martha's death.)}12,400,000 {Ans: Number of enslaved Africans transported to the Americas}Eliza Parke Custis {Ans: Granddaughter of Martha Washington and known to be ill tempered, she was to receive Ona Judge as a wedding gift, but Ona ran away from slavery never to return.}1780 Abolition Law {Ans: Pennsylvania was the first state to have a gradual abolition of slavery within its borders.}Authority {Ans: A person who is potentially a trustworthy source}Ten Slaveholding Presidents before Lincoln {Ans: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor}War of 1812 (1812-1815) {Ans: US