What is the name of Harriet Beecher's Stowe's famous anti-slavery novel?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Explain the three parts of the Missouri Compromise.
Maine came in as a free state.
Missouri came in as a slave state.
New states joining the Union out of the Louisiana Purchase would be free if North of the 36 30 parallel and slave if south of it.
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What political parties did Lincoln and Douglas belong to?
Lincoln was a Republican and Douglas was a Democrat.
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census
an official count of a population, including information like ethnicity and gender.
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What event officially started the Civil War?
The attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
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What is the Massachusetts 54th known for?
The Massachusetts 54th is famous for being the first all African-American regiment in the United States.
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How did the South react when Lincoln was elected as President in 1860?
When Lincoln was elected in 1860, 11 southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America.
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What political office did Lincoln and Douglas run against each other for in 1858?
Senator for Illinois
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secede
The act of part of a country withdrawing from or leaving that country.
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Approximately how many people were killed in the NYC Draft Riots
About 120.
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What was John Brown's goal when he raided the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
When he raided the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, John Brown's goal was to take all the guns, give them to local slaves, and start a rebellion.
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Why was the Compromise of 1850 necessary?
The Compromise of 1850 was necessary because the country had just won a war against Mexico and gotten a bunch of new land. The government needed to decide whether the new states were going to be free or slave.
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When was Abe Lincoln elected as President?
1860.
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border state
A state that stayed in the Union but still had slavery.
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Approximately how many people were killed in the Civil War?
About 650,000
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Why is Dred Scott an important figure in American history?
Dred Scott was a slave who sued his master for his freedom and lost. The Supreme Court ruled that since Scott was a slave, he had no rights as an American citizen, and could not sue anyone.
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Why were there riots in NYC in July of 1863?
The Draft Riots of 1863 happened because some New Yorkers, particularly Irish immigrants, were angry about the draft. In addition to attacking the draft offices, they also took their anger out on African American New Yorkers.
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Briefly explain each side's goal in the war.
The South wanted to remain a free and independent country.
The North wanted to force the Confederacy to rejoin the country.
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emancipate
The act of freeing some from slavery.
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When the final decision on an important issue is made by the people's vote, it's called...
Popular Sovereignty
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In what state Abe Lincoln born?
Abe Lincoln born in Kentucky.
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Why did the Emancipation Proclamation not apply to slaves in the Border States?
Lincoln was worried that if he freed the slaves in the Border States, those states would secede and join the Confederacy
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Explain the main difference between how Republicans and Democrats wanted to decide important issues like slavery.
Republicans wanted decisions made by a strong Federal government, Democrats wanted each state to decide for itself.
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Bleeding Kansas
"Bleeding Kansas" was the name given to a time of violent unrest in Kansas. Pro and anti slavery settlers clashed with one another.