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Sectionalism and Civil War

The Pre-Civil War South
In the decades before the Civil War, northern and southern development followed increasingly different paths. By 1860, the North contained 50 percent more people than the South. It was more urbanized and attracted many more European immigrants. The northern economy was more diversified into agricultural, commercial, manufacturing, financial, and transportation sectors. In contrast, the South had smaller and fewer cities and a third of its population lived in slavery. In the South, slavery impeded the development of industry and cities and discouraged technological innovation. Nevertheless, the South was wealthy and its economy was rapidly growing. The southern economy largely financed the Industrial Revolution in the United States, and stimulated the development of industries in the North to service southern agriculture.

The Impending Crisis
For forty years, attempts were made to resolve conflicts between North and South. The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery in the northern half of the Louisiana Purchase. The acquisition of vast new territories during the 1840s reignited the question of slavery in the western territories. The Compromise of 1850 was an attempt to solve this problem by admitting California as a free state but allowing slavery in the rest of the Southwest. But the compromise included a fugitive slave law opposed by many Northerners. The Kansas-Nebraska Act proposed to solve the problem of status there by popular sovereignty. But this led to violent conflict in Kansas and the rise of the Republican Party. The Dred Scott decision eliminated possible compromise solutions to the sectional conflict and John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry convinced many Southerners that a majority of Northerners wanted to free the slaves and incite race war.

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln is often referred to as "The Great Emancipator" and yet, he did not publicly call for emancipation throughout his entire life. Lincoln began his public career by claiming that he was "antislavery" -- against slavery's expansion, but not calling for immediate emancipation. However, the man who began as "antislavery" eventually issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in those states that were in rebellion. He vigorously supported the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery throughout the United States, and, in the last speech of his life, he recommended extending the vote to African Americans.

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5 Things You May Not Know About Lincoln, Slavery and Emancipation

1. Lincoln wasn’t an abolitionist. 
Lincoln did believe that slavery was morally wrong, but there was one big problem: It was sanctioned by the highest law in the land, the Constitution. The nation’s founding fathers, who also struggled with how to address slavery, did not explicitly write the word “slavery” in the Constitution, but they did include key clauses protecting the institution, including a fugitive slave clause and the three-fifths clause, which allowed Southern states to count slaves for the purposes of representation in the federal government. In a three-hour speech in Peoria, Illinois, in the fall of 1854, Lincoln presented more clearly than ever his moral, legal and economic opposition to slavery—and then admitted he didn’t know exactly what should be done about it within the current political system.
Abolitionists, by contrast, knew exactly what should be done about it: Slavery should be immediately abolished, and freed slaves should be incorporated as equal members of society. They didn’t care about working within the existing political system, or under the Constitution, which they saw as unjustly protecting slavery and slave owners. Leading abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison called the Constitution “a covenant with death and an agreement with Hell,” and went so far as to burn a copy at a Massachusetts rally in 1854. Though Lincoln saw himself as working alongside the abolitionists on behalf of a common anti-slavery cause, he did not count himself among them. Only with emancipation, and with his support of the eventual 13th Amendment, would Lincoln finally win over the most committed abolitionists.

2. Lincoln didn’t believe blacks should have the same rights as whites.
Though Lincoln argued that the founding fathers’ phrase “All men are created equal” applied to blacks and whites alike, this did not mean he thought they should have the same social and political rights. His views became clear during an 1858 series of debates with his opponent in the Illinois race for U.S. Senate, Stephen Douglas, who had accused him of supporting “negro equality.” In their fourth debate, at Charleston, Illinois, on September 18, 1858, Lincoln made his position clear. “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races,” he began, going on to say that he opposed blacks having the right to vote, to serve on juries, to hold office and to intermarry with whites. What he did believe was that, like all men, blacks had the right to improve their condition in society and to enjoy the fruits of their labor. In this way they were equal to white men, and for this reason slavery was inherently unjust.
Like his views on emancipation, Lincoln’s position on social and political equality for African-Americans would evolve over the course of his presidency. In the last speech of his life, delivered on April 11, 1865, he argued for limited black suffrage, saying that any black man who had served the Union during the Civil War should have the right to vote.

