Some of the big things were the Underground Rail Road and the Main conducter of the underground rail road. The other conflict was the Dred Scott Desicion. Then the north made it illegal to be a slave state above the 33-33 latitude line. the really needed to keep the balance between the free states and slave states. This was the Missouri Comprimise as they were the only one above that line to be a slave state. Then they wanted California to be a slave state and have Utah and Nevada to popular soveirnty. There is also Uncle Tom's Cabin, wich is about a family of slaves that had the son adn Father sold and then the mother ran away. Then Uncle Tom helped them escape and was beaten. It spurred many people to become abolitionists. The comprimise of 1850 also brought along the Fugitive slave laws making it against the law for you to not report a runaway slave sighting. Lincolns election was another major cause of the Civil war as the South states thought he would abolish slavery and so they started seceding.
18. Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.
The north had Lincoln and they had all sorts of Industry. The south had good generals, the homefield advantage, and they had a great deal of agriculture and 7 of the 8 millitary colleges. They were extremely resourceful. I think the north really had the better reason to go to war to keep the union together. But according to the people the south did becasue they were fighting to preserve their way of life.
19. Define Reconstruction and give positive and negative effects Reconstruction had on the US
The reconstruction is the time when the us was rebuilding the damages to the south from the civil war. The freedmans bureau and that gave the freed african american get jobs, money an education and to become a part of the economy and buisnesses. There were major amendments added to the constitution and one was the 13 amendment (end of slavery) the 14th making it illegal for the government to take away the life or liberty of a citizen, and the 15th that you cannot deny the ability to vote due to race or previous position. during this time the KKK came about and the were major white supremesits.
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