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- After the execution of John Brown what did the abolitionists use him as
- amount of states that seceded after fort Sumter
- What was the idea that for societies to thrive their must be slaves
- Ruled that African Americans couldn't sue and congress couldn't control property
- In 1820 the 36-30 line decided which states would be free and which states would have slavery. What compromise was this
- The south wanted the fugitive slave act to pass because of the effectiveness of the
- The compromise that made California a free state and passed the fugitive slave act
- What term means to be more loyal to your section or state
- How did the South seek to maintain control of the Mississippi River?
- Took over Harpers ferry with his son and 13 other people
- What factors might have contributed to the breadth of the revivals in Northern and Southern armies during the war?
- What is the significance of the clash between the Monitor and the Virginia (Merrimac)?
- What military victory helped Abraham Lincoln win the election of 1864?
- The capture of what city was the key to the Mississippi River campaign?
- What event marred for the Confederates their victory at Chancellorsville?
- What event in 1861 nearly brought Great Britain into the war on the side of the Confederacy?
- Why did the Confederates not follow up their victory at the First Battle of Manassas?
- Why were the casualties in the eastern campaigns of 1864-65 harder on Lee's army than on Grant's even though Grant's losses were greater?
- Which side in the war had the advantage in basic resources (population, food production, and industrial capacity)?
- How did the fact that so many farm hands went off to fight actually help the growth of agriculture in the North?