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Unit 9 Study Guide
8.9.1
 What part of the U.S. required slavery?
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How did slaves survive the brutal conditions of slavery?
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What is the movement to end slavery known as?
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What did William Lloyd Garrison do?
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Who are all the individuals involved in the abolitionist movement?
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What did slaves use to assist them in ‘Follow the Drinking Gourd’?
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What is suffrage?
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Who organized the Seneca Falls Convention?
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Which book educated the North on slavery?
8.9.2
 Who was one of our earliest abolitionists?
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What former president defended a group of Africans in court?
8.9.3
 What did the Land Ordinance of 1785 do?
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Which modern day states make up the Northwest Territory?
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What did the Northwest Ordinance do?
8.9.4
 What was the problem with Texas joining the Union?
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Who led the Bear Flag Revolt?
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What were the effects (both positive and negative) of the Gold Rush in
California?
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Who came up with the Compromise of 1850?
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What were the components of the Compromise of 1850?
8.9.5
 What theory sides with states rights over federal government interference?
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What established the free/slave border for territories?
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What bill proposed to outlaw slavery in all land gained through war with Mexico?
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When residents are allowed to make decisions regarding their territory, it is
known as what?
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What legislation cancelled out (or repealed) the Missouri Compromise?
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What happened with the Dred Scott case?
Essay choices:
 Discuss 4 abolitionists in depth and how their actions attracted the attention of
either the North and/or the South
 Discuss at least four abolition movements leading up to an insurmountable
tension which will lead the South eventually breaking away from the Union, thus
bringing upon the Civil War