3. Lincoln thought colonization could resolve the issue of slavery. For much of his career, Lincoln believed that colonization—or the idea that a majority of the African-American population should leave the United States and settle in Africa or Central America—was the best way to confront the problem of slavery. His two great political heroes, Henry Clay and Thomas Jefferson, had both favored colonization; both were slave owners who took issue with aspects of slavery but saw no way that blacks and whites could live together peaceably. Lincoln first publicly advocated for colonization in 1852, and in 1854 said that his first instinct would be “to free all the slaves, and send them to Liberia” (the African state founded by the American Colonization Society in 1821).
Nearly a decade later, even as he edited the draft of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in August of 1862, Lincoln hosted a delegation of freed slaves at the White House in the hopes of getting their support on a plan for colonization in Central America. Given the “differences” between the two races and the hostile attitudes of whites towards blacks, Lincoln argued, it would be “better for us both, therefore, to be separated.” Lincoln’s support of colonization provoked great anger among black leaders and abolitionists, who argued that African-Americans were as much natives of the country as whites, and thus deserved the same rights. After he issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln never again publicly mentioned colonization, and a mention of it in an earlier draft was deleted by the time the final proclamation was issued in January 1863.

4. Emancipation was a military policy. 
As much as he hated the institution of slavery, Lincoln didn’t see the Civil War as a struggle to free the nation’s 4 million slaves from bondage. Emancipation, when it came, would have to be gradual, and the important thing to do was to prevent the Southern rebellion from severing the Union permanently in two. But as the Civil War entered its second summer in 1862, thousands of slaves had fled Southern plantations to Union lines, and the federal government didn’t have a clear policy on how to deal with them. Emancipation, Lincoln saw, would further undermine the Confederacy while providing the Union with a new source of manpower to crush the rebellion.
In July 1862 the president presented his draft of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet. Secretary of State William Seward urged him to wait until things were going better for the Union on the field of battle, or emancipation might look like the last gasp of a nation on the brink of defeat. Lincoln agreed and returned to edit the draft over the summer. On September 17 the bloody Battle of Antietam gave Lincoln the opportunity he needed. He issued the preliminary proclamation to his cabinet on September 22, and it was published the following day. As a cheering crowd gathered at the White House, Lincoln addressed them from a balcony: “I can only trust in God I have made no mistake … It is now for the country and the world to pass judgment on it.”

5. The Emancipation Proclamation didn’t actually free all of the slaves.
Since Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as a military measure, it didn’t apply to border slave states like Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri, all of which had remained loyal to the Union. Lincoln also exempted selected areas of the Confederacy that had already come under Union control in hopes of gaining the loyalty of whites in those states. In practice, then, the Emancipation Proclamation didn’t immediately free a single slave, as the only places it applied were places where the federal government had no control—the Southern states currently fighting against the Union.
Despite its limitations, Lincoln’s proclamation marked a crucial turning point in the evolution of Lincoln’s views of slavery, as well as a turning point in the Civil War itself. By war’s end, some 200,000 black men would serve in the Union Army and Navy, striking a mortal blow against the institution of slavery and paving the way for its eventual abolition by the 13th Amendment.

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  1. 1) How were the living conditions for the slaves?
    2) Why were some people anti-slavery but not abolitionist?
    3) How did the slaves resistance on the plantations?
    4) What was the Gold Rush and how did the population change?
    5) Why did the south want to secede after Lincoln became president?

