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Origins of the American Civil War 1820-1861
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- 1What is an abolitionist?An abolitionist is someone who believes in the banning/abolishing of slavery
- 2Who was William Lloyd-Garrison?An abolitionist from the North, considered to be quite radical by some.
- 3What was the American colonization society?created in the 1800s to send slaves back to Africa - Purchased Liberia to send black slaves there.
- 4Who was Nat Turner?A slave who led a slave rebellion in 1831 - Killed 55 white men, women and children
- 5When was the Kansas-Nebraska act passed?1854
- 6Who was Stephen Douglas?A senator from Illinois, main figure during the Kansas - Nebraska act, believed in popular sovereignty.
- 7Who was Dred Scott?A slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in 1857
- 8Who ruled against Dred Scott's freedom?Judge Roger B Taney
- 9Why wasn't Dred Scott given his freedom?He was not an American Citizen
According to the 5th amendment of the constitution Americans had the right to take their property anywhere (Slaves were property) - 10What were the points of the compromise of 1850?*California would enter the union as a free state
*Texas would surrender land disputed to New Mexico
*New Mexico and Utah would enter the union without restriction or mention of slavery
More stringent/forceful fugitive slave law would be enforced
*Slave trading would be banned in Washington D.C but not slavery itself - 11Who proposed the Omnibus bill for the 1850 compromise?Henry Clay (The great compromiser)
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