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Causes of the Civil War
| Questions |
Answers |
| People who argued against slavery and wanted to abolish slavery in the United States were called |
abolitionists |
| A white northern man who became a famous abolitionist through his newspaper, The Liberator |
Frederick Douglas |
| This person was once a slave. She escaped slavery and became part of the Underground Railroad. She helped other enslaved people escape to freedom. |
Harriett Beecher Stowe |
| This person was an African American women and former slave who became famous for her speeches against slavery and for women's rights |
Sojourner Truth |
| This man gave the "House Divided Speech" and would become the 16th President of the United States. |
Stephen Douglas |
| The southern states felt that their _____________ were being taken away and the northern states were becoming too powerful. |
tariffs |
| The northern economy relied on __________ while the southern economy relied on ______________ |
factories/big cities/railroads |
