The South and Causes of the Civil War

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What does secession mean?

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The action of leaving a group.

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What does secessionist mean?

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A person who wants to leave.

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Which image depicts how the South make most of its money?

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What was the purpose of slavery in the South?

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To provide cheap labor for the plantation systems.

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Which of the following best describes the similarities between the Big House and Slave Quarters on a plantation?
Both forms of housing could have many people living in them.

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Both forms of housing could have many people living in them.

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In what way did the North benefit from slave labor?

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Slaves planted and harvested crops that were sent to the North for manufacturing.

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What is Harriet Tubman most known for?

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After gaining her freedom she returned to the South repeatedly to help others to freedom.

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According to Frederick Douglass, the "pathway to freedom" was __________.

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knowledge

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A group of people who loved manifest destiny and accepted slavery where it existed but were against its expansion to new territories.

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Free Soilers

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People who wanted to keep slavery and believed it should be a constitutional right to own slaves.

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Strong Supporters of Slavery (Fire Eaters)