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    1. 1) Field working slaves had the hardest life styles as they had to deal with long rigorous hours of back breaking work and on top of that if they did mistakes they were harshly punished. Domestic slaves actually didn't fair much better as they had be by there master all the time which made mistakes more easier noticed and punishments more frequent along with less privacy. City slaves actually faired much better as when there work was done sometimes that were actually allowed out and around the city to perform duties with minimal supervision.
      2) They thought slavery was morally wrong and shouldn't spread but they didn't believe blkacks were equal to rights and that those who were slaves in the south should stay slaves as long as the southern slave states didn't try to spread.
      3) They applied many levels of sabatoge such as by mistake breaking the tools needed to perform the agriculture duties, stealing, or unwilling to work hard.
      4) The gold rush occurred in California after gold was discovered which lead to the increase of population to rise by 206,000 in only four years. It also marked the first major movement of immigrants from Asia especially Chinese to come to America.
      5) They didn't trust the North and feared that they could no longer live in the Union as there right to own slaves would be tramplked on so they secede in order to develop there own government.

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  2. 1) The African American slaves, what was the religion they followed?
    2) what was the affair considering the California Gold Rush, how did this become a issue?
    3) what was the Dred Scott case and what did the Supreme Court say about the Missouri compromise? Explain
    4) During Lincoln's Electron what became of many southern states?
    5) who was John Brown and why is he significant?

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    1. 1) most of the africans were protestant or christian.
      2)the population in california increased because of a gold rush .it was going to become a state in america.
      3) the dred scott case was a slave that went to a free state but was still a slave.the supreme court said he was still a slave but just traveled to a free state. the court said the missouri compromise was unconstitutional.
      4)Most of the southern states seceded from the united states
      5) john brown was a northerner that stole guns from a armery and gave guns to slaves to rebel against the south

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  3. 1) What was the Compromise of 1850?
    2) Civil War: Advantages of the north?
    3) Civil War: Advantages of the south?
    4) Why was the "Gold Rush" unsuccessful for people mining, but successful for people selling tools?
    5) What was the "job" of an Average black female slave in the south?

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    1. 1) The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery.
      2) Had many people to work in factories making supplies for the war.
      3)Had skills that made them good soldiers.
      4)People mining didn't discover too much Gold as they expected but it was successful for the sellers because they made profit from what they sold to the miners.
      5) The job of an average black female was to work on plantation lands cleaning cottons or serving as a maid to the white houses.

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  4. 1) What did an average female have to do in the south?
    2) What was the Kansas Nebraska act?
    3)Who was Dred scott and what did he mainly do?
    4)What was "The culture of slavery?
    5)What happened during the crises of the 1850?

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    1. 1) An average black female was serving as a maid, cleaning cottons, working on plantation lands and taking care of white children.
      2) The Kansas Nebraska act allowed both territories to decide for themselves if they wanted to allow slavery
      3) Dred Scott was a former slave who sued his owner for freedom since he lived in a free state.
      4) Slaves developed a language of their own, religions of their own and music of their own.
      5) In the Compromise of 1850, California was admitted as a free state, Texas gave up its claim to lands disputed in Mexico and popular sovereignty in Mexican cession.

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    2. 1) An average black female was serving as a maid, cleaning cottons, working on plantation lands and taking care of white children.
      2) The Kansas Nebraska act allowed both territories to decide for themselves if they wanted to allow slavery
      3) Dred Scott was a former slave who sued his owner for freedom since he lived in a free state.
      4) Slaves developed a language of their own, religions of their own and music of their own.
      5) In the Compromise of 1850, California was admitted as a free state, Texas gave up its claim to lands disputed in Mexico and popular sovereignty in Mexican cession.

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  5. 1.Why did some white men did not own slaves in the south?
    2.What was the code of chivalry?
    3.Explain the planter class , how was it?
    4. How was life under slavery?
    5. Explain the slave trade.

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    1. 1. Some white men did not own salves in the south because they were to poor to afford them.
      2. In order for wealthy southern whites to secure their aristocratic power, they created a code, which obligated white men to defend their honor.
      3.Majority of people didn’t own slaves (only ¼ did), Political economic, social control,saw themselves as aristocracy.
      4.Slavery regulated by law, slave codes forbade property, congregation, teaching a slave. Anyone suspected with trace of African blood was defined as black even if they were white; all it takes is a little percentage.
      5.Transferring slaves from one part of South to another, was an important consequence of development of Southwest. Sometimes slaves were moved with their master, more often transferred thru slave traders.Domestic slave trade was important in order to growth and prosperity but, children were often separated from parents.

