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Maryland
Abolitionists
Events Leading to the Civil War
Events Leading to the Civil War 2
Mr. Angell
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Maryland did not choose a side in the Civil War.  They were this kind of state...

What is a border state?

200
a person who favors doing away with slavery
What is an abolitionist?
200
Compromise that divided the free and slave states
What is the Missouri Compromise?
200
Novel that introduced the cruelty of slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
200

Describe Mr. Angell with 1 word or phrase

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Mr. Angell judges answer quality

400

Transportation was key to the Civil War.  Maryland use these water ways to ship goods.

What are canals?

400
an abolitionist who helped runaway slaves escape to the north and was a successful conductor on the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
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Decided that 3 out of every 5 slaves could count towards the population of a state.

What is the 3/5ths clause?

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What invention helped to increase slave labor ?(It helped farm more of the main southern crop)

the cotton gin

400

Who is your favorite teacher?

Mr. Angell
600

Roads were critical to transportation of goods.  This road began in Maryland stretching West towards St. Louis, Missouri.

What is the National Road?

600
Led a failed raid on an arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia in 1859
Who is John Brown?
600

1.divided the land from the Mexican-American war into  territories   2.slave trade abolished in Washington D.C.  3. Fugitive Slave Act revised 4. defused disagreement between free and slave states

What is the Compromise of 1850?

600

The court case that ruled against former slaves gaining their freedom.

What is Dred Scott vs Sanford?

600

What is Mr. Angell's best characteristic?

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Mr. Angell will judge answers

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Maryland was about to withdrawal from Union. The Union army intervened by aiming cannons at Baltimore from the top of Federal Hill.  What would Maryland have been doing if it withdrew from the Union?

What is secession? secede 

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Who was the abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Impact of the Fugitive Slave Act

What is slaves who were arrested were taken back to their masters?
800

Bloodshed over the decision of Kansas to become a free or slave state.

What is "Bleeding Kansas"?

800

What is Mr. Angell's favorite day of the year?

The Last Day of School
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Which portion of Maryland had the majority of slaves?

What is Southern Maryland?

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Escape routes used to help enslaved people obtain freedom.

What is the Underground Railroad

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Congress could not ban slavery before 1808, but could put a tax of $10 per slave imported.

What is the Importation Clause?

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Ruling of Dred Scott court case
not a citizen, property, congress couldn't prohibit slavery in any territory
1000

What is Mr. Angell's 2nd Favorite Day of the Year?

Super Bowl (Especially when the Eagles are in it)