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- What item was left out of the repeal?
- deposited seeds in rows rather than scattering them over land wastefully; what was this and who invented it?
- who let the way to the agricultural revolution
- crops are rotated so the soil remains effective- no empty land
- *What was the putting out system/cottage industry?
- who urged farmers to grow turnips, which restored exhausted soil and earned the nickname "turnip townshend"
- What were the 3 reasons industrial revolution began in Britain?
- dred scott was not a citizen and could not sue(3/5 compromise), living in free territory does not make you free, and no state can deny access to personal property, south loved and could move to free territory with their slaves, north hated because it gave the south the ok to exist
- public voting led to violence between people who love slaves and abolitionists, killings and tension, SC congressman beat MA congressman over slavery for kansas, kansas and nebraska dont become states until after civil war
- supreme court case, dred scott was a slave taken from slave to free territory and then moved back to slave territory, tries to sue because he was kept as a slave in free territory
- retain strong military leaders, cause that they are fighting for
- norhterners who moved to south after war, help rebuild south, but only to help themselves
- civil rights laws were created, new education opportunities for blacks and poor whites emerge
- lenient, 10% plan; government would pardon all confederates, except for high ranking officials and those accused of war crimes, who would swear allegiance to the union; after 10% took oath, confederate state could form a new state government and representation in congress
- Ku Klux Klan made to destroy republican party, throw out governments, and prevent african americans from gaining rights, killed and used violence
- eager to exercise their right to vote, white southerners refused their status and their right to vote
- pro-union southernors who joined republican party, small farmers who wanted to improve their economic condition and did not want former wealthy planters to regain power
- supposed to break confederacy, "if you're gonna break the spirit of the people, you have to break the people", union burned everything in pathway
- radical republicans, want a republic free from the burden of racism, wade-davis bill(50% of 1860 votes must take iron-clad oath of allegiance, extend the right to vote to black males) vetoed by lincoln
- democrat stephen douglas believed states should have right to choose through popular sovereignty