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Which was NOT an advantage of the South?

The __________ offered 160 acres of free public land to settlers in the West.

In opposition to slavery, this ideology believed that an individual should choose their work. True practice of this ideology offered individuals, through hard work, the opportunity to improve their social and economic standing, perhaps by becoming landowning farmers or independent craftsmen.  What was it?

The Union draft law _________________.

A day after a battle, many Americans were able to read about it and the casualties involved in their daily newspaper. 

Both these men ran for a U.S. Senate seat in Illinois in 1858.   These men were launched into the national spotlight as the debates grew intensively around the issue of slavery.  While the incumbent won the Senate election, the challenger gained national attention and would go on to win the presidential election of 1860.  Who were they?

Which statement is TRUE about the effects and aftermath of the 1857 Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

This military campaign started in Atlanta, Georgia, and would advance to Savannah, Georgia.  The goal was to deprive the Confederate army of war materials and railroad communication.  The general in charge of the campaign wanted to drive the Southern people to their knees.  He would burn towns, farms, plantations, and anything else in his way.  He would be the first modern general to practice psychology warfare.  What was the campaign?

What are the arrows pointing to below?

In pulsus paradoxus, the pressure is MORE ______during inspiration.