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27 Cards in this Set
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As a result of the ________ Americans must discuss the unpleasant topic of slavery |
Missouri Comprimise |
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To become a state, a territory must ask the permission of ________ |
Congress |
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Missouri applied to become a new state in ____ |
1818 |
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Missouri wanted to be a _____ state |
Slave |
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A compromise is proposed by _________, a senator from ________ |
-Henry Clay -Kentucky |
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The compromise is known as the ________ Compromise of ____ |
-Missouri -1820 |
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After the Missouri Compromise how many slave and free states are there? |
12 Free and 12 Slave |
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Which territories would be able to apply as a slave state? |
New Mexico, Texas, Southern California, Florida |
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What is the difference between Northern Economy and Southern Economy? |
Northern- more industrial, focused more on foreign trade Southern- more agricultural, focused more on land and growing crops |
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List the free states: |
Oregon, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Conneticut |
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List the states that were major tobacco producers: |
Virginia, Missouri, Kentucky |
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List the states that were major cotton producers: |
Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina |
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What state has the highest percentage of its population as slaves? |
Louisiana |
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How did slavery divide the nation? |
- North and South were very different regions - South depended on slavery, Northern Industry did not NEED slavery and opposition grew
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When did California ask to enter as a union? |
1849 |
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What did the Missouri Compromise of 1850 state? |
-California can be admitted as a free state -included the fugitive slave act which required northerners to return all escaped slaves to their masters -included popular sovereighty |
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Describe Popular Sovereighty |
the right to vote for or against slavery for New Mexico and Utah Territories |
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What was the Underground Railroad? |
A secret network of volunteers who hid fugitive slaves on their journey north to freedom |
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What was the Freedman's Bureau? |
An agency established by Congress to help former slaves in the South Lasted from 1865-1877 |
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During the war, _______ made a plan for Reconstruction that was easy on the South |
Lincon |
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Congress passed the __________, which said states could not enact laws that discriminated against African Americans Rights for African Americans |
Civil Rights Acts of 1866 |
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Congress passed the ___________, which gave African Americans ______________. |
-14th amendment -Citizenship |
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Johnson urged southern states not to ratify the 14th amendment. Why? |
Southern States had no say in creating it |
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How did Congress react to Johnson's actions? |
Reconstruction Act of 1867; which stated that no state could reenter the Union until it approved the 14th amendment |
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1870 the 15th amendment was ratified. What did it state? |
Banned states from denying the vote to African Americans |
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Who were the scalawags? |
White southerners who were small farmers who didn't want wealthy planters to regain power |
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Who was the first African American Senator? |
Hiram Revels |
