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16 Cards in this Set
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By the mid 1850s most Southerners lived on |
Farms and in small towns |
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By the 1850s most of the nation cities were located in the |
North |
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By the 1850s , the Noth's point of view on slavery was |
That most other states allowed slavery
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What was the slavery's role in the Southern economy? |
Slavery was profitable |
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What were the slaves doing when they resisted slavery? |
Fighting for their freedom |
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What were some ways that slaves resisted slavery? |
Ran away, broke tools, worked slowly, pretended to be sick, holding back on work |
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A slave rebellion that ended in the slaves returning to Africa |
Amistad Rebellion |
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Harriet Tub man and others used this to help slaves reach freedom on the North |
Underground Railroad |
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Describe the lifestyles of free African Americans. |
They lived in fear of loosing their freedom |
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The Missouri Compromise |
The Northern states not wanting ,more slave states than free states |
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What caused violence in Kansas in 1854? |
The North and South disagreeing about the results of the slave vote |
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Why were people outraged at the Supreme Court's decision in the Dread Scott case? |
The court said African Americans had no rights |
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How did John Brown's raid at Harper Ferry affect the nation? |
It further divided the North and South |
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What were Lincoln's and Douglas's views on slavery? |
Lincoln opposed slavery and Douglas thought it had its place. |
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What battle officially started the Civil War? |
The battle at Fort Sumter |
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What did the North hope to achieve by fighting the Civil War? |
An end to slavery |