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  6. 1) What was the Compromise of 1850?
    2) Why was John Brown considered a martyr by the North?
    3) Why were the free soilers against slavery?
    4) What did people do to assure Kansas becoming a slave-state or a free one?
    5) What was the South's argument for the Civil War?

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    1. 1) The compromise of the 1850 was the uneasy truce and it was an opposition to the fugitive slowact. The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War.
      2)John brown was considered martyr by the north because he was a white American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States.
      3)The free soilers were against slavery because it was a threat to their industries. The competition for slaves in the west would damage the sectional balance between the Northern and Southern territories of the united states. they didn't want to abolish slavery where it was, they just didn't want it to spread.
      4)They moved to Kansas.
      5)The south argument was that the union tried to take over the slaves.

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  7. 1) What was the compromise of 1850?
    2) What were abolitionist?
    3) What were free soilers?
    4) What was the California gold rush and why did it increases the population in California?
    5) Who was dred scott and why was he still considered a slave even after his owner and him moved to the north?

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    1. 1.) The Compromise of 1850 declared California a free state, made the Fugitive Slave Law (slaves that escaped to the North must be returned to the South), and stated that Utah and New Mexico territories will have popular sovereignty.
      2.) Abolitionists were people who wanted to completely abolish slavery.
      3.) Frees soilers were whites who wanted to abolish slavery because slavery threatened their ability to get jobs.
      4.) During the California Gold Rush, people found gold in California and a lot of the US population moved there in hopes of finding gold and getting rich.
      5.) Dred Scott was a former slave whose owner moved him into a free state. He believed that because he was living in a free state he shouldn't have been a slave for his former owner. He filed a suit and the Chief Justice decided that he was still property and he didn't have the right to be free because he was black.

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  8. 1) What was the goal of the abolitionist?
    2) Why was the "Compromise of 1850" significant?
    3) What is Dred Scott famous for?
    4)What was the Gold Rush? How did it affected California?
    5)List some of the South advantages and North advantages during the tensions of the Civil War?

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    1. 1) The goal of the abolitionist is to end slavery.
      2) The Compromise of 1850 was significant because a new law emerged, Fugitive Slave Law where all slaves that escaped had to return to the South,California became a free state and Utah and New Mexico territories had popular sovereignty.
      3)Dred Scott is famous for his trial against Sandford, where the Supreme Court stated that he had no right to sue and that he couldn't get his freedom.
      4)The Gold Rush was when a lot of people migrated to California due to discovery of gold. It affected the population of California by increasing it.
      5)Some South advantages during the tension of the Civil War were: the Southerners knew the area well and they had good Confederate commanders. Some North advantages during the tension of the civil War were: they have many factories so they can make supplies for the war and they control most of the navy.

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  9. 1.) How were some people anti-slavery but not abolitionists?
    2.) What did the Chief Justice decide in the Dred Scott case?
    3.) Why did many Northerners consider John Brown a martyr?
    4.) Explain the chilvarly code.
    5.) What was the Gold Rush and how did it affect California?

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    1. 1: some people where anti slavery but not abolitionist because people who where anti slavery where in it for the economic reason and not so much for the fact that they where slaves and it bad, and abolitionist are just morally against it.

      2: he decided that Dred Scott was not a freed slave and that it was not unconstitutional the fact that he wasn't.

      3: John Brown was considered a martyr in the north because he believed he could free the slaves with violence.

      4:in order for white men to still have power the created this code that allowed them with almost any mean to still have power.

      5: the gold rush in California was a explosion of population in California due to all the people finding gold. this affected California because it increased it population a lot. also it made a labor shortage because a lot of people left there job to create more jobs for the people who needed it

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  10. 1. Why did so many Southern States secede from the United States?
    2. What the seceded states do after their secession?
    3. What did John Brown do and what effects did his actions have?
    4. What does "Bleeding Kansas" mean?
    5. What is the Emancipation proclamation?

