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- Because many people couldn't afford houses or anything else where did they sleep
- Where did the government deport Mexican Immigrants
- When they arrived in Oklahoma what did people call them
- ________________ provided meals for unemployed families, especially in cities.
- _____ and _____ disagreed over the slavery vote causing violence in Kansas in 1854.
- One reason the Southern states seceded from the Union was
- John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry caused further division between
- Lincoln's point of view disapproved of slavery, whereas Douglas's point of view was
- The _____ is the region of the United States where most large cities were located by the 1850's.
- People were outraged by the Supreme Court's decision in the Dredd Scott Decision because
- The _____ hoped to end slavery by fighting the Civil War.
- On February 4, 1861 delegates from all the states that had seceded from the Union (except Texas) met in Montgomery, Alabama, to create and staff a government called the Confederate States of America. Who did they elect President of the new country?
- The _____ _____ solved the problem of the Northerners not wanting slavery moving into free states.
- Who did Thomas Jefferson send to explore the Louisiana Territory from 1804-1806?
- The Tea Act of 1773 led the Sons of Liberty to dress up as Mohawk Indians and dump tea into this city's harbor and was known as the _______Tea Party.
- cotton was _____ the value of us exports after 1840
- The Articles of Confederation limited what the central government could do. What was one thing the central government could NOT do that was left up to the states?
- In June of 1776, 55 delegates of the American colonies met at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia to write a document that was to announce the colonies' separation from England and outline the reasons why they were pursuing independence. Name this document.
- True or False?Despite the problems of crime and disease in poor urban communities, there was little to no pollution in those communities during the late 1800s.
- True or False?One of the most significant aspects of Lincoln's election is that he held all of the Free states and none of the slave states.