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Where did most Southerners live by the mid-1850s?
2. Where did people in the North mainly work?
3. Why did Southerners want to preserve slavery?
4. In what region of the US were most of the nation’s cities located
by the 1850s?
5. What was the North’s point of view on slavery by the mid 1850s?
6. Why was slavery important for the Southern economy ($$)?
7. What were at least 3 ways slaves resisted?
8. What means did Harriet Tubman and others use to help slaves
reach freedom in the North?
9. What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?
10. What problem did the Missouri Compromise solve?
11. What happened in Kansas in 1854?
12. What is an abolitionist?
13. Who led the raid at Harper’s Ferry?
14. What happened at the raid at Harper’s Ferry?
15. What was the name of the popular book and the author who wrote
a book about the life of slaves fleeing (escaping) to the North?
16. Who was Frederick Douglas?
17. Why did Southern states secede (break away) from the Union?
Be ready to write a paragraph about the differences between the North and
South before the Civil War.
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