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Chapter 15-16 Civil War Flashcards

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Who came up with the compromise of 1850?

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Henry Clay

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What are the parts of the compromise of 1850 for the North?(2)

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California admitted as a free states

Slave trade abolished in Washington D.C.

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What are the parts of the compromise of 1850 for the South?(3)

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New Mexico and Utah Territories organized under popular sovereignty
Federal government assumed Texa’s debt; Texas game up western land claims
A more effective Fugitive Slave Law

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What is a nickname for the Fugitive Slave Law?

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the man stealing act

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When does William Lloyd Garrison want freedom of slaves?

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“now”

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What does Uncle Tom’s Cabin do?

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split the North and South even more

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Who introduced the Kansas Nebraska act?

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Stephen Douglas

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What did the Kansas Nebraska act allow?

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popular sovereignty

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Why is there a mass rush into the Kansas territory?

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whichever group has more people will gain that state as either a free or a slave state

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How did the two groups interact in Kansas?

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through fighting

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Who attacks in the Sack of Lawrence?

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proslavery forces

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Who did John Brown raid and where?

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a few proslavery people on the Pottawatomiea Creek

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Was Sumner proslavery or antislavery?

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antislavery

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Was Brooks reelected and supported by South Carolina?

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yes

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Who is Dred Scott, the slave, named after?

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Winfield Scott

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Did Dred Scott eventually gain freedom even after being denied freedom by the courts?

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yes

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What did the supreme court make unconstitutional on the issue of slavery?

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the missouri Comprimise

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What political office were the Lincoln Douglas debates for?

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Senate

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What did John Brown predict?

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slavery cannot be removed without blood shed

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What is the main factor of Lincoln’s victory in the election?

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the democratic party had two canidates

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What was the first state to leave the union?

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South Carolina

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What is the purpose of the Crittenden Compromise?

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to keep the union together

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By the senatorial campaign of 1858 many Americans believed that the nations democratic institutions would provide what?

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a lasting political solution to the issues associated with slavery

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How successful was the Compromise of 1850?

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it failed to come to grips with several important issues

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The law passed in 1850 that generated emotional opposition in the North was the what?

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new fugitive slave law

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One warning in 1852 of a coming crisis was the what?

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difficulty the political parties had in selecting their presidential nominees.

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The federal legislation that pushed the national party system into crisis was the

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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In her letter to her sister, Florella Adair indicated what?

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free-soil men faced being murdered by pro slavery ruffians

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Nativist politics in the 1850’s were shaped by the

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Know Nothings

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With the election of 1856, the Republican party did what?

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established themselves as a viable political party

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In the Dred Scott decision chief Justice Roger Taney declared what about African Americans?

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they were not citizens of the US and had no legal rights

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The Dramatic event that helped further polarize the nation in 1859 was?

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John Brown’s raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry

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As the secession crisis began, Abraham Lincoln refused to do what?

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consider any compromise that allowed the expansion of slavery.

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What type of ship was the U.S.S Alabama?

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commerce

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35
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How many slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation free?

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none, it could not be enforced

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Lecompton Constitution

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the second of the proposed constitutions for the state of Kansas written to protect slavery and exclude free blacks

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Dred Scott Decision

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a landmark decisionby theU.S. Supreme Courtin which the Court held thatAfrican Americans, whether slave or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court

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Harper’s Ferry raid

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assault by an armed band ofabolitionistsled byJohn Brownon the federal armory located atHarpers Ferry, Va.

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Compromise of 1850

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series of compromise measures passed by the U.S. Congress in an effort to settle several outstandingslaveryissues and to avert the threat of dissolution of the Union.

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Lincoln Douglas debates

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a series of seven debates betweenAbraham Lincoln, theRepublicancandidate for theSenatein Illinois, andSenatorStephen Douglas, theDemocratic Partycandidate

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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is an anti-slaverynovel by American authorHarriet Beecher Stowe

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Freeport Doctrine

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the ideas articulated by Stephen A. Douglas at the second of the Lincoln-Douglas debates on the issue of slavery

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Brooks attacks Sumner

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a fight on the senate floor between a proslavery senator and an abolitionist.

