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Details Title: Coming of the War 2 Description: 1820-1860 (8th Grade) √ Total Flash Cards: 14 Created: 01/10/2005 18:01:22	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term what 4 factors were most responsible for georgia's antebellum prosperity? Definition 1. slaves 2. cotton 3. best railroad system in deep south 4. growth of other industries Term name and describe the 4 social classes in georgia at this time. Definition planters, yeoman farmers, poor whites, black georgians Term what colleges in georgia were established at this time? Definition university of georgia, medical college of georgia, emory college, oglethorpe college, mercer university wesleyan female college Term what were some of the reforms and improvements in the care of criminals and the needy? Definition A penitentiary was built for prisoners. They furnished the jails with blankets, clothing, and heat. They also opened an asylum for the mentally ill. Term describe the lifestyles in the north and the south prior to the civil war. Definition ? Term explain how/why the addition of new states aggravated the issue of slavery. Definition if there were more free states than slave states, then the free states would control congress, in which case they could outlaw slavery completely Term describe the abolitionists movement. Definition The abolitionists organized anti-slavery groups, anti-slavery newpapers, and raised money to wipe out slavery. They also set up the Underground Railroad. Term crawford long Definition A country doctor who discovered anesthetic. It was called ether, it numbed the pain and memory. Term frederick douglass Definition ex-slave who became a famous speaker and edited the north star, an abolistionist newspaper Term john brown Definition Abolitionist Term harriet tubman Definition most famous conductor of the underground railroad; ex-slave Term william lloyd garrison Definition published an anti-slavery newspaper, the liberator Term harriet beecher stowe Definition white woman; wrote uncle tom's cabin (1852) Term dred scott Definition a slave who lived with his owner in Missouri (see notes for more details)