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What is the Santa Fe Trail?

Trail that ran from Missouri to the southwest part of the U.S.

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What is the Underground Railroad?

Secret routes that helped runaway slaves escape to freedom in the north.

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What are Abolitionist?

People who worked to outlaw slavery.

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Who is Dred Scott?

An enslaved man, who fought for his rights to become a free slave

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What is a frontier?

The edge of a settled area

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What is a pioneer?

A person who is amoung the first to seek out new land

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What is a farm that often grows one cash crop?

Plantation

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What is a plan of government?

Constitution

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Why was Missouri important to pioneers heading west?

Missouri had many trading post, so they could collect items before leaving. Centrally located. Great place for

families to meet. Near a water resource.

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What was the decision that made Missouri a slave state?

Missouri Compromise

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Why was the Missouri Compromise important?

Missouri become a slave state, Maine became a free state. No other states north of the imaginary line could

be slave states.

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What is a compromise?

A deal where someone gives up something they want.

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What is the War of 1812?

Native Americans and the British fought against the Missouri Pioneers for land.

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Who are Mountain Men?

Outdoors men who lived in the Rocky Mountains to hunt for animals and fur.

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What is the Gold Rush?

When more than 10,000 wagons traveled to Calfiornia

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Why were the two main regions in the U.S. in the 1850’s?

The North and the South

Final Jeopardy

• What might life be like today if some people were still considered “property”?