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What was the main cause of death during the civil war?

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Disease and minie’ balls

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What year was Sherman march to war?

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1864!!!

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What happened at the Appomattox court house?

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General robert E lee surrendered to Ulysess S. Grant

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how did the Emancipation Proclamation differ from later amendments?

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Emancipation Proclamation: Freed slaves in union occupied states
Other amendments: Freed slaves everywhere and protected their rights

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Former confederate states where governed by….

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Jefferson Davis

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13th amendment….

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freed slaves everywhere

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14th amendment …..

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Guaranteed citizenship to all former slaves

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15th amendment…..

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Gave AA men the opportunity and right to vote

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Lincolns 10% plan

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Gave states that seceded from the union(southern states) the chance to form a new government, IF 10% of their voters swore an oath of loyalty to the U.S. and they HAD to abolish slavery

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Poll tax

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A tax that had to be payed by anyone who wanted to vote, this was an attempt to prevent AA men from voting

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Literacy test

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A test to determine if one was smart enough to vote, this test tested to find out your ability to read, most AA’s could not read, preventing them Fromm voting

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What was the great migration?

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The migration of many African Americans, moving away from the south.

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What where advantages of leaving the south after he war?

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The land was cheap, it was new new start, and segregation was less harsh.

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What is plessy vs. ferguson?

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Plessy vs ferguson was a case in 1896, where the supreme court determined that racial segregation was legal.

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When did plessy vs. ferguson take place?

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1896

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Who was Homer Plessy?

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An AA man who bought a ticket to Louisiana, which was a state that had a law that AA’s and Whites had to sit alone, he sat in a white only cart and he was taken to court. HE LOST THE CASE.

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What are carpetbaggers?

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Carpetbaggers are Northerners who moved to the south, carrying all of their things.

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Why would carpetbaggers move to the south?

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For political and economic gain

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What did John Brown hope to accomplish

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He wanted to eliminate slavery and prevent Kansas from entering as a slave state

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What did Uncle Toms cabins novel do?

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It laid the groundwork for the civil war

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Lincolns win in the president election cause who to be angry?

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All supporters of slavery,

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Lincolns win caused what to happen?

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Caused many Southern states to secede from the union

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Field slaves vs house slaves…. Compare and contrast

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CONTRAST: field slaves where watched by an overseer and often received beatings… house slaves had better working conditions as well as living conditions, they also received better food

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White and slaves religion…..

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A combination of both AAs and White traditions

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25
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Who benefited from tarrifs?

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Manufacturers who where in the north

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Who opposed tarrifs? why?

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Southerners, because it caused the price for manufactured goods to rise

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Explain the Souths economy PRE WAR….

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Based on agriculture, profited mostly from cotton and tobacco, they imported the food they ate from different countries

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Explain Norths economy PRE WAR….

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Focused on manufacturing, all agriculture was mechanized

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What could happen to escaped slaves?

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Resold to new owners

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Why was the south fighting in the civil war?

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To protect there way of life, to protect slavery

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Why was the north fighting in the civil war?

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To protect the union

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32
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Where was most of the economic devastation based?

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In the south

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33
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Did the south or the north suffer major infrastructure destruction (roads and building)?

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THE SOUTHHHHHH

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Why did the Norths farming grow?

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Because they had to grow their own food due to the fact that they weren’t buying from the south anymore

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35
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Goal of total war?

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To starve the south (confederates) of any useful resource, as well the goal was to make the confederate soldiers give up!!!!!!!

36
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Effects of total war?

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Left the south with nothing, they had to rebuild the economy

37
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Around how many lives where lost?

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more than 600,000 american lives

38
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Advantages of the Union during civil war?

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factories to produce weapons//Mechanized farms to produce food easily,

39
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who had the most ports?

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The north, they traded the most with other nations

40
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Who had the most railroads?

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The north, they had over 200,000 miles of railroad

41
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What helpful natural resources did the north have?

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They had metals for weapons//they had lumber for building

42
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Souths advantages during civil war?

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They had more people and better advanced armies

43
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Why did the south have better officer?

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Many men attended a military academy & when the war came they kept their loyalty to the south

44
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Lincolns purpose in fighting war?

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Preserve union :)

45
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What battle started the war? Who won?

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Attack on fort Sumter and the confederates won//KEEP STUDYING :))

46
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Significance of siege of Vicksburg?

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Siege of Vicksburg: this is the war in which the north lost the Mississippi river to the south, giving them control of a Major transportation source, ALSO IT DIVIDED THE SOUTH

47
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Where was the battle of bull run?

