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president of the north
who was Abraham Lincoln?
northerners who went down to the south to support reconstruction
what were carpetbaggers?
supposedly helped 70 or more slaves
what did Harriet Tubman do?
became a martyr to the abolitionist cause; sentenced to death after Harper's Ferry
who was John Brown?
president of the south, supported states rights
who was Jefferson Davis?
former slave; moral persuassion
who was Frederick Douglass?
wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
what did Harriet Stowe do?
southerners who supported reconstruction
what were scalawags?
1852
when was Uncle Tom's Cabin published?
1820
when was the Missouri Compromise?
1849
when did Harriet Tubman escape slavery?
1857
when did the Supreme Court finish their decision on the Dred Scott matter?
1861
when was Fort Sumter attacked?
1860
when did South Carolina secede?
1856
when was Bleeding Kansas?
1860
when did Lincoln win presidency?
Maine free, Missouri slave
two bullets from the Missouri Compromise
California comes in free, strong fugitive slave laws
two bullets from the Compromise of 1850
African Americans are not citizens, congress cannot ban slavery from any territory, Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional
three bullets from the Dred Scott decision
rule by the people
define popular sovereignty
people couldn't decide if it should be a free or slave state
why did Bleeding Kansas occur?
Harper's Ferry arsenal attack, Bleeding Kansas
what two events were John Brown involved in?
no southern states voted for Lincoln and they didn't believe he would leave slavery alone
how did the election results of 1860 lead to succession and the Civil War?
1861-1865
the Civil War was from what to what year?
north
who had more railroad line?
north
who had the largest population?
south
who had agriculture?
north
who had more industry?
north
who had the most money?
north
who lost the most soldiers?
south
who had to defend their home ground?
south
who believed in state's rights?
Abraham Lincoln
who was the president of the north?
Jefferson Davis
who was the president of the south?
Union States of America
what were the north countries called?
Confederate States of America
what were the south countries called?
disease; due to a lack of advanced medicine
what killed the most people and why?
John Wilkes Booth
who assassinated Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?
rights and opportunities for African Americans, south's economy
what were two positive effects of Reconstruction?
violence among southerners, servitude
what were two negative effects of Reconstruction?
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