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Who deserted their normal lives to mine gold in California?
49ers, Mormon Pioneers, Mountain Men
49ers
What was one decision of the Missouri Compromise?
Slavery was banned in the norther part of the Louisiana Purchase, Missouri would be a slave state, Maine would be a free state.
What is the term for the time period of rebuilding the South and readmitting states after the Civil War?
Reconstruction
What did Jim Crow laws do in the southern states?
limited rights of black people, segregated people
Who passed Jim Crow Laws in southern states?
State governments or federal government?
State governments
Which part of the country had more manufacturing?
North
Which part of the country grew the most cotton?
South
Why did Dred Scott argue he deserved his freedom?
His owner took him to a free state, and then his owner died
Why do people join political parties?
to unite with people who have similar ideas about government
What is the term for people who wanted to end slavery?
Abolitionists
What is one thing abolitionists did to fight against slavery?
Helped slaves escape, wrote books, wrote newspapers, gave speeches
What did southern states do after Lincoln was elected?
Seceded
Which slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
Only slaves in rebellious states
Which battle did the Union win right before Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Battle of Antietam
Why was it a problem when Missouri asked to become a slave state?
Free and slave states would be unequal, the Senate would be unbalanced.
List one fact about the Gettysburg Address
It was 3 minutes, it was at a cemetery dedication, Lincoln gave it, it mentions the Declaration of Independence, it honored the soldiers who fought.
