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Question 1

when was the cotton gin machine made

Answer 1

1793

Question 2

what was the cotton gin machine

Answer 2

sped up the processing of cotton

Question 3

how did the invention of the cotton gin machine impact slavery

Answer 3

drove up the number of slaves
increased the amount they had to work

Question 4

how did cotton gin machine make tensions rise

Answer 4

anger in the north grew as more poeple were enslaved

Question 5

when was the louisiana purchase

Answer 5

1803

Question 6

what type of state did louisiana, alabama and missisipi join the usa as

Answer 6

slave states

Question 7

when was the Misouri comprimise

Answer 7

1820

Question 8

what did the missouri compromise entail

Answer 8

states had to join the usa in pairs - one slave, one free.

Question 9

what was the purpose of the missouri comprimise

Answer 9

political balance in congress was maintained

Question 10

how long did the missouri compromise stay in place

Answer 10

until 1854

Question 11

who formed the anti slavery society

Answer 11

William Loyd- Garrison
Authur Tappan

Question 12

when was the anti slavery society formed

Answer 12

1833

Question 13

how many members in the anti slavery society by 1838

Answer 13

250,000

Question 14

who were part of the anti slavery society

Answer 14

merly enslaved people who had fled to the north

Question 15

what did the members of anti slavery society do

Answer 15

tell their stories through essays and panphlets

Question 16

who set up the underground railroad

Answer 16

former slaves Frederick Douglas
Harriet Tubman

Question 17

what did the underground railroad do

Answer 17

help smuggle escaped slaves to freedom

Question 18

when did congress ban slavery in new territories

Answer 18

1846

Question 19

when was the clay comprimise

Answer 19

1850

Question 20

who suggested the Clay comprimise

Answer 20

Henry Clay

Question 21

who was Henry Clay

Answer 21

pro- slavery southern politician

Question 22

what did the clay comrpomise entail

Answer 22

-california should enter as a free state
- territories gained from mexico should make thier own decisions on slavery
- all states should accept a new Fugative Slave act

Question 23

what is the Fugative slave act

Answer 23

return escaped slaves to thier holders

Question 24

when was the Kansas nebraska act

Answer 24

1854

Question 25

what did the Kansas - nebraska act entail

Answer 25

allowed these states to decide whether they wanted slavery through a popular vote

Question 26

how many poeple were killed in the Kansas bleeding

Answer 26

200

Question 27

what made ‘bleeding Kansas’ happen

Answer 27

pro vs anti slavery
during vote of whether slavery should be allowed

Question 28

what did the Dred scott desicion state

Answer 28

that congress had no right to ban slavery as every American had thier own right to own property

Question 29

when did James Buchanan become president

Answer 29

1856

Question 30

when did Abraham Lincoln become president

Answer 30

1860

Question 31

when did south carolina vote to secede the union

Answer 31

novemeber 1860

Question 32

how many other states left the union in winter of 1860-1

Answer 32

six others

Question 33

what did the seven states that left the union form

Answer 33

the confedaracy

Question 34

who led the confedaracy

Answer 34

slaveholder Jefferson Davis

Question 35

when was Fort Slumpter attacked

Answer 35

April 1861

Question 36

when did the confedarates open fire on the union army

Answer 36

12 April 1861

Question 37

where was fort sumter

Answer 37

charleston harbour in south carolina