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This attempted revolution was done by John Brown in an attempt to end slavery.
What is John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry?
This compromise was designed to upend the Missouri Compromise and admit California into the Union.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
(The Fugitive Slave Act is also an acceptable answer)
This innovation allowed for cotton to be more easily collected. It hoped to end slavery, but accidentally expanded it.
What is the Cotton Gin?
This Civil Rights Activist called for economic equality before political equality.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This Civil War general was famous for blundering at the Battle of Gettsyburg by sending his men straight into the line of fire.
Who is Pickett?
This revolution challenged federal authority over new taxes on a variety of goods.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This tariff, engineered by Clay, helped end the Nullification Crisis and possible secession of South Carolina.
What is the Tariff of 1833?
This innovation allowed for easier communication across the country, via a series of wires.
This famous activist used violence as a means of advancing civil rights, and would later convert to Islam.
Who is Malcolm X?
This general hated Lincoln and was overly cautious, and would later go on to run against him in the election.
Who is General McClellan?
This revolution was against the weak Articles of Confederation, and was led by former Revolutionary War veterans.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This compromise established a rule that no slave states could exist North of Missouri.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This innovation made it easier to transport cargo and people up and down rivers, such as the Mississippi.
What is the steamboat?
This activist argued a number of cases to the Supreme Court, and would eventually become himself a Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This Union general led the first fully African American infantry unit, but the regiment would later be wiped out by Confederate troops.
Who is Colonel Shaw?
This revolution resulted in the capture and imprisonment of several Americans in a foreign country.
What is the Iranian Revolution?
This Compromise was a failed compromise to prevent the secession of the Southern states by extending the Missouri Compromise line.
What is the Crittiden Compromise?
This innovation was made by a Scottish engineer for the Civil War, and later became a staple of the American Navy.
What is the ironclad?
This activist advocated for Black Power, and sponsored the idea of Black Nationalism.
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
This Confederate general was not only the military leader, but he was also the step-grandson of George Washington.
Who is Robert Lee?
This revolution ended Indentured Servitude in Colonial America.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
This compromise stated that slaves would count as 3/5ths of a person for the House of Representatives.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
This invention was put on display at the Chicago World's Fair, and allowed almost anyone to see the city at the top.
What is the Ferris Wheel?
This famous radical was the founder of the Black Panther Party.
Who is Huey Newton?
Not a field commander, but this man was the secretary of the navy for the Union during the war.
Who is Gideon Wales?