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| What was the region of NC that had the most slaves? |
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| Who wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin? |
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| Where was slave labor used? In the Northern states or the Southern states? Why? |
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| Southern states because they had an agricultural economy |
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| The act of seceding or withdrawing from a country. The states that were in favor of secession did not want to be a part of the U.S.A. |
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| What did Nat Turner and John Brown have in common? |
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| They were both abolistionists who led violent rebellions. |
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| What is one difference between Nat Turner and John Brown? |
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| Nat Turner was white and John Brown was African American |
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| Who was the African American from Wilmington, NC, who wrote the pamphlet titled APPEAL TO THE COLORED CITIZENS OF THE WORLD? |
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| Crops that are grown to sell and make some cash. |
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| What is the name for large farms in the south where cash crops are grown? |
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| What did Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison have in common? |
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| They were both abolitionists who published newspapers. |
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| What was a difference between Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison? |
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| Frederick Douglass was African American and William Lloyd Garrison was white. |
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| A person who wanted to abolish (get rid of) slavery. |
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| What was the nickname for Harriet Tubman? Why? |
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| She was known as "the Moses of her people" because she helped the slaves escape like Moses helped the Hebrews escape. |
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| What was the name of the secret network that helped fugitive slaves escape. |
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| What does the word "fugitive" mean? |
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| someone who is running away from the law. |
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| Why did the North dislike the fugitive slave law? |
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| they did not want to be forced to cath and return escaped slaves |
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| What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott case? |
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1)all blacks (slave or free)were not citizens and therefore Dred Scott did not have the right to sue
2)slaves were property and people could take their property wherever they wanted, therefore Congress could not ban slavery ban in any part of the territories |
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| Why did slavery become a major issue in the early 1800's? |
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| There had been a balance of power between free and slave states, but Western Expansion upset the balance. |
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