Slavery & the Civil war Flashcards

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What was the result of the Missouri Compromise?

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Missouri entered the Union as a slave state & Maine was created as a free state. It also outlawed slavery above the 36º 30' latitude line.

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How was the idea of 'white supremacy' used to uphold slavery?

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By giving white people—regardless of class, wealth, and gender—a measure of social status. These policies encouraged poor white people to identify with the interests of wealthy white people.

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This man led a slave rebellion in Virginia (1831) after receiving a religious vision.

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Nat Turner

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What factors determined the kind of work enslaved people were expected to do?

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Size of the plantation, kinds of crops being grown, age, & gender.

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What was the Compromise of 1850?

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Texas joins the Union as a slave state, California enters as a free state, and the fugitive slave act is passed. Slave trade in Washington D.C is banned.

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What was the fugitive slave act?

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Slave owners could find and reclaim their slaves who had escaped to free states.

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What is an abolitionist?

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An individual who worked to end the institution of slavery.

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This woman escaped slavery and became a leading conductor on the underground railroad.

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Harriet Tubman

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This man escaped slavery in 1838, and became one of the most prominent abolitionists in the United States.

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Frederick Douglass

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What was the result of Kansas Nebraska Act?

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Kansas's population would vote on legalizing slavery when they applied for statehood. Leads to Conflict in the territory between pro and anti slavery forces - Bleeding Kansas