Maryland
Maryland did not choose a side in the Civil War. They were this kind of state...
What is a border state?
Describe Mr. Angell with 1 word or phrase
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Mr. Angell judges answer quality
Transportation was key to the Civil War. Maryland use these water ways to ship goods.
What are canals?
Decided that 3 out of every 5 slaves could count towards the population of a state.
What is the 3/5ths clause?
What invention helped to increase slave labor ?(It helped farm more of the main southern crop)
the cotton gin
Who is your favorite teacher?
Roads were critical to transportation of goods. This road began in Maryland stretching West towards St. Louis, Missouri.
What is the National Road?
1.divided the land from the Mexican-American war into territories 2.slave trade abolished in Washington D.C. 3. Fugitive Slave Act revised 4. defused disagreement between free and slave states
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The court case that ruled against former slaves gaining their freedom.
What is Dred Scott vs Sanford?
What is Mr. Angell's best characteristic?
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Mr. Angell will judge answers
Maryland was about to withdrawal from Union. The Union army intervened by aiming cannons at Baltimore from the top of Federal Hill. What would Maryland have been doing if it withdrew from the Union?
What is secession? secede
Who was the abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Impact of the Fugitive Slave Act
Bloodshed over the decision of Kansas to become a free or slave state.
What is "Bleeding Kansas"?
What is Mr. Angell's favorite day of the year?
Which portion of Maryland had the majority of slaves?
What is Southern Maryland?
Escape routes used to help enslaved people obtain freedom.
What is the Underground Railroad
Congress could not ban slavery before 1808, but could put a tax of $10 per slave imported.
What is the Importation Clause?
What is Mr. Angell's 2nd Favorite Day of the Year?
Super Bowl (Especially when the Eagles are in it)