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Put in order of what group had the LEAST rights compared to the MOST. Escaped (fugitive) slaves
Free blacks
Black slaves
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Groups with LEAST rights compared to the MOST:
Black Slaves
Fugitive escaped slaves
Free black
Free whites |
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| Why did Michigan not have slavery? |
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| The North West Ordinance banned slavery. |
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| During this time, did a free black man have the right to education? |
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| Yes. But they could not run for office, vote or sit in a jury. |
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TRUE or FALSE
Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay ALL felt the South had the right to secede. |
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| False. John C. Calhoun supported the South's right to secede. |
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| It is a loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole. |
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| Southerners fear fought strongly against _____________ ____________ because they feared it would end slavery. |
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| The Northern abolitionists were mad to have slave catcher up in the North. What act made this legal? |
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| Fugitive Slave Act (1850) |
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| What was the name of the compromise that upset Northern abolitionists about having to return runaway slaves? |
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| Why did the Missouri Compromise (1820) increase sectionalism? |
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| It highlighted the balance of power in Congress. |
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| Violence occurs between abolitionists and pro-slavery forces due to what act? |
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| Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) |
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| What event upset the abolitionists because slaves were legally considered property? |
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| The Dred Scott case (1857) |
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| The rise of the Republican party increased sectionalism in what way? |
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| Everyone knew the Republicans were against slavery. |
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| The division of the Democratic party increased sectionalism in what way? |
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| It helped Lincoln get elected as president. |
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| Southerners felt like they needed to increase their control of slaves AND were afraid of future slave revolts because of who? |
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| What did the high number of slaves through the mid to lower South have to do with their order of secession? |
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| They seemed to seceded in order of the highest number of slaves population because they were unhappy with the thought of losing their right to own slaves. |
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| Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad increased sectionalism in what way? |
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| Southerners were upset their property was being taken away. |
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TRUE or FALSE
Northerners did NOT help with the Underground Railroad. |
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FALSE
Northerners were anti slavery, and many people worked together to help slaves escape using the Underground Railroad. |
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| When John Brown attacked Harper's Ferry, the South was shocked at his actions. Why? |
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| Southerners could not believe a white person would kill other whites over slavery. |
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| Before the Fugitive Slave Act, Michigan was a very important destination on the Underground railroad. Why? |
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| Michigan was close to Canada. Also, slaves were free once they made it to a Free State. |
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| Amendment 10 helped lead to the Civil War in what way? |
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| Amendment 10 gives power to the states. |
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| What is an example of SOCIAL differences between the North and South? |
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| South was largely rural and the North was largely urban |
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| What is an example of ECONOMIC differences between the North and South? |
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| South was largely farming and the North had manufacturing. |
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| What is an example of POLITICAL differences between the North and South? |
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| South emphasized states' rights while the North emphasized federal power |
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| What advantages do the immigrants in the North have over slaves of the South? |
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| Immigrants were paid to work. |
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| What was the main reason the South explained the South's support of slavery? |
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| How did the institution of slavery help the slave owners? |
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| Slaves made money for their owners. |
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TRUE or FALSE
Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglas and William Lloyd Garrison all had worked on the Underground Railroad. |
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| FALSE. They were all abolitionists |
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| What region of the United States was the abolition movement most popular? |
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