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    1. 1. Southern states seceded from the United States because Abraham Lincoln was elected for president.
      2. The seceded states set up their own government.
      3. John Brown tried to take weapons from a military base, to give to slaves to start a rebellion. He was caught and hanged. Many Northerners saw his death as an outcry to stop slavery.
      4. The time where Northerners and Southerners went to Kansas so that it can bee free or slave state. There was many fights and bloodshed.
      5. The Emancipation Proclamation was the first action to abolish slavery.

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  11. 1. What was the Compromise of 1850?
    2. What was an abolitionist?
    3. Who was John Brown? How did his raid fail?
    4. What was the significance of the Kansas-Nebraska Compromise?
    5. Why did so many people move to California?

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    1. 1. Avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished.
      2. An abolitionist is a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
      3.John Brown was a white American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States.
      4.First, the larger territory of Nebraska was dissected into two smaller territories; Kansas and Nebraska, respectively. Second, Senator Douglas agreed to the dissolution of the Missouri Compromise, which effectively ended the dividing line separating free state from slave state.
      5.Many people start to move to California because it was a city with goal.

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  12. 1. What was the Wilmont Proviso?
    2. Why did the population in California increased in 1848?
    3. What was the Homestead Act?
    4. What was the Confiscation Act?
    5. Why is John Brown important?

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    1. 1.The Wilmont Proviso was an act designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired from the Mexican War.
      2. The population in California increased in 1848 because of the California Gold Rush. The rush was due to an increased of work to mine some areas of California that had been found with gold.
      3. The Homestead Act were many federal laws that gave ownership of land.
      4. The Confiscation act were laws passed by the US congress during Civil War to try to free some slaves held by the South.
      5. John Brown was important because he rose the abolitionist attitude in some parts of America. Doing this caused the topic of freeing the slaves, a big one to talk about.

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  13. 1.What is the Emancipation proclamation?
    2.What was the Gold Rush?
    3. What was the Compromise of 1850?
    4.How were the living conditions for the slaves in the South?
    5. What are South advantages and North advantages of the Civil War?

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    1. 1. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Lincoln in January 1, 1863 and it declared all slaves within the rebelling states free.
      2. The Gold Rush happened in 1848-1855, it was a period of time where thousands of people migrated to California in search of gold(gold was not found).
      3. The Compromise of 1850 was a compromise that debated whether territories in the West would be free or slave states.
      4. The living conditions for slaves in the South were very poor because they were treated horribly by Southern whites.
      5. The South had better generals during the Civil War, while the North had more factories and resources that would allow them to have better weapons.

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  15. 1. What was the planter class?
    2. What was the white men definition of honor?
    3. Why was slavery referred to as a peculiar institution?
    4.How did language affect music? How did music affect the African Americans during this time?
    5.How did Kansas and Missouri end up "Bloody" after the Civil War? Who did they want to become friends with in the end?

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    1. 1. A person that own a land with 20 or more slaves.
      3. This term shows how slavery was once practiced in all the states of the union
      4. It made them calm and rejoice.
      5. kansas who suppored the condedrate and missouri supported the union..there were betwenn these two states

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    2. 1. The Planter class was the class of whites that owned slaves and their own plantations where the slaves would help them grow crops for them to survive. Some of the whites in the planter class were very wealthy because they had large plantations full of slaves to help them grow their crops.
      2. The white men definition of "Honor" was to have authority and bravery above all. And to be able duel whenever they were disrespected. This was a way for all whites to learn how to respect each other.
      3. Slavery was referred to as a peculiar institution because it is a euphemism for slavery and the ramification of the economy. Peculiar means strange and slavery is a strange thing in hoe harsh slaves are treated.
      4. Language made music more worth listening to and it brought more creative things in making music. Music affected African Americans during this time in that it kept them occupied because it was very nice to make and listen to.
      5. Kansas and Missouri ended up getting into issues with Native Americans that just wanted to fight. And so they did, they began slaughtering all the people in those two places. Then as a result they wanted to become friends with the Natives because they were so terrified to have anymore people die.

