THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Landers is the best teacher
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no new territories
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force is the only way to end slavery
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they are better than everyone else
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Detailed explanation-1: -The abolitionists saw slavery as an abomination and an affliction on the United States, making it their goal to eradicate slave ownership. They sent petitions to Congress, ran for political office and inundated people of the South with anti-slavery literature.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery in the country. Large numbers of abolitionists then joined the fight to win social and political equality for blacks.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Abolitionist movement in the United States was an attempt to eliminate slavery in a country that valued individual liberty and believed that “all men are created equal.” Slave owners dug in as abolitionists became louder in their demands, aggravating regional tensions that eventually led to the American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-4: -They will be introduced to the following key figures: Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln.