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what was sectionalism ?
Sectionalism is loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole
what caused the Civil war?
The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states
did slaves fight in the civil war?
yes
who was Harriet Tubman or what was she most known for?
was enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor" of the Underground Railroad
who was elected to president in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Missouri was a _____ state
slave
Massachusetts was a_____state
free
John C. Calhoun fought against
tariff
Who won the Mexican American war?
United States
What was equal rights?
The idea that people should have the same rights by law
What was civil rights?
rights that all people of a country should have
what was the civil rights movement?
the work by a group of people to make sure everyone is treated the same
Who was Dred Scott?
Dred Scott was an enslaved African-American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife, Harriet Robinson Scott, and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision"
who was john brown?
militant American abolitionist whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry
How long did the Battle of Fort Sumter last?
2 days
How many people died at the Battle of Fort Sumter?
How many men fought for the Union during the Civil War?
2 mllion
civil war
a war between two parts of the same country
what did Dredd Scott claim when he was suing
“Once free, always free”
secede
when a state leaves a country
Who won the first battle of Bull Run?
confederates
What does Dolly compare the Union soldiers to?
demons
who was John C. Calhoun?
John Caldwell Calhoun was an American politician and political theorist from South Carolina who held many important positions including being the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825
John Brown and who killed 5 slave owners when a fight broke out?
his sons
How many Union Soldiers died at the first Battle of Bull Run?
460