Along with the 36'30 lattitude line what were the other two requirements of the Missouri Compromise?
Maine becomes a free state and Missouri woudl become a slave state.
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What does Antebellum mean?
Before the war (Civil War)
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What was the sentiment (or feeling) about slavery in the North and the South?
Against slavery (North) For slavery (South)
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Solve: -4 + -5 =
-9
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Describe slave states
States in the South that allowed slavery
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What was the final decision of Dred Scott's argument before the Supreme Court?
He would never become free, slaves can not be taken away because they are property
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Someone who joined the movement to abolish, or end, slavery is called what?
An Abolitionist
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What type of Economy did the South relay on?
Agrigulture
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Solve: 6 + (-)4 - 10 =
-8
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Describe Bleeding Kansas
This event was when pro slavery settlers attacked a down of abolitionist in Kansas.
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Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe and how did she increase tension between the North and the South?
She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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What does popular sovereignty mean?
To give the states the power to vote on becoming slave or free states.
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Though many farms still existed in the north, more and more of its economy was becoming based on what?
Manufacturing (factories/industries)
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Solve: 10 3/4 would be round to what number?
11
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What three parts were included with the Fugitive Slave Laws?
Individuals refusing to help or caught helping a runaway would be sent to jail or fined.
Runaways would be sent to jail and then back to their masters.
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What three parts were included in the Compromise of 1850?
California is free
Utah and New Mexico can become slave territories
New Fugitive Slave Laws
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TO withdrawl when a part of a country leaves or breaks off from the rest is known as what?
Secession (to secede)
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What types of transportation did the North and South relay on?
(North) - railroads (South)- waterways/steamboats
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Solve: -5 -(-5) +10 =
10
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What event officially started the Civil War?
The firing at Ft. Sumter.
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Why did John Brown attack a U.S. Army post in Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
He wanted to start a rebellion against slavery using slaves.
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What does sectionalism mean?
A belief that one state (place) is better than another.
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Who was the slave that lead an attack against white people? Why did he do it?
Nat Turner - he witnessed a solar eclipse and took it as a message from god to attack his masters.
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Solve: -6 x -7+3=
45
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What law stated the states could vote on becoming free or allowing slaves?