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What state was the first to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
Who wrote the document "Aint I a Woman"?
Sojourner Truth
Where did Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton meet?
Anti Slavery meeting in London
What other social movement was the Women's Rights Movement closely associated with?
Abolitionists Movement
Before the compromise, what was the balance of slave and free states in the United States?
There were 11 free states in the north and 11 slave states in the south
Citizens in the western part of which Confederate state broke away due to opposition to slavery, in order to form a new state?
Virginia
What was found in California after the war mentioned above that made California much more valuable to the United States?
Gold
Missouri applied for admission as a slave state. What other state was admitted as a free state as a result of this compromise?
Maine
When was this Missouri Compromise decided?
1820
True or False: Abraham Lincoln won the Presidency with absolutely no electoral votes from Southern states
True
Four more states secede from the United States.
Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee
How are the number of Senators for each state calculated?
Two senators per state
Who was the only African American at the Seneca Falls Convention
Fredrick Douglass
What year was Abraham Lincoln elected as President?
1860
What six states to left the union after in 1861
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas
Who is the highest ranking person in the Military?
What is his position?
The President is Commander and Chief
What is an Executive Order?
A rule or law written by a President telling the Executive Branch what to do
Under the three-fifths compromise, how many people does a FREE person count as, when counting population?
3/5 or three fifths
What is the system we use in the United States to determine how the President is elected?
Electoral Vote
Which law passed in the Compromise of 1850 required the United States to find and return escaped slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What was the three components of the Missouri compromise?
Three components: Maintain balance of power in the Senate; allowed some states to enter country as slave states; and allowed some states to enter as free states.
April 12, 1861: Confederate Forces Open Fire on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, which was a United States Fort still occupied by the Union. Which was the official start of the ?
What did seven southern states form in February, 1861?
Confederate States of America
When was the United States Constitution written?
1787
What three things are “all men” entitled to, according to Jefferson, by their Creator?
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.