The south
Why did the south use natural waterways to transport things?
Most of the cities in the south were built along coast lines and rivers.
When was the Seneca Falls Convention?
July of 1848
How was life for the enslaved African americans?
There was Hardship & Misery.
What year did Lincoln run for Senator of Illinois?
1858
How many white people did Nat Turner and his follower?
55
How would plantation owners measure their wealth?
By how many slaves they owned
What did Mary Lyon do for 20 years?
She was a teacher
How were the conditions for the enslaved?
Harsh
Who order troops to attack Fort Sumter?
Jefferson Davis
Who was Dred Scott purchased by?
A doctor
Who had lower shipping rates?North or South
North
The first convection called for equal and ?
Their right to speak publicly, vote, and run for office.
What was something that made the slave live in fear?
The idea that their family could get sold at any moment
Scott said that he didn’t live in a slave state so…
He should be free cause where he lived slavery was illegal
Who were Yeomen farmers?
Farmers who lived in the upper south, didn’t have very many slaves, and did not practice plantation style agriculture.
Why did the south want to be more like the north?
They felt as if they were dependent on the north for manufactured good. They also thought it would improve the economy in the supper south.
Susan B. Anthony called for?
Coeducation and equal pay
They had little hope of…
Freedom
Lincoln ran against who in 1858?
Stephen Douglas
Who ruled that Scott could not bring a lawsuit to court cause he was still a slave?
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
How many acres of land did yeomen farmers own?
5-200
Who started Mount Holyoke Female Seminary?
Mary Lyon
How would the family function if the owner sold the mother,father,aunt, or uncle?
A close friend would step in to help raise the kids left behind.
Jefferson Davis sent troops before what could arrive?
Supplies/War supplies
Who invented the mechanical reaper?
Cyrus McCormick