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23 Cards in this Set
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What was enjoyed by enslaved people in cities who were hired out?
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freedom of movement
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Where did most slaves work?
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plantations
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What was a slaves life like?
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hard labor, cruel disipline, and isolation.
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What was the arguement by the South for slavery?
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labor supply
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What could 'prove' slavery was 'acceptable' for the South?
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Science and the Bible.
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Many hoped that this would provide a permanent soulution to the slavery issue...
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The Compromise of 1850
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What was opposed by Northerners?
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Fugitive Slave Laws
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What could be taken as proof of identity of a runaway slave?
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Just the word of the slaveholder
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What right in court did slaves not have?
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The right to testify
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These were passed by free state legitslatures that nullified the Fugitive Slave Laws forbidding state officials to assist in the capturing of runaways...
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Personal Liberty Laws
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What novel aroused anti-slavery feelings?
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Who was the author who portrayed slavery at its worst?
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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This encouraged the rapid settlement of the trans-Missouri region and the building of a transcontinental railroad...
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act
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What were the 2 terminals for the transcontinental railroad?
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St. Louis and also Chicago
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What were the two territories the region was divided into?
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Nebraska and Kansas
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How was the slavery question decided in the new territories?
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popular sovereignty
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What was negated by this new law?
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The Compromise of 1820
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Who proposed this new law?
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Stephen A. Douglas
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What was the name given to the place in which this violence occured, peaking in 1856
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"Bleeding Kansas"
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What were the 2 new parties that appeared?
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The American and the Republicans
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What party broke up because of the slavery issue?
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WHIG party
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Which party was composed of the Know-Nothings and some ex- Whigs who tried to divert attention away from the slavery issue to the anti-immigrant issue.
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American
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Who was the American candidate?
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Former president Millard Fillmore
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