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Washington, DC

48
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What where some long term political effects of the civil war?

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The president became a more important political figure, also the president became more powerful…in the end America was left more reunited.

49
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What are Jim crow laws ?

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Laws that made racial segregation legal,ex:schools, restaurants, and public transportation was separated by race

50
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What are black codes? what was the purpose?

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Laws passed in the former confederate states after the civil war, Purpose:To limit the rights of newly freed African Americans

51
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What where some methods use to in force white supremacy and intimidate AA’s?

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White people would use violence and threats to scare, intimidate, and In force their “superiority” to AA’s

52
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What was Booker T. Washington’s ideas?

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He believed that AA’s should work on bettering themselves instead of trying to change the whites options. He thought that by showing that AA’s where creative, hard working, and patient, that they would earn respect and support from white peopele

53
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What was W.E.B Dubious ideas?

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He believed that AA’s should not make peace with being second-class citizens, he thought that would strengthen racial discrimination//He wanted a strong civil rights movement, to show how well spoken and intelligent AA’s are.

54
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Difference between W.E.B Dubious and Booker T. Washington?

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Booker T. Washington approach was more peaceful, unlike W.E.B Dubious

55
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What does NAACP stand for?

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National Association for the advancement of colored people

56
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What does the NAACP do?

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An organization who works to oppose slaver and protect AA’s Civil rights

57
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Was Kansas a slave or free state pre Civil war?

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Free

58
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Reconstruction period: could southern military leaders hold office?

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No

59
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Reconstruction period:Could AA’s hold public office?

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Yes

60
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Reconstruction period:_______ solders supervised the _____?

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  1. Northern 2.south
61
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Reconstruction period:What was a result of the Civil Rights act?

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AA’s gained equal rights

62
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What is the freedmans Bureau?

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A legal agency to help aid former enslaved AA’s in the south

63
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Many AA’s moved to the north/the west, when they did where did they settle?

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In the North they settled in large cities//int the west they settled in rural communities

64
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Compare Garrett Morgans and Madame C.J. Walker.

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Though Morgan was primarily an inventor and Walker was an entrepreneur, they earned enough money through their work to support various civil rights causes

65
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WHat event brought reconstruction to an end?

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The removal of federal troops from the south

66
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The long term effect of the compomise 1877?

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It deprived AA’s of voting rights in the south, until the middle of the 1900s

67
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After reconstruction, both poor whites and AA’s were effected, resulting in…

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A gain of education opportunities

68
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Main effect of the great migration…

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the spread of AA’s culture all over America

69
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What was the most significant change resulting from the reconstruction period?

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The passage of new amendments to the constitution.

70
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What was a political consequence of the end of the reconstruction period?

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The democratic party returned to dominance in the south

71
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The Democrats who dominated Southern politics from the period after Reconstruction into the mid-1900s were strongly in favor of….

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Local control over laws and education

72
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To many white Southerners, the Reconstruction efforts of Republicans represented..

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an intrusion on their culture and way of living

73
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Which term best describes the attitude many Southern whites held about the North during the Reconstruction era? 
A.Admiration
B.Distrust
C.Fear
D.Dependence
A

Distrust

74
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Which group gained power in the South following the Civil War?

A

CARPETBAGGERs

75
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Who supported the share cropping system?

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laws that prevented African Americans from owning land

76
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What group gained power in the south following the civil war?

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Carpetbaggers

77
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What statement best explains why Andrew Johnson had little influence over Reconstruction policy during his term of office?

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The Radical Republicans in Congress had enough votes to override President Johnson’s vetoes of Reconstruction bills

78
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Which group supported the strictest requirements for readmitting former Confederate states to the Union?

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Radical rupublicans

79
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The 16th amendment changed the us constitution by

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Prohibition racial qualifications for voting

80
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What was a temporary outcome from Military Reconstruction?

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AAs where elected to hold office in federal, state and local offices.

81
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Which policy prohibited federal and state officeholders who had fought for or supported the Confederacy from holding federal or state office?

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14th amedment

82
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Which statement best explains why the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment contributed to Southerners’ economic problems after the Civil War?

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People who had loaned money to the Confederacy lost their investments.

83
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Which military advantage did the Confederacy have over the Union during the Civil War?

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shorter supply lines

84
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Sherman’s March to the Sea took place around the same time as

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Lincolns reelection :))

85
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  1. The Nullification Crisis was the result of a dispute concerning which issue?
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States rights

86
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Which policy called for drawing a line to divide the Louisiana Territory into regions where slavery was and was not allowed?

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Missouri compromise

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