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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the cotton gin and who created it? | Invented by Eli Whitney and it quickly removed seeds out of cotton |
| What was the compromise of 1850? | Compromise between the North and the South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the fugitive slave act |
| What was the Dred Scot Case? (1857) | Supreme court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States |
| Who was elected in the 1860s? | Abraham Lincoln who defeated 3 opponents to win presidency; upon Lincoln's election southern states seceded from the union |
| What are free states? | States where slavery was legal |
| What was the Fugitive slave act? (1850) | The act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States |
| What is the Georgia Platform? | Position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the compromise 1850 |
| Who was Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)? | The 16th president of the United states, Lincoln preserved the union during the U.S. civil war and brought about emancipation of slaves |
| What was the Missouri Compromise? (1820) | Compromise that brought Missouri into the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state; in addition, congress banned slavery North of the 36 degrees20' line of latitude |
| What is Nullification? | The act of making legally null and void |
| What is Secession? | The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the union in 1860, leading to the civil war |
| What is slave states? | States where slavery was legal |
| What was slavery? | Involuntary servitude of African-Americans or blacks in the United States from 1619-1865 |
| What are States' Rights? | The belief that a state's sovereignty is more important than that of national government |
| Who was Stephens, Alexander (1812-1873) | Important Georgia politician who was a U.S. senator, Georgia governor, and vice president of the confederate states of America (C.S.A.) |
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