monday. august 30, 2010
major events, compromises, incidents leading up to the civil war
underground railroad-secret system to help free slaves. dred scott was an african in a free state. he thought he was free. guess not. it said that slavery could not by abolished anywhere.
uncle tom's cabin. it was a book about a black man who lived with a family and they taught him to read. people didnt like that
missouri compromises
basically they wanted to make a slave/free line and north was free, south was slave.
compromise of 1850. california was a free state, utah and new mexico used popular sovereignty(let people decide).
it was against the law to let a slave run free.
advantages and disadvantages of north and south.
north-bigger population, abraham lincoln, better railroads for transportation, production was good, naval advantage.
south-knew the terrain, good leaders, large coatline, had military colleges.
north fought for the union. south fought for their waqy of life, slavery.
positive and negatives effects reconstruction had on the US.
reconstruction- the time from1865 to 1877 after the civil war where they tried to rebuild the south.
positive-freedmean's bureau (gave african americans food, clothes, education), 3 ammendments, (13th abolish slavery, 14th gov't has to treat everyone fairly including in laws, 15th cant deny persons race to vote)
negative-KKK came about, white racists males still had some power and control
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