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Eli Whitney was firstly known for this farming tool
What is the cotton gin?
This compromise established Maine as a free state, while this state (sharing the name of the compromise) was admitted as a slave state
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The Election of 1860 moved this president into office
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This battle was the site of a famous speech by Lincoln, unofficially abolishing slavery in the "states in rebellion"
What is Gettysburg?
This constitutional amendment marked the official abolishment of slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
The south was seperated from the north for having a more (answer) society, meaning further based on farming
What is agrarian?
This line established the border of slave states and free states in 1820
What is the 36°30 Parallel?
This man attacked Harper's Ferry in an attempt to spark a slave rebellion
Who is John Brown?
This union general famously led the union to the end of the Civil War, and later became president
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
People in the south, in attempt to restrict the freedom of African Americans, created these state laws
What are Black Codes?
This formerly enslaved abolitionist gained publicity from helping many enslaved individuals escape from the south
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The title "Great Compromiser" refers to this American politician
Who is Henry Clay?
This man's Supreme Court case ended in the decision that any man of African descent could not be a citizen of the US
Who is Dred Scott?
The Massachusetts 54th regiment was notable for being fully comprised of these men
Who are African-American troops?
This amendment gave formerly enslaved individuals the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment?
Very early on, some northerners believed in this idea, which would lead to slaves becoming free citizens
What is abolitionism?
The south passed this act, which made it illegal for northerners not to turn in escaped slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This act admitted two states into the union, and allowed these states to choose through popular vote if slavery would be permitted
What is the Kansas-Nebraska act?
What is Fort Sumter?
The government created this group, which was overall not very effective, but helped make life easier for former slaves by building schools, hospitals, and other facilities.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
Eli Whitney also created this system, which led to much easier weapon production
What is interchangeable parts?
This party, founded by anti-slavery activists, chose Lincoln as presidential candidate
What is the Republican Party?
This was the first state to attempt to secede from the union
What is South Carolina?
This man was the overall commander of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This group formed to try to scare minorities away from fighting for rights
What is the Ku Klux Klan?