The Declaration of Independence declares "all men are _________________" and have the right to "_________, _________________, and _______________________"
Equal
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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Define Abolitionist
Someone who is against slavery
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What is Westward Expansion?
When the country was bringing in new states in the west.
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Which side did President Lincoln's election anger?
the South
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Name the four reasons why African Americans wanted to join the Union army.
Rights, Responsibility, Respect, Revenge
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Name three leaders of slave rebellions in the United States
Nat Turner, Denmark Vessey, Gabriel Prosser
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What is the name of the secret network of abolitionists and free blacks that helped slaves escape to the North to freedom?
Underground Railroad
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What problem led to the Missouri Compromise?
There was an equal balance of slave states and free states in the country (11 vs. 11) and Missouri wanted to enter the Union as a slave state.
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What two statements did the Supreme Court make in the Dred Scott case?
Dred Scott is NOT free.
African Americans are NOT citizens of the US.
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Name two effects of the cotton gin.
It increased cotton production in the United States and also expanded slavery in the South.
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What were white Patriots fighting for in the Revolutionary War? What were African Americans fighting for in the Revolutionary War?
White Patriots - freedom from England
African Americans - freedom from slavery
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Name two different abolitionist groups
Quakers - Society for the Promotion of the Abolition of Slavery
Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society
William Lloyd Garrison and American Anti-Slavery Society
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What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
If a runaway slave is found in the North, they must be returned to the South. Any person in the North who is found helping a runaway slave is guilty of a federal crime.
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Who led a raid on a federal arsenal in Virginia?
John Brown
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Name three ways African Americans faced discrimination and racism in the Union army.
Inferior weapons and uniforms
Labor instead of battle
Segregated units
Could not be officers
Lower pay
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Name three themes of the Revolutionary War.
Liberty, equality, independence, no taxation
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Name two groups who believe in immediate emancipation.
William Lloyd Garrison and Philadelphia Females
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Define the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Kansas and Nebraska could decide whether or not to be slave states or free states depending on popular sovereignty (voting).
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What was more important to Lincoln than ending slavery?
Saving the Union
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Name the first African American unit in the Union army in the Civil War.
Massachusetts 54th Regiment
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How did African Americans use the themes of the Revolutionary War to their advantage?
African Americans (like Benjamin Banneker and Elizabeth Freeman) used the themes of the Revolutionary War (freedom from England) to show there should be freedom from slavery.
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Name three beliefs of William Lloyd Garrison.
Immediate emancipation
Slaveholders should NOT be compensated
Against colonization
Racial equality
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How did the Kansas - Nebraska Act violate the Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise said no state above the Mason Dixon Line can be a slave state. The Kansas Nebraska Act would have allowed Kansas and Nebraska to be slave states if the majority of people voted for slavery even though they were above the Mason Dixon Line.
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Did the author of the Dred Scott decision believe the Declaration of Independence including African Americans?
No - the author of the Dred Scott decision said African Americans are NOT citizens of the United States.
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What is the name of the document that freed slaves in "rebel areas" (the South)?