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34 Cards in this Set
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One state would become part of the United States as a free state and one would come in as a slave state
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Missouri Compromise
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California would come in as a free state, but escaped slaves would have to be returned to their owners
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Compromise of 1850
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The people in each new state could decide whether a state would be a free state or a slave state
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Congress could not keep slavery out of the territories and black people
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Dred Scott Decision
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What was know as the great Compromiser and why
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Henrty Clay -- He worked to help settle the differences between the north and south
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What was the Fugitive Slave Law
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Anyone caught helping slaves escape would be punished
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Why did the Superme Court deny freedom to Dred Scot
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The Court ruled that slaves are property
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Why did Lincoln join the Republican Party
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He wanted to stop the spread of slavery
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What was Stephen Douglas's nickname
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Little Giant
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What was Stephen Douglas's belief about slavery
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He believed slaverys hould be spread or at least people should vote on slavery
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A religious song based on bible stories
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spiritual
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To act against
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resist
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a group of laws that shaped the lives of slaves
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slave code
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a system of escape routes for slaves
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Underground Railroad
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a person hired to watch slaves and make work
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overseer
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How many free Africans were living in the US in 1860
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nearly 500,000
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name two things under the slave codes that slaves were not allowed to do
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form groups and ___________ things
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How did the people in slave communities help one another
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comfort and support
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name 2 ways slaves quietly resisted
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letting animals go and damaging the plantation
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What was the name of the slave that led a violent resistance against slavery
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john brown
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what was the name of the white man who helped the slaves by giving them guns
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Nat Turner
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What was the job of the conductors on the Underground Railroad
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get slaves from station to station
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this area had a large number of factories
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north
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this area had a larger population than the other
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north
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this area had more farms than factories
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south
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this area had many large cities
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north
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this area wanted slavery to spread to the west
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south
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this area grew a lot of tobacco and cotton
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south
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this area needed a lot of immigrants to work in the factories
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north
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large farms in this area were called plantations
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south
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what percentage of southern people owned no slaves
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75%
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what did Eli Whitney invent that changed the cotton industry
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cotton gin
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How did the cotton gin help speed up cotton production
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by taking the seeds out
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where were the biggest plantations in the south located
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by the mississippi river
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