Six Questions Flashcards

1
Q

What issues attracted the most intense debate during the drafting and ratification of the constitution?

A

The Virginia Plan, slavery, and federalism

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2
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Why did slavery expand and become more deeply entrenched in southern society in the early 19th century?

A

The cotton gin, price of slaves, and farmers

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3
Q

How did new technologies, immigration, and the panic of 1837 change the economic opportunities and organizing strategies for northern workers?

A

New machinery, new jobs, working women

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4
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Why did many in the south believe that the election of Lincoln was the cause for succession?

A

State rights would be violated, Lincoln against slavery, Missouri compromise

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5
Q

What three events were most important to make the civil war become a war to end slavery?

A

The emancipation proclamation, the confederate states formed, fort sumtors conquer

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6
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Why did northern interest in reconstruction wane in the 1870s?

A

Proclamation of Amnesty, Wade-Davis bill, the South should fix their problem

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