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Chapter 14 (Pre-Civil War) Flashcards

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Who was against tariffs? North, or South?

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The South

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Who was in favor of taxes used to build railroads? North or South?

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The North

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Which was the economy that was based on agriculture? North, or South?

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The South

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Which was the economy that was based on industry? North, or South?

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The North

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Who was in favor of tariffs? North, or South?

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The North

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Who was in favor of a confederate form of government? North, or South?

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The South

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Who had a large number of immigrants and factory workers? North, or South?

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The North

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Which had the larger population that gave more votes in Congress? North, or South?

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The North

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Which were the producers of manufactured goods? North, or South?

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The North

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Which had the smaller population that gave less votes in Congress? North, or South?

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The South

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Who believed in states’ rights? North, or South?

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The South

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Who produced cash crops? North, or South?

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The South

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Who had faster moving rivers? North, or South?

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The North

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What caused Maine to be admitted as a free state?

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The Missouri Compromise

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What led to violence and bloodshed over the vote to determine whether a territory would be free, or slave?

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Territory North of 36 Latitude?

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The Missouri Compromise

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What caused California to be admitted as a free state?

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The Compromise of 1850

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What ruled that Congress didn’t have power to prohibit slavery?

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The Dred Scott Decision

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What gave the country a new, harsher Fugitive Slave Law?

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The Compromise of 1850

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What gave free states more representatives in the Senate?

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The Compromise of 1850

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A system where residents vote to decide an issue is called what?

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Popular Soverignty

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Who believed that slavery was unjust and should be abolished immediately?

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Abraham Lincoln

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23
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To withdraw from the United States is called what?

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Secession

24
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Slave states that stayed loyal to the United States and did not secede were called what?

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Border States

25
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The book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was used by _____ to support their argument.

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The North

26
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The event that most directly led to the Southern states withdrawing from the Union was what?

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The election of Abraham Lincoln

27
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The Dred Scott decision upheld what?

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Slaves were property

28
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When Lincoln campaigned for President in 1860, he thought slavery should be _______.

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Allowed to stay put, but not expand

29
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The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from who?

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France

30
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The control over the port of _______ made the purchase of the Louisiana Territory important.

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New Orleans

31
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The percent of whites in the South, at the time of the Civil War, that DID NOT own slaves was what?

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75%

32
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The Mexican-American War resulted from a dispute over the southern boundary of where?

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Texas

33
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California had people rush to it in 1849 once ____ was discovered there.

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Gold

34
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Why did the admission of California alarm Southerners?

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Because it upset the balance of free and slave states

35
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How did the South react to the election of Lincoln as President in 1860?

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They thought they had no voice in national government

36
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The first state to secede from the United States was what?

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South Carolina

37
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The Southern States that seceded from the United States called themselves the what?

A

The Confederate States of America

38
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The President of the Southern States was who?

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Jefferson Davis

39
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What is propaganda?

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False or misleading information that is spread to further accause

40
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In a “confederation”, the…

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States Government have more power than the Federal Government

41
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A business owned and operated by one person

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Proprietorship

42
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A business owned and operated by two or more people

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Partnership

43
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A business owned and operated by shareholders

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Corporation

44
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This represents a share of ownership by shareholders

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Stock

45
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When somebody buys a share at a low price and sells it later for a higher price

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Capital Gains

46
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Profits from a corporation that are divided amongst shareholders

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Dividends

47
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The main factor that influences a stocks price

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DEMAND!!!!!!!!

48
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Businesses sell shares of ownership in their companies in order to raise money to do what?

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Expand their buisness

49
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When interest rates are low, people will spend (1), and save (2).

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(1) More, (2) Less

50
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When interest rates are high, people will spend (1), and save (2).

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(1) Less, (2) More

51
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Define inflation

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The price of goods go up, but the value of money goes down

52
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Give a reason why so many people in the South who did not own slaves support slavery

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They didn’t want to defy the rich and powerful slave owners

53
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What is the difference between a “Federation”, and a “Confederation”

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In a Confederation, the states have more power. In a Federation, the Federal Government has more power.

54
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Why was farming in the Northern states “less” likely to use slaves as a labor force?

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There were jobs for immigrants

55
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How was slave labor expensive, even though slaves weren’t paid a wage?

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Slave owners had to feed, cloth, and house their slaves

56
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List 5 causes of the Civil War and explain how each factor led to the war taking place

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  1. The Election of Lincoln: The South felt that they didn’t have a voice in the national government.
  2. Slavery in the South compared to the North: The North wanted slavery abolished. They felt it was evil.
    - The Dred Scott Decision (Slaves were property)
    - Fugitive Slave Acts (Required to return escaped slaves to their owners)
    - Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Described cruelty to slaves)
  3. States Rights: South wanted to become their own country because they didn’t want the federal government to tell them what to do. Then the Northern states went to war to prevent the South from seceding.
  4. Economic differences: North was based on industry, while the South was based on Agriculture.
  5. The Kansas-Nebraska Act: It enraged the North because every state was going to decide via Popular Sovereignty whether or not they will be a slave state.

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