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Chapter 13
American History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abolitionist followers of William Lloyd Garrison generally | Opposed violence to achieve an end to slavery |
| What most spurred economic growth in the North in the 1850s? | Urbanization and industrialization |
| What had forced North and South into a final debate over the future of slavery by 1850? | The disposition of land acquired in the war with Mexico |
| Abraham Lincoln lost the election in 1858, and his battle | Made Lincoln a leading spokesman for the Republican party |
| Why was the first popular sovereignty vote in Kansas so one sided in favor of slavery? | Proslavery advocates from Missouri cast fraudulent votes in the election |
| How was the Fugitive Slave Law received in African American communities in the North? | With terror, because they believed every African American was subject to slavery |
| Most white Southerners regarded John Brown as | A dangerous radical who wanted them dead |
| New immigrants usually found work as | Wage laborers in the cities |
| What created the uproar in the Northern reaction to Judge Roger Brooke Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case? | Scott was not a citizen because he was black |
| What helped tie the sections of the United States into a single, national market? | Extensive development in transportation and communication |