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Antebellum
North vs South
Missouri Compromise
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100

Who were the wealthiest people during the Antebellum period?

Plantation Owners

100
What was the biggest issue that divided the north and south during the Antebellum period?

Slavery

100

The Missouri Compromise brought ___________ into the Union as a slave state

Missouri

100

How did the United States gain Texas as a state?

Mexican American War and the Guadelupe Hidalgo Treaty

100
John Brown believed that this was the only way to end slavery.

Violence

200

The South's economy was based on _____________ during Antebellum

Agriculture/farming

200

What is an abolitionist? What region were they found in (north or south)?

Someone who wanted to get rid of slavery; North

200

The Missouri Compromise brought ____________ into the Union as a free state

Maine

200

First state to secede from the Union

South Carolina

200
The Dred Scott case ruled that _____________________

Slaves are not citizens and cannot sue.

300

The North's economy was based on ______________ during Antebellum

Industry/factories

300

This invention caused slavery to increase in the south...

Cotton gin

300

The Missouri Compromise was important because it kept the _______________ even temporarily

Number of slave/free states; balance of power

300
This event led to many states in the South seceding from the Union

Presidential Election of Lincoln

300

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

Eli Whitney

400

The term "Antebellum" means ________________

Before the (Civil) war

400

This region felt the federal government should not make laws for them or interfere with them

South

400

The Missouri Compromise claimed that any territory that became a state below the Missouri border would be a _________state  (free or slave)

Slave

400

Idea that new states should vote to decide the slavery issue

Popular Sovereignty 

400

Name 3 things/events that caused more of a divide between the North and South and led to the Civil War.

-Slavery

-States rights

-Nullification

-Missouri Compromise

-Compromise of 1850

-Election of 1860

-Uncle Tom's Cabin

-John Brown's Raid

500

Why did the south not want to get rid of slavery during the Antebellum period?

They depended on it for money (economy); they used slaves for agriculture/cotton

500

Very popular book that helped stir up opposition to slavery

Uncle Tom's Cabin
500

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise line?

It determined where slavery was allowed or was not allowed in new states. Slavery was allowed below the line, but not above the line

500

State where violence over the slavery issue broke out

What is Bleeding Kansas

500
Why was Frederick Douglass such a strong voice during the abolitionist movement?

He told his own story of surviving slavery