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History Tiz I
History quiz civil war
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8th Grade
01/11/2009

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Abolitionist
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Reformers who wanted to abolish slavery
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Harriet Tubman
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A famous reformer who was both abolitionist and a woman's right supporter
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William Lloyd Garrison
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A famous reformer who was an abolitionist. He wrote a famous newspaper called the Liberator
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Frederick Douglass
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Famous abolitionist speaker. Wrote newspaper called the North Star
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Lucretia Mott
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Spent years on antislavery movement and was a huge public speaker.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Another famous abolitionist and woman's right mover. Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments.
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Susan B. Anthony
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A famous woman's right reformer
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Underground Railroad
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A series of networks linking the south to the north that slaves used to escape to freedom. Harriet Tubman was creator
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Middle Passage
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A brutal voyage across the Atlantic which boats used to carry goods and slaves
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Triangular Trade
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A three way trade between the colonies, the Caribbean islands, and Africa
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Slave Codes
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Strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves. Slaves could not meet in large numbers, own weapons, or leave a plant without permission.
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Seneca Falls Convention
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An anti-slavery convention in London.
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Declaration of Sentiments
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A declaration that listed the injustices of women suffered. Demanded full equality for women in every area of life.
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Industrial Revolution
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Many things done by hand were replaced by machines.
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Cotton Gin
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A simple machine that helped process cotton. It was used a spike cylinder to remove seeds from cotton fibers. Invented by Eli Whitney.
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Eli Whitney
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Invented Cotton Gin
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Slave States
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States in the Union that allowed slavery mostly in the South.
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Free states
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States that prohibited slavery mainly in the north.
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Henry Clay
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Senator and Author of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
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Missouri Compromise
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The compromise stated that Maine would be admitted to Union as free state and Missouri would be slave state. It also stated that the Louisiana Territory north of the southern border of Missouri would be free. Southern slave owners had the right to pursue escaped fugitives into free regions and bring them back to slavery.
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John Brown
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Famous abolitionist who resolved slavery through violence.
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Popular Sovereignty
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The people of the state would vote on issues instead of the leader.
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The Compromise of 1850
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California was admitted as free state and slavery was banned in nation's capital. Popular Sovereignty would be used to decide the territories won by Mex-Amer war.
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
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Special government officials were allowed to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slaves.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Stephen Douglas made it. Suggested making Kansas Territory and Nebraska Territory. Slavery was decided by popular sovereignty.
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Bleeding Kansas
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Many people went to Kansas from nearby states to vote for slavery. Kansas had 3000 registered voters nearly 8000 votes were cast on day of election.Many people fought in Kansas because of results.
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Stephen Douglas
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Wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Election of 1860
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Republicans Elect Lincoln
Southern Democrats elect John Breckenridge
Northen Democrats elect Stephen Douglas
Constitutional Union elect Bell
Lincoln wins
Southern States sucede and make the confederate states of America
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Wilmot Proviso
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Ban all slavery in all territories gained by Mexican American war. Did not pass yet many southerners thought of it as an attack on them.
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Harper's Ferry
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A city in Virginia that was attacked by John Brown. Seized guns stored there
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