US Civil War

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What does it mean to secede?

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to separate from a group

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What is a Cash Crop?

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Crops sold for money instead of eaten

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What is a Plantation?

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A very large farm

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A person fighting against slavery was known as _________.

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an abolitionist

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Who was Nat Turner?

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A slave who led a slave revolt against plantation owners.

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What were the reasons for the start of the civil war? Options: slavery, expansion of slavery in new states, and states' rights, lack of jobs for enslaved population, Federalists Papers, states' rights and the 13th Amendment, poor economy and election of Andrew Johnson

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slavery, expansion of slavery in new states, and states' rights

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What law allowed Maine to join as a free state?

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Missouri Compromise

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The election of which U.S. President led South Carolina to secede?

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Abraham Lincoln

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What was the nickname for the network of safe houses that helped slaves escape?

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Underground Railroad

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What did the Supreme Court rule in the case Dred Scott v Sanford?

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slaves were not citizens, they were property