Bayou Bridges Unit 4 Chapter 2

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What was the relationship between cotton and enslaved labor in the South?

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As the demand for cotton grew, so did the demand for enslaved workers.

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Who is this person? Jefferson Davis, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison

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Frederick Douglass

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What is Harriet Tubman doing in this image?

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helping people escape on the Underground Railroad

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Why did eleven states leave the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected president?

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abolish slavery

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Why did President Lincoln send Union troops into war following the Confederacy’s attack on Fort Sumter?

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He thought it was the only way to reunite the country.

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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

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It freed all enslaved people in Confederate states

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What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?

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It banned slavery in the United States.

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What document did the Thirteenth Amendment change?

Back

the Constitution

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What does the Juneteenth holiday celebrate?

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the end of slavery in the United States

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What, to the American slave, is the Fourth of July?

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A country that enslaves people has no right to celebrate freedom.