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  16. 1) Who were the considered the planter class and why were they compared to a aristocracy?
    2) Was Abraham Lincoln a Abolishonist? If not then what is he?
    3) Why did state laws in the south become more rigid?
    4) Who was Frederick Douglas?
    5) What were some of the effects the war had on the south?

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    1. 1) Slaveholders were consider the planter class due to the about of slaves they had so they benefited more. They were compare to aristocracy because they were high in the society class.
      2) Abraham Lincoln was not an abolitionist but anti-slavery. He knew slavery has wrong and didn't want it spreading to the west.
      3) Laws became so rigid in the south due to the north and all the free states. The south didn't want to lose hold over their slaves.
      4) Fredrick Douglass an African American abolitionist.
      5) Some effects the war had on the south was that it affected they cotton trading with Britain and France.

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  17. 1)what was the Dredd Scott case?
    2)Which president was the first republican president?
    3)what happened in the "bleeding Kansas"?
    4)Why do the south want to keep slaves?
    5)Why do the north like to be "free soilers"?

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    1. 1) Dred Scott a freed slave went to court to be emancipated but was refuse the right to be freed in Missouri. During this case the supreme court ruled that the Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional.
      2) Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president.
      3) The Bleeding of Kansas was a series of conflict between abolitionist and pro-slavery people on the issue of if Kansas should be a freed or slave state.
      4) The South want slave states because they depended on these slave states.
      5)The northern like to be Free Soilers because they wanted to keep their jobs and get paid.

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  18. 1- Explain some ways in which the women from the South was different from the women in the North?
    2-What was "Sambo"?
    3-How did the slaves resisted?
    4-Who were the Anti-Nebraska Democrats and the Anti-Nebraska Whigs?
    5-What was the Emancipation proclamation?

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    1. 1-In the South women would stay all day at home, taking care of their g.ids and the world at home, like cooking, they had less access for education much less like the man that already had less access to it than the North.
      2-"Sambo" is a term used for a black person
      3- Slaves started resisting by doing what they didn't have to, they would stop working and make their master mad, the things that they were suppose to do they will do it wrong.
      4- The Anti-Nebraska Democrats and the Anti-Nebraska Whigs were a group of people who were against the Nebraska and Louisiana Compromise
      5- The Emancipation Proclamation was considered a military measure, that freed all the slaves from the South states but not the bored states where the battle was fought, but it was just like a saying since the South states didn't follow it.

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  19. 1. What was the Gold Rush?
    2. How did the population change after the Gold Rush?
    3. Why is the Emancipation Proclamation significant?
    4. What was the 'Bleeding Kansas'?
    5. What was the Dred Scott v Sandford?

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    1. 1.The Gold Rush was in California when thousands of people went to find gold.
      2.The population of California tripled.
      3.It was significant because the Emancipation declared all slaves to be free.
      4.Bleeding Kansas was a mini civil war between Northerners and southerners who lived in Kansas who fought wither there should be slavery in the state or not.
      5.Dred Scott v Sandford was a case between Scott who wanted his freedom because he was living in a free state with his master and he said that his rights were being violated,but the supreme court said that since he was black he has no rights to sue. The supreme also proved to show that the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional.

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  20. What is the kansa Nabraska Act?
    What led the population of California to increase?
    Explain Abraham Lincoln view on slavery?
    why did southerner want to sucede from U.S.A
    What denomination in christianity did the slave followed?

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    1. 1) The Kansas Nebraska Act allowed territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide weather they should have slavery or not.
      2) The gold rush, people thought they could make a fortune by moving to California and mine gold.
      3) Lincoln was more worried about uniting the North and the South. He wanted to end it first in the very few states in the north. But he was never an abolitionists.
      4)Southerners wanted to Depart from the USA to make slavery legal without having issues with the north, that's partially why the civil war took place from a southerners point of view.
      5) The denomination of Christianity that slaves followed was Methodist.

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  21. 1. What was Dred Scott Decision?
    2. What was free-soil ideology?
    3. Explain John Brown's Raid.
    4. What was the Compromise of 1850?
    5. Explain the state's rights versus Centralization.

