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Louisiana Purchase
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New Orleans
Civil War
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Term meaning before the Civil War.
What is antebellum
100
1803
What is the year of the Louisiana Purchase.
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We were the people who the English kicked out of Canada because of our religion and heritage.
Who are the Acadians
100
One of the largest technological innovations that greatly affected trade between the east and west in the early 1800's.
What is the steamboat.
100
I was the first state to secede after this appalling event.
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln.
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Very well, we are adding the Maine territory to counter your southern slave state you want added.
What is the Missouri Compromise.
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More than 500,000,000 acres
What is the size of the Louisiana Purchase
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Under the Constitution, you didn't say I can't legally own slaves. We'll make our own government before getting rid of them.
What are reasons for Southern Secession
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Reasons New Orleans was vital to the slave trade.
What is central location for trade and shipping.
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As President, this was my most important goal upon becoming President.
What is maintaining unity of the country.
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Slaves get to choose, eh? We're going out west to voice our opinions about slavery! We'll fight if we have to!
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act. (Bloody Kansas)
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He didn't let the Congress do their job, are we going to be able to make any provisions on whether or not this new land can admit slavery? I thought we were a 3 branch government for a reason...
What are controversies of the Louisiana Purchase
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I'm the person who tried to get New Orleans for the U.S. on my own. Approval, who needs that?
Who is Thomas Jefferson
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I'm the reason that everyone wanted to control New Orleans. From the French, all the way to America.
What is control of the Mississippi River
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We can produce 50%-70% more cotton with this thing! How on Earth can we keep enough cotton growing to feed this machine?
What is increase slavery to grow more cotton.
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Who are they to tell us we can't have slaves, they were the ones who told us Dredd Scott was property anyways? After all the Constitution even says, "powers not listed here are powers of the states".
What are augments of the South for slavery and State's rights.
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One of the most important outcomes for Louisiana out of the Louisiana purchase.
What is becoming part of the United States of America
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I was one of the main causes for issues between England and America in the early 1800's...
What is impressment of American Sailors and civilians, and trade blockages.
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I've got ten thousand troops. Who cares about your little wall and 3,000 troops.
What is the British Army in the battle of New Orleans
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This war strategy was meant to disrupt my methods of trade and supply in efforts to make me surrender.
What is a blockade of ports.
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Had this become passed into law, all the land out west would have been admitted to the US as free territory (No slaves)
What is the Wilmot Proviso
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I don't want it anymore, I'll make you a sweet deal on not just New Orleans, but the whole Louisiana Territory. -Who am I, and what country do I rule?
Who is Napoleon, and France
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I was a somewhat secret deal that transferred Louisiana back to its original owners.
What is the treaty of Ildefonso
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Wait, I thought the Peace Treaty was signed in 1814... How did this even happen? What did the outcome say about America, and its new found State of Louisiana?
What is word of the Treaty had not yet spread. It showed the rest of the country that Louisiana, although a new state, believed in the idea of America.
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How awful do I feel, with this invention maybe the Civil War may have never happened...
What is the cotton gin.