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Sack of Lawrence

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pro-slavery activists attacked and ransacked the town of Lawrence, Kansas

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Election of 1860

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the election of Abraham Lincoln with 4 candidates of 4 parties.

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Constitutional Union Party

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a political party made up of conservative formerWhigswho wanted to avoid secessionism over theslaveryissue

47
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Pottawatomie Massacre

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John Brownand a band ofabolitionist settlers — some of them members of the Pottawatomie Rifles— killed five settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek

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Crittenden Compromise

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an unsuccessful proposal introduced byKentuckySenator John J. Crittendenaiming to resolve theU.S. secession crisis

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Anaconda Plan

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the Union plan to constrict the South through naval blockades.

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Iron Clad

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a steam-propelled warship in the early part of the second half of the 19th century, protected by iron or steel armor plates

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Battle of Bull Run

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the first major land battle of the American Civil War.

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Stonewall Jackson

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The nickname of Thomas Jackson because of his military strategy of creating solid forces in a line.

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Battle of Antietam

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the first major battle in theAmerican Civil Warto take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle inAmerican history

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Battle of Shiloh

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a major battle in theWestern Theaterof the American Civil War

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U.S.S. Alabama

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civil war ship used for blockading the Confederate states.

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Battle Monitor and Merrimac

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most importantnaval battleof theAmerican Civil War because it wasthe first meeting in combat ofironclad warships

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Contraband

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the slaves who fought in the civil war for the Union.

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Fort Pillow Massacre

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Confederate slaughter ofblackFederal troops stationed at Fort Pillow,Tennessee.

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54th Massachusetts

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he first officialAfrican Americanunits in the United States during the Civil War

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Andersonville Prison

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largest Confederate war prison

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Battle of Gettysburg

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the turning point of the civil war that involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war.

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Siege of Vicksburg

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final major military action in theVicksburg Campaignof the American Civil War

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Sherman’s March to the Sea

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the march of General Sherman’s union troops from Atlanta to Savanna, Georgia.

64
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Thirteenth Amendment

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abolishedslaveryandinvoluntary servitude, exceptas punishment for a crime

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U.S. Sanitary Commission

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a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to support sick and wounded soldiers of the U.S. Army during theAmerican Civil War

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Clara Barton

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a pioneer Americanteacher,patent clerk,nurse, and humanitarian.

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Copperheads

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Northern democrats who were anti war.

68
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New York City Draft Riots

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the Irish rebellion of the draft

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Election of 1864

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The second election of Abraham Lincoln

70
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John Wilkins Booth

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the assassin of Abraham Lincoln

71
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What was an important federal agency that helped the Union soldiers during the Civil War?

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US Sanitary Commission

72
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Why did Lincoln occasionally violate American civil rights?

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in order to protect national security

73
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What was the guiding principle for Abraham Lincoln during the war?

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obtaining reconciliation with the South to ensure the survival of the nation

74
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What was crucial to the Union’s ultimate victory?

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its campaigns along the Mississippi River

75
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What were the two significant events that were turning points in the war?

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the federal victory at Gettysburg and the Union’s capture of Vicksburg

76
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General Ulysses S. Gran’t approach to the war was what?

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to pursue unconditional victory aggressively despite the cost to his own forces.

77
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The new Republican party?:

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prospered because of Northern outrage over “Bleeding Sumner” and “Bleeding Kansas”.

78
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Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that?:

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action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories.

79
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When the Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) that the Missouri Compromise (1820) was an unconstitutional infringement on property rights, the Supreme Court was exercising?:

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judicial review

80
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At the outset, President Lincoln held that the Civil War was being fought to?:

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preserve the Union.

81
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The United States Congress during the Civil War did what three things?:

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Adopted a tariff, a homestead law, and a transcontinental railroad.

82
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Suspension of the writ of habeas corpus for all people living between Washington and Philadelphia provides evidence of which of the following?:

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presidential power increased during the Civil War.

83
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The key event that guaranteed Lincoln’s re-election in 1864 was?:

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the fall of Atlanta to General Sherman.

84
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During the Civil War, most of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory of present-day Oklahoma supported who?:

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The Confederacy

85
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States that sold public lands granted to them under the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 were required to use the income to?:

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promote public education in agriculture.

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