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17 Cards in this Set
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How did slaves view their masters?
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As a “father figure”
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What did Popular Sovereignty give territories the decision to do?
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To decide whether or not slavery would be allowed in their territory.
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What was the main argument of "Apostles of Disunion"?
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That slavery was the cause of the civil war.
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In "Apostles of Disunion", why does it say the southern states left the union?
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To defend their just and sovereign rights.
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What were the 3 main fears of the south in "Apostles of Disunion"?
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1. Slaves and their children would become equal to whites
2. Mixed marriage 3. A slave rebellion |
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How did slaves view their masters?
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As a “father figure”
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What did Popular Sovereignty give territories the decision to do?
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To decide whether or not slavery would be allowed in their territory.
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What was the main argument of "Apostles of Disunion"?
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That slavery was the cause of the civil war.
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In "Apostles of Disunion", why does it say the southern states left the union?
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To defend their just and sovereign rights.
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What were the 3 main fears of the south in "Apostles of Disunion"?
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1. Slaves and their children would become equal to whites
2. Mixed marriage 3. A slave rebellion |
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Overseer
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Did the disciplining so they were the ones the slaves feared
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If the overseers were too harsh who did the slaves go to?
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Their master. He provided for them and protected them. They believed that slavery was benign.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Stephen Douglas created it in1854 to ease tension between the north and the south (South could still expand slavery and North had the right to abolish it
the act created 2 new territories (Kansas & Nebraska) that would exercise pop. Sovereignty |
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What did the opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?
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Formed the republican party and they aimed to stop the expansion of slavery completely.
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Antietam
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First major battle of Civil War on Northern territory and bloodiest single day battle in US history with 23,000 casualties
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Who won the Battle of Antietam?
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The union won and as a result Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation
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What was the result of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?
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Proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves
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