The canal that runs from Albany to Buffalo - Completed in 1825. It opend up trade between NYC and the Great Lakes
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Who is Harriet Tubman?
She escaped slavery and assisted in helping run away slaves on the Underground Railroad
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What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves. They would be arrested and slaves would be returned to the slave owner.
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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
A military order that freed slaves in certain areas of the US
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What is Manifest Destiny?
It is a belief shared by many American's in the mid-1800's that the US should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.
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Who is Fredrick Douglas?
He was an American writer and politician who was an abolitionist.
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What was Uncle Tom's Cabin?
An anti slavery novel, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Who were the Lowell Mill Girls?
A water-powered textile mill that employed young, unmrried women from local farms. They used looms that could both spin and weave cloth in the same way.
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Who is Lloyd Garrison?
A journalist and a reformer
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What did the Election of Lincoln cause?
This caused the south to secede from the United States.
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What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
The first public meeting about women's rights held in NY. It was for women to get the right to vote.
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What was the Underground Railroad?
A network of people who helped thousands of slaves escape to the North by providing transportation and hiding places to runaway slaves.
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What was the Dred Scott Case?
Dred Scott was a slave whose owner had died. The Supreme Court ruled that he was "property"
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What is an abolitionist?
These are people who are against slavery.
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What was the bloodiest war on American soil?
1. American Revolution
2. War of 1812
3. Civil War
4. Vietnam War
Civil War
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What was the Harpers' Ferry Raid?
They took over property in Virginia to start a slave rebellion.