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| revolved around agriculture (cotton, tobacco, indigo, and rice) |
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| Lincoln's position on the South's secession |
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| Lincoln's priority was to keep the South in the Union. He did not want the South to secede and saw it as an illegal act. |
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| Led slave revolt in the South. Made Southerners create harsher slave codes and punishments. |
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| People who wanted slavery to end. They tried to get laws passed against slavery and to elect anti-slavery people to political office. |
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| South's labor force to work the plantation fields for cheap |
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| ex-slave who was an abolitionist |
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| Northerners reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act |
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| Northerners hated it. They continued to help slaves reach freedom. |
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- California is a free state
- Utah and New Mexico Territory open to slavery
- Washington D.C. ends slave trade
- stronger Fugitive Slave Law |
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| taxes put on imported items |
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| North's physical characteristics |
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| Mostly poor soil, many river streams for water power, very distinct seasons, forests |
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1. Missouri comes in as slave state.
2. Maine comes in as free state.
3. A line is drawn through Louisiana Territory. North of the line was free and south of the line was slave.
This was created in order to maintain balance in the Senate. |
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| Tariffs affect on the South |
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| South relied heavily on imported items so it would hurt them more than the North |
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| woman who led the Women's Rights Movement |
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| the separation of a part. The South seceded from the United States, creating their own country |
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| Dred Scott Supreme Court Case |
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- African Americans are not citizens.
- Slaves that come into free territories were not free.
- Federal government could not say if there was slavery or not in the territories.
-It protected the slaveholders' rights. |
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| factory system, many miles of railroad, telegraph (faster communication), |
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| Radical abolitionist who killed slavery supporters in Kansas. He believed he was on a mission from God. He tried to seize weapons at Harper's Ferry, VA (military arsenal) in order to arm slaves and have them revolt against their slave owners. |
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| Why did the South secede? |
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| The election of Abraham Lincoln made the South believe that the institution of slavery was being threatened. |
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| A convention for women's rights. This convention was to get the idea of women's rights into the public. The main right that women were fighting for-the right to vote (suffrage). |
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| Laws that were created to continue racism and prejudice. The inequalities included: education, housing, jobs, and public places. |
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| South's physical characteristics |
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| Very fertile soil, some large rivers, long, hot summers |
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