North and South Comparisons #1
What is the climate like in the North?
Hot and humid summers, cold winters
What major invention helped grow the cotton industry in the south in the 1800’s?
The Cotton gin was a major invention that helped grow the cotton industry in the 1800’s.
They believed he wasn't a citizen
______________ was a slave who petitioned for his freedom because he lived in the free states of Illinois and Wisconsin for years.
Dred Scott
When you add the three angles of a triangle together, how many degrees does it equal?
180
What is the climate like in the South?
Hot and humid summers and mild winters
Which modes of transportation were most common in the north?
Roads and railroads
Maine accepted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state
They drew a line at 36,30 latitude and everything south of that line would become slave states and everything north would become free states.
What is the name of the law that allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether or not to keep slavery?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Adverbs, generally, end in what two letters?
-ly
Southern economy was based on what?
Agriculture
Which modes of transportation were most common in the South?
Travel by river on steamboats
Name two ways in which westward expansion caused conflict around the issue of slavery
They had to determine if slavery would exist in the western territories, they would have an uneven amount of free and slave states.
What were Abraham Lincoln's two views on slavery in the United States?
Who is the 16th president of the US?
Abraham Lincoln
During the industrial revolution, goods shifted from being made by hand to what?
Made by machine
Name three cash crops that were grown often in the south?
Ex: Tobacco, Sugar, Indigo, Cotton
The conflict between pro-slavery and abolitionist forces, known as Bloody Kansas began when pro-slavery forces attacked the abolitionist forces' capital in ______________, Kansas.
Lawrence
What is the name of the federal arsenal that John Brown attacked in order to get weapons and ammunition to incite slave revolts?
Harper's Ferry
What is Mr. Eck's fiance's name?
Yessenia
What is the name of the region in the North with some of the most fertile soil in the world?
Ohio River Valley
What percentage of white men in the south owned slaves?
25%, 1/4
The Missouri Compromise line was located at which latitude numbers? (two numbers)
36, 30
What were the main parts of the Compromise of 1850?
California was admitted as a free state. New Mexico and Utah could choose for themselves on the issue of slavery. Slave trade is outlawed in Washington D.C. They created a stronger fugitive slave act.
Name the two Presidents in US History that have been impeached.
Ex: Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton or Donald Trump