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| What kind of laws did the Northern States pass regarding slavery? | They passed laws against slavery. |
| What did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 say? | An owner can get an escaped slave back if he has proof of ownership. |
| Under the Missouri Compromise where was slavery not allowed? | North of the line across the Western Territory |
| How did the Constitutional amendement in 1865 deal with slavery? | It was no longer lawful in the U.S. |
| How were slaves used in the South? | Growing cotton which required many laborers doing difficult labor |
| How did the men who wrote the Constitution deal with slavery? | It was allowed but no more slaves could be brought into the U.S. after 1808 |
| What was the Missouri Compromise? | An 1820 agreement making Missouri a slave state, Maine a free state & slavery not allowed North of a line across the Western Territory. |
| What did disagreements over slavery lead to in 1861? | Civil War |
| What was the Triangular Trade? | System of trade involving rum from New England, slaves from Africa and Molasses, sugar & tobacco from the West Indies. |
| Define compromise. | A decision in which each side gets part of what it wants. |
| What did people argue about when new States were admitted to the U.S.? | whether they would be slave or free |
| Compromise of 1850 | Agreement where California became a free State and a stronger fugitive law was passed. |
| From where were the first slaves brought to America in 1619? | Africa |
| Define Abolitionists | people who wanted to do away with slavery |
| The law many people in the North refused to obey. | The Fugitive Slave Law |
| Why did slavery become important in the South? | Workers were needed to work on cotton crops and free men refused to do it. |
| Why did many northerners refuse to obey the Fugitive Slave Law? | They did not believe in it and did not think slaves should be returned to their owners. |
| Why did the Civil War break out in 1861? | The States disagreed on slavery and other matters. |
| How did slavery become unlawful after 1865? | The U.S.Constitution was amended. |
| Civil War | War between the North and South from 1861 to 1865. |
| Slavery | When one person owns another person |
| Name given to large farms found in the South. | Plantations |
| The three areas involved in the Triangular Trade are: | New England, Africa, West Indies |
| What was the underground railroad. | A secret route to the North that fugitive slaves took to reach freedom. |
| Harriet Tubman | A conductor on the underground railroad who helped many slaves escape to freedom |
| What was Harriet Tubman's code and initial? | Moses "M" |
| Why did Harriet Tubman go back into slave teritory one more time? | to rescue her 3 brothers from slavery |
| Why did Harriet's father blindfold himself when he said goodby to his children? | So he could truthfully say he had not seen them. |
