 | What is the Underground Railroad? North America enslaved people sought freedom and risked their lives to achieve it. There was never a clear path to freedom for anyone fleeing slavery but beginning in the 1830s as the abolitionist movement grew in some places the Underground Railroad evolved into 43.08 Kb.  1 | read |
 | Chapter Themes Theme: The explosion of cotton production fastened the slave system deeply upon the South, creating a complex, hierarchical racial and social order that deeply affected whites as well as blacks 33.65 Kb. 1 | read |
| The causes of the american civil war Western world continue to allow some Americans to own others? The disparity between the country's ideals and its realities was clearly evident by this fact, and this idea continues to fuel much of the debate on the Civil War today 45.64 Kb. 1 | read |
| The End of the Road: Canada as Refuge for U. S. Slaves Defenders of this institution manipulated scientific arguments and Biblical scripture to show that slavery was an acceptable practice. Other proponents suggested that the slaves were content in bondage 54.23 Kb. 1 | read |
| Portrait of the usa Typically, for example, the children of immigrants learned English but not their parents' first language. Recently, however, Americans have placed greater value on diversity, ethnic groups have renewed and celebrated their heritage 355.93 Kb. 10 | read |
| The following information was provided by ap coordinator, Carl Shulkin The top ten facts you absolutely positively have to know about the chesapeake colonies, 1607 – 1754 142.28 Kb. 1 | read |
| Chapter four: civil liberties and civil rights Table 3: Supreme Court’s Standards for Classifications Under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment 348.96 Kb. 4 | read |
| Slavery, Source Material and Critical Literature Fiche Listing Hunt, James The negro's place in nature: a proper read before the London anthropological society 4.32 Mb. 36 | read |
 | Mr. Judd Civil War Review Name overview Civil War: The South Secedes and War Begins examines the causes of the war and covers the first battles fought. Long before the first Southern state seceded, the United States had evolved into two separate cultures inching further and further 52.5 Kb. 1 | read |
| Was the Civil War Inevitable? Civil War. Do you think that a different outcome of any one of, or several of these events, could have changed the course that led to civil war or do you think that regardless the Civil War was inevitable? 70.29 Kb. 1 | read |
| Assignment Sheet and Rubric for “Civil War” Essay in U. S. History Two Questions What were the five main causes of the U. S. Civil War, and why these main causes? And one-page typed response to the second question, “Was the Civil War inevitable, and if so or if not, then why?” 73.02 Kb. 1 | read |
| Dorethia Dix was known for helping the mentally ill and prison reform Its main purpose was opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories, arguing that free men on free soil comprised a morally and economically superior system to slavery 16.01 Kb. 1 | read |
| Unit 2 Test Bank – The Constitutional Convention Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 adopted the Great Compromise to settle differences over 90.06 Kb. 1 | read |
| William Tecumsuh Sherman.
Edited by Rachel Sherman Thorndike. The Sherman Letters 97.45 Kb. 1 | read |
| Answer the following prompts from Zinn and Johnson using multiple complete sentences that demonstrate depth and understanding of the reading assigned and be sure to support each answer with evidence and analysis. Howard Zinn: Chapter 9 Examine the instances of slave rebellions. Were there many rebellions? Who was involved? How were rebellions or the prospect of rebellions dealt with? 6.67 Kb. 1 | read |