History of the Americas Questions
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Which of the following WAS NOT an advantage of the south:
Which of the following WAS NOT an advantage of the North in the Civil War?
who was a fervent abolitionist, Wants to make VA a free state, Attacks armory in Harper's Ferry Oct. 1859, Fails & is hung, Seen as a martyr in the North
radical republican senator from MA, Gives a speech "Crime against Kansas" condemning violence & slavery, beaten up by Preston Brooks in court
____________ was leading a mapping expedition in the Sierra Nevadas. He joined the American settlers in their revolt against the Californios.
law that restricted the sale of alcohol
What was the Fugitive Slave Law called by the North?
who was nominated by Republican party for 1860 election, Makes famous "House Divided" speech, challenges Douglas to a series of debates
1856, the two groups began to attack one another, Civil War in Kansas over slavery, Border Ruffians vs Free Soilers
In the ___________ Mexico gave the U.S. the territories of California, Nevada and Utah, most of Arizona and New Mexico, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming (Mexico Cession)
who was a slave who traveled with his master into North several times, while in the North, he legally married & had children, in 1846 in MO, he sued his master for freedom
"Preserve, protect, and defend" the Constitution, not a message of force
who was the main Chief Justice in the 1850s, focused on defense for slavery
Spain gave Florida to the U.S. in exchange for ___________ million and control of Texas
Autonomous people of a territory should determine themselves the status of slavery in their territory
who used Underground Railroad-13 missions trying to get to Canada, "The Black Moses", Women's suffrage movements
a court case, decision handed down in 1857 by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, No African-American (free of slave) were citizens of the U.S., they were property (cannot sue), ruled the MO Compromise unconstitutional
There wasn't a ___________ school system before mid 1800s
who as a slave for 30 years, Preached abolition/women's rights
law passed that created 2 new territories, Kansas & Nebraska, Slave issue determined by Popular Sovereignty, Assumed NE would be free state & KS would be slave state (r