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29 Cards in this Set
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what are some interesting facts about the cotton kingdom
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1) both the N&S were based on slavery
2) The south exported more than half of the worlds supply of cotton 3) 75% of Britain's cotton(Br. leading industrial power at the time) came from the South. |
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Whay was Sir Walter Scott blamed in aumenting tensions between the North and South
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He was the favorite author of the southerners and he idealized a feudalistic society in his book
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what were two minor black rebellions that failed becuz of they were widely advertised (and someone snitched)
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1) Gabriel in Richmond organized a rebellion but was betrayed by informers 1800.
2)Denmark Vesey in 1832 who was betrayed by informers |
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Who was Nat Turner
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he was a blakc preacher who led an uprising that slaughtered whites, mostly women and children.
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what aumented the strength of the abolitionist movement
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The Great Awakening
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Who was the author of Slavery As It Is
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thomas weld
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Garrison wrote the Liberator and helped to establish what society in society in the 19th century
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William Garrison and Wendell Phillips (didnt have sugar made from sugar cane, use cotton cloth)both helped to establish the Anti-Slavery Society
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Who wrote Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World
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David walker
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who was one of the few black leaders to support recolonization
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Martin Delaney
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what removed all antislavery appeals
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The gag resolution removed all anti slavery appeal after the rebellions
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who negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo and what did it do
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nicholas trist negotiated the treaty in 1848
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what bill didnt pass but said that slavery would never exist in any of the mexican cession territories
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Wilmot Proviso
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who is the father of popular sovereignty
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Lewis Cass
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how did the discovery of gold in california aument the slave problem
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The gold rush led Taylor to urge calirfornia to draft a constitution in 1849 that excluded slavery
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what were the border states?
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deleware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri
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Lincoln said, "I hope to have God on my side, but i have to have Kentucky." What did he mean by this?
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He meant that the border states were an advantage.
1) they could have doubled the manufacturing capability of the South |
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which senator had two sons on opposite sides of the war
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Senator Crittenden
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what were the southern advantages?
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1) they were fighting defensively
2)they didnt have to win the war to win their independence 3)they fought for self-determination/preservation of their life 4)excellent genreals 5)boys bred to fight/bear arms |
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what disadvantages did the South have
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1) they had lousy factories
2)lacked supplies |
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what benefits did the north have
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1)they had manpower
2)manufacturing |
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what minuses did the north have
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1) they werent as prepared for military life
2)lacked skilled leaders |
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whats the trent affair
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in 1861 a union warship pulls off Southern diplomats from a british ships which caused tensions that eventually died down
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what did charles francis adams say that benefitted both the British and the americans
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he said that Br.boats were risky since it could be a risky precedent
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whats another word for laird rams
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iron rams
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What was the Dominion of Canada
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it was designed to bolster the Canadians politcally and spiritually against the US during the civil war to keep it safe
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what violation of the monroe doctrine took place in 1863
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Napoleon III in 1863 sent Maximillian to occupy New Mexicoso after the war in 1857 Max was left to die by N.
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when was the first national conscription passed
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in 1863
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what did bull run show
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that the Civil war was going to last longer than anyone thought
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who was first put in charge of the Army of the Potomac (Union Force)?
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George McClellan
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