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  22. 1.The Dred Scott Decision was that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court.
    2.The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States that largely appealed to and drew its greatest strength from New York State. The party leadership consisted of former anti-slavery members of the Whig Party and the Democratic Party. Its main purpose was opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories, arguing that free men on free soil comprised a morally and economically superior system to slavery.
    3.John brown's Raid was was an effort by white abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Brown's raid, accompanied by 20 men in his party.
    4. The compromise of 1850 was Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah.
    5.States' rights refers to political powers reserved for the U.S. state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution, reflecting especially the enumerated powers of Congress and the Tenth Amendment. Now Centralization is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding planning and decision-making, become concentrated within a particular location or group, keeping all of the important decision-making powers within the head office.

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  23. 1.) What are abolitionists?
    2.) What was the state that had a large amount of gold during the " Gold Rush"
    3.) Was Abraham Lincoln an abolitionist?
    4.) Did the Emancipation Proclamation free all he slaves?
    5.) Who was Frederick Douglass?

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  24. 1.who was John Brown?
    2.What was the difference between people who are anti-slavery and abolitionists?
    3.Why was Dred Scott important?
    4.What was the effect of bleeding-Kansas?
    5.Why did the south want to secede from the government?

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    1. 1. John Brown was an abolitionist during the Reconstruction era. He believed that weapons would solve the issue of slavery in the United States.
      2. Anti-slavery believe that slavery is wrong. However, abolitionist are the ones who think slavery is wrong AND fight to get rid of it.
      3. Dred Scott was important because he was the slave who spoke out for slavery in the United States. He was involved in the a court case called Dred Scott v Sandford, in which he declared that he and his wife should be free.
      4. The effects of the Bleeding-Kansas was the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which declared both states, Kansas and Nebraska, as Democratic.
      5. The South wanted to secede from the Union because they did not want nobody to tell them what to do. They thought that the Union will control them if they stay in the Union.

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  25. 1.) Abolitionists were people who was against slavery and wanted to end it.
    2.) California was the state who was said to have a lot of gold, and made the "Gold Rush" start.
    3.)Abraham Lincoln was not an abolitionist but was anti-slavery. He didn't want slavery to spread to the west of America. At first he just wanted to have the Union back together and in a good position.
    4.)The Emancipation Proclamation didn't freed all slaves, since it was considered as a military measure, the border states were not included in the proclamation, even though they were loyal to the Union.
    5.) Frederick Douglass was an African American abolitionist from the North, who wanted slavery to end.

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  26. 1. Who were the abolitionist?
    2. What was the emacipation proclation?
    3. When did Abraham Lincoln die
    4. What was the Nebraska-Kansas act?
    5. How did the Emacipation proclamation help the slaves?


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    1. 1. Abolitionist were people, during the time of slavery who wanted to abolish slavery completely.
      2. The Emancipation Proclamation was 1.the announcement made by President Lincoln during the Civil War on September 22, 1862, emancipating all black slaves in states still engaged in rebellion against the Union.
      3. Abraham Lincoln died in Ford's Theater in Washington, April 14,1865.
      4. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was the act of Congress in 1854 annulling the Missouri Compromise, providing for the organization of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and permitting these territories self-determination on the question of slavery.
      5. The Emancipation Proclamation helped slaves in a way that it freed those who were in states under rebellions. So the slave states that were really fighting for freedom and protesting for freedom got their freedom with the help of the Emancipation Proclamation.

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  27. 1) What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    2) Who was Andrew Jackson?
    3) Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
    4) How did abolitionists view the John Brown's Raid?
    5) When did Abraham Lincoln die?

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    1. 1) The Kansas-Nebraska Act actually created Kansas and Nebraska.
      2) Andrew Jackson became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, and he lead the United States through the Reconstruction.
      3) He was impeached because he ignored the legislation and judicial powers, instead of working together.
      4) Abolitionists thought John Brown was a martyr for dying for the cause of trying to abolish slavery.
      5) Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April 15, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth.

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