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History of the Americas
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- Who is the subject of a court case which said slaves had no rights and could not be freed by living in free states or territories?
- Who unsuccessfully used violence in murder to help slaves rebel?
- What were some southerners that worked in poor factories called?
- What was the view that slave owners should be paid for free slaves called?
- what system has slaves working in large groups for side amount of time each day?
- What was the famous Patriot traitor who changed sides?
- Which famous American wrote a lot of large portion of the declaration of independence?
- How did inflation impact prices of food, clothing, and supplies during the war?
- What was the name of the pamphlet that convinced many colonists to support independence?
- South Carolina was the first state to secede from the United States after Abraham Lincoln became president. What does secede mean?
- A civil war was fought between the Union and the Confederacy in the 1860s.What is a civil war?
- How many states left the Union after Abraham Lincoln become president?
- Why did the states leave the Union after Abraham Lincoln became president?
- The enslaved worker asked her slaveholder for emancipation.what does emancipation mean?
- Why did President Lincoln send Union troops into war following the Confederacy's attack on Fort Sumter?
- We all have the unalienable right to do what makes us happy as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. What does unalienable mean?
- After the nineteenth constitutional amendment was added, women were guaranteed the right to vote. What does constitutional amendment mean?
- Some members of the city council wanted to abolish taxes altogether.What does abolish mean?
- Admission as a free state would tip the balance in the senate so what did the Southern leaders threaten to do?
- A newly created CA govt. Immediately applied for admission to the Union as a ______ state