History Exam: Part 2

Where was the first industrialization first concentrated in the US?
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Where was the first industrialization first concentrated in the US?
New England
Who was the most famous "conductor" on the UR?
Harriet Tubman; she helped over 300 slave become free using the UR
Who wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin? what was the book about?
Harriet Stowe; a man named Tom who was trying to become a free slave
What was the Fugitive Law?
a law passed in 1850 that declared that slaves who made it safely to a fee state and are caught must be returned to their owners
popular sovereignty
the general consensus of people in an area are poor
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
a man named Dred Scott had bee taken to a freed state to live and because he was living in a free state, he considered himself free
What was 1 of the Supreme Court rulings on the Dred Scott Decision?
people of African descent were not allowed to be US citizens, thus Scott did not have a legal right to file the lawsuit in the first place
What political party helped stop the spread of slavery?
Republican
While President _______ was still in office, Abe Lincoln won the election of 1860
Buchanan
Who was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Other states that seceded from the Union formed a new nation called the......ConfederacyWho was the president of the ConfederacyJefferson DavisName the 2 sides who fought against each other in the Civil WarConfederacy (south) and Union (north)How many slave states remained loyal to the Union?4Why was the Union capture of NOLA and Memphis hurtful to the southern economy?this allowed the Union to control both ends of the Mississippi RiverThe Union general who led the famous march to the sea after capturing Atlanta was...William Tecumseh ShermanWhich slaves could be emancipated according to the Emancipation Proclamation?African-Americans that lived in the Confederate states