Civil War Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
The first African slaves were brought to what is now the US in... | the early 1600s |
If a slave owner beat a slave to death, the owner.... | would suffer no penalty. |
When the Declaration of Independence was written.... | it did not mention slavery because that would have angered many, especially in Southern states. |
The writers of US Constitution in 1787 said that... | the importing of slaves from outside the US could be stopped in 20 years. |
The Missouri Compromise... | kept the balance between slave states and free states; drew a line showing where there could and could not be future slave states; brought Missouri into the Union; brought Maine into the Union. |
The concept of "popular sovereignty" meant that... | the people of new states could vote whether to be slaves or free. |
Personal liberty laws... | were passed in many Northern states to guarantee freedom to ex slaves. |
The Dred Scott case said that... | if a slave was brought to a "free" state, they were still a slave and the whole "slave state" and "free state" thing was rather meaningless. |
When Abraham Lincoln ran for president... | he pledged to work to end the spread of slavery to new states. |
The American Civil War... | lasted for about 4 years; started with a string of Union defeats on the batterfield; saw a large percentage of young, white Southern men killed and ended in 1865. |
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