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VS.7a Issues that Divided the Nation

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secedebreak away from a group
secessionthe withdrawal of southern states from the Union
abolitionista person who is against the practice of slavery
revoltan uprising against government
enslavedpeople who were considered property of their owners/had no civil right
The northern states were ___.industrialized/factory communities
The southern states were ___.agricultural/farming communities
The northern states wanted the new western territories to be ___.free states
The southern states wanted the new western territories to be ___.state
Industries and factories were in the ___.northern states
The South needed ___ for the large acres of crops.a large source of inexpensive labor
Southern plantation owners also began to grow large amounts of ___.cotton
Growing cotton required more and more ___ to work in the fields of the southern plantations.slaves
Nat Turnerhis small band of fellow slaves led a rebellion against plantation owners in Southampton County, Virginia
Harriet TubmanUnderground Railroad
the Dismal Swampa refuge for runaway slaves and was a link to the Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad Network to Freedomthe Dismal Swamp
John BrownHe led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
slave rebellionJohn Brown tried to start a ____.
Harpers Ferry___ was located in Virginia due to the fact that West Virginia did not exist until 1863.
abolitionistsNat Turner and John Brown were ___.
Maryland Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in ___.



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