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Question | Answer |
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In the south, the demand for cotton was great for what particular items? | Clothes and Thread |
In 1792, who invented the cotton gin that cleaned cotton loads in one day? | Eli Whitney |
The cotton gin was a great invention, but it caused extreme harsh problems in to who that did hard manual labor in the cotton fields? | Slave labor/Slaves |
In what year did slave transport was finally stopped in America? | By 1808 |
What movement developed in the North that was trying to stop the cruel and inhumanity of slavery in the South? | Abolitionist Movement |
Who was an abolitionist that fought through speeches against slavery and spoke in behave of women’s rights in America? | Sojourner Truth |
Who was the abolitionist that gave speeches about slavery being wrong and help escaped slaves in the North? | Fredrick Douglass |
Who was the White abolitionists that wrote an anti-slavery newspaper called in Boston in 1831? | William Lloyd Garrison |
What was the name of the Anti-Slavery newspaper that William Lloyd Garrison wrote in the North? | “The Liberator” |
What were the 2 main reasons abolitionist fought hard for African American freedom? | Equality for citizenship & Discrimination |
What was another form of discrimination that was occurring in America 1800s? | Women had no rights/Women Discrimination |
On what issues were men discriminating women in America? | Owning property, going to college, and having descent wages |
Who were the main women that fought for the equality rights for women in America? | Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
The women involved in an important convention began the Women’s Right Movement in the United States of America, what was it called? | Seneca Falls Convention |
What did women do to show they wanted the right to vote in America? | They held meetings and marches of "Women's Suffrage" |
What was the two main suffrages that were being fought for in the United States of America? | Slavery and Women Discrimination |
What major amendment was passed by Congress that allowed women to vote and to also be elected in politics? | The Nineteenth Amendment |
How did Fredrick Douglass escaped from slavery from the Southern States? | He posed as a free sailor and sailed to freedom in the North |
Since Sojourner Truth could not read or write, how did Sojourner Truth talked to the people about the horrors of slavery? | Sojourner Truth quoted from the BIBLE to help her in her speeches against slavery |
What was the system of routes and safe houses that were used by runaway slave for freedom? | The Underground Railroad |
Where were slaves going to escape slavery from the southern states? | The Northern States or Canada |
About how many slaves used the Underground Railroad to escape to the northern states or Canada? | Between 40,000 to 100,000 slaves |
Who was an Underground railroad conductor that dedicated her life to freeing slaves from the Southern states? | Harriet Tubman |
Who beat Stephen Douglas in the Presidential race of 1860? | Abraham Lincoln |
What law did Lincoln issued to free the slaves of the south during the Civil War? | Emancipation Proclamation |