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Define Suffrage:
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The right to vote.
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Define Suffragette:
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Women who wanted the right to vote.
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Why is Seneca Falls remembered?
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It was the first major meeting in teh U.S. dealing with the rights of women.
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Who was the organizer of Seneca Falls?
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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What did Anti-Federalists believe?
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That the U.S. Constitution should be interpreted strictly and that if something ISN'T mentioned then the federal government SHOULD'NT do it.
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Who were more likely to be "strict constructionists"?
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Citizens in the south (Anti-Federalists).
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What did Federalists believe?
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That the U.S. Constitution should be interpreted loosely and that if something isn't mentioned then the federal government SHOULD do it.
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Who were more likely to be "loose" constructionists?
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Citizens in the north (Federalists).
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How was the North identified?
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Union or Yankee
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How was the South identified?
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Confederate or Rebel
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What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Free slaves in the Confederacy.
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Who is given credit for the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Abraham Lincoln.
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Who was a herione of the Civil War who escaped slavery and went on to help others find their way to freedom through the "Underground Railroad"?
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Harriet Tubman
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What political party was Abraham Lincoln a part of?
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Republican Party
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The MAIN reason the Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott was not free was because they also said that African Americans weren't ____________________________.
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...citizens of the United States.
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