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Ch.14 Slavery Divides the Nation
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History
5th Grade
05/21/2010

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Describe prejudice.

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a negative opinion formed without proof

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Blacks and women were denied equal rights because of ____________________.

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prejudice

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The most profitable Southern crop was ________.

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cotton

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Most of the laborers in the North were _________.

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immigrants

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The number of enslaved Africans continued to grow after 1808 because _____________________.

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Many were born to parents who were enslaved. Others were brought into the country illegally.

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Who led a slave rebellion in 1831?

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Nat Turner

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Some states passed laws forbidding African Americans from gathering in public places and holding religious services because_____________________.

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they were afraid that they would plan another rebellion.

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Name the escaped African slave who spoke out against slavery.

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Frederick Douglass

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Life was difficult for Free Africans because______________________.

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They faced prejudice. They were barred from lecture halls, hotels, and restaurants.

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Compare and Contrast the life of an immigrant with the life of a slave.

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Immigrants were paid and free to seek a different way of life.

Slaves were not paid and not free to leave.

 

Both worked long hours, with poor working conditions, and had poor quality of life

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What is an abolitionist?

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a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States

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What was the Seneca Falls Convention?

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the country's first women's rights meeting, held in
Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848

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What was the Underground Railroad?

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a system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada

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A person who thought slavery was wrong was called an ___________________.

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abolitionist

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Frederick Douglass was best known for ____________________.

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speaking against slavery

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Harriet Tubman was best known for _____________________.

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running the Underground Railroad

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Two of the most famous abolitionist newspapers were ___________________________________.

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The Liberator and The North Star

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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Uncle Tom's Cabin supported abolition by ________________________________.

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becoming a best-selling novel that was a popular statement against slavery

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Name two sisters who were among the first women to speak publicly for abolition.

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Angelina Grimke' and Sara Grimke'

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Thousands of people used the ____________ to escape slavery.

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Underground Railroad

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The Underground Railroad helped Harriet Tubman by ________________________.

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helping her escape slavery

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List 4 things women in the early 1800's did not have the right to do.

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1. vote

2. have a higher education

3. own property

4 be treated as equals of men

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What was the Confederacy?

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The Confederate States of America that seceded from the Union during the Civil War

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What was the Compromise of 1850?

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A law admitting California to the Union, allowing territories to decide on slavery, and requiring the North to obey the Fugitive Slave Law.

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What was the Dred Scott Decision?

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an 1857 Supreme Court decision that said slaves were private property

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What is an editorial?

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a newpaper article in which the editors give their opinions on issues

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What is a feature article?

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a newspaper article focusing on a person, issue, or event.

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What was the Fugitive Slave Law?

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a law of 1850 that required police in free states to help capture escaping slaves

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Describe the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

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an 1854 law that allowed the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide whether to become free or slave states

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Describe the Missouri Compromise.

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a law passed by Congress in 1820 that divided the Louisiana Territory into areas allowing slavery and areas outlawing slavery

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What is a newspaper article?

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a newpaper story that factually describes an improtant recent event

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What does it mean to secede?

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to break away from a group, such as the Southern states seceding from the Union in 1861

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What are States' rights?

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the belief that each state should be allowed to make its own decisions

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A current events story is an example of a ______ article.

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news

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An __________ is an opinion article.

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editorial

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The first step in analyzing the news is ____________________.

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identify the kind of aticle you are reading

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Should a news article express a point of view?

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no

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Slave owners were given legal permission to keep slaves under the __________________.

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Dred-Scott Decision

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Territories were given the choice of having slavery under the _____________________________.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Why did Southern states dislike Abraham Lincoln?

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Because he wanted no new slave states

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Name three issues that worsened the division between the North and the South from 1845 to 1859.

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1. Kansas-Nebraska Act

2. Dred Scott Decision

3. John Brown's raid

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Why did the Southern States secede from the Union?

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Lincoln pledged that no new slave states would be admitted to the Union. This meant the South would lose its political power.

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Name the first state to leave the Union in 1860.

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South Carolina

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The first president of the Confederate States of America was _____________________.

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Jefferson Davis

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Name the seven states that had seceded from the Union by March 1861.

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1. South Carolina

2. Mississippi

3. Florida

4. Alabama

5. Georgia

6. Louisiana

7. Texas

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