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Civil War 1-Slavery
Civil War 1-Struggles Over Slavery
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| North states were considered free states in the USA, what were southern states considered in the USA? | Slave States |
| What population were slaves in the Southern States? | 1/3 of the population in the Southern States |
| In the Northern States, they didn't depend on slave labor for farm work, what were they mainly in the Northern States? | Industrial or factory based workers |
| When the US Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance f 1787, in was adopted by the Union, but what did it not allowing that state? | Slavery |
| When the Missouri Compromised was passed in the US Congress, what were its terms? | Northern states were free states and Southern states were slave states |
| What act by the US Congress allowed slavery in the new territories in 1854? | The Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| When slaves were captured in free states, this was because of what act that was passed by the Congress of the USA? | Fugitive Slave Law |
| What was a secret organization that help runaway or escape slave to reach freedom in Canada? | The Underground Railroad |
| Who the was most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad that helped more than a 100 slaves escape to the norther states to freedom, she was even known as the "Moses of her People"? | Harriet Tubman |
| Who was a white abolitionist that wrote a newspaper that proclaimed slave as a sin and cruel way to treat your fellow human being? | William Lloyd Garrison |
| In 1859, what white abolitionist fought against slave at Harper'r Ferry, but was captured and executed for his actions to fight against slave by force? | John Brown |
| In the election of 1860, who was elected as the new President of the United States of America? | Abraham Lincoln |
| Because there as a major breakup between the Northern and Southern states, who were the "Leaders" of each side that later developed into the Civil War? | Abraham Lincoln (Northern States) / Jefferson Davis (Southern States) |