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Slavery expands, the divide deepens — Homework
Answer in complete sentences. This week's content involves the honest realities of slavery -- answer specifically and respectfully, using facts from the lesson.
- 1.In what year was the Missouri Compromise, and what line of latitude did it use to divide free from slave territory?
- 2.About how many people were enslaved in the United States by 1860?
- 3.How did the cotton gin affect the demand for enslaved labor in the South?
- 4.Describe Nat Turner's Rebellion and its aftermath.
- 5.Write a paragraph explaining why the Mexican Cession reopened a debate that the Missouri Compromise had seemed to settle in 1820.
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