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Who was responsible for the following speech?What is the title of the speech? Why was it given? “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” . |
Abraham Lincoln; Gettysburg Address; It was to dedicate cemetery tothose who lost their lives in the battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
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What was known as the “peculiar institution”during the mid-1800s? |
Slavery |
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Why were conditions for most slaves somewhat livable? |
They were very expensive property |
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How did the Federal government try and take steps to check the growth of slavery between the ratification of the US Constitution and the Civil War? What war will affect the growth of slavery the most and will lead to the Civil War? Why? |
Prohibited the further importation of slaves after 1808, declared in the Missouri Compromise of 1820 that the vast western territories secured in the Louisiana Purchase were forever closed to slavery north of the state of Missouri (36¢ 30¢ line). Mexican American War; It opened up a vast amount of land for the question of whether a person could move their property with them West |
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Which American philosopher made the statement that “Mexico will poison us”? |
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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What pieces of legislation between 1850 and 1861 by the Federal government only forestalled the Civil War? How did that help the North’s cause? |
Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, SCOTUS Dred Scott decision, Crittenden Compromise; They allowed the North to build up their army and population in order to fight the South in 1861. |
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What did the South call the American Civil War? |
The War for Southern Independence, War of Northern Aggression |
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What did the Civil War do to the power of the Federal Government? |
It increased the power and supremacy of the Union by ending slavery and creating the 13, 14, 15 Amendments |
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Which founding father said the following,“Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.” |
Thomas Jefferson |
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What would have been the consequence if Thomas Jefferson or George Washington had freed all of their slaves during their lifetimes? |
They would not have been able to afford their lifestyles and probably would not have been important contributors to the creation of our country. |
