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18 Cards in this Set
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Who was Senator Charles Sumner?
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He was anerdenent abolishinist from Massachusetts.
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Who was Preston Brooks?
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Preston Brooks was Butlers nephew and a member of the house.
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Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she help slaves escape?
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She was an escaped slave turned abolishinists. She helped slaves escape from the underground railroad and made 19 rescue trips.
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Who was Harriet Beecher Stow and what did he do?
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He described the crulities of slavery through the crulities of slavery through the story named Uncle Tom.
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Who was Jhon Brown?
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Jhon Brown was a radical abolishonist.
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Who was Abraham Lincoln?
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Abraham Lincoln was the party nimony.
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What was The missouri compromise?
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The missouri compromise was the compromise of 1820 that banned slavery from much of the Lousianna territory while maintaining the balance of power between slave and free states.
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What was the compromise of 1850?
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It was the compromise in which Henery Clay hoped this comprimise of slavery would touch the hearts of everyone.
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What was the Kansas Nabraska Act?
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This act opened the Kansas and Nabraska Act to the settlement under the banner of slavery.
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What was fugitive slave law?
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The fugitive slave law was when Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1850.
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What does Urban mean?
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Urban is related to a city.
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Who were abolishonist?
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They were people who wanted to end slavery
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What was Popular Sovereignty?
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It was a practical practice common in the United States before the civil war in which people living in a newly orginized territory had the right to vote.
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What is arsenal?
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arsenal is a stock pile of weapons and military equipment or the building in which they are stored.
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What were agitators?
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Agitators were people who tried to stir up public feelings or a constivertional issue.
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What was sucession?
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It meant sucession.
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What happened on Congress on May 22,1856 and why did it happen?
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Sumner was savengly beaten on the floor of the senate.
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What was the difference between the North and the South's industry and their beleifs of slavery?
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North was more industrilized and the south used more farms for picking cotton.
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