What I learned from our EOTO (EXTRA)

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 What I learned from our EOTO. We went over the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. I learned that this book had a huge impact on our history till this day and that one of the main impacts was that it showed how it is so important to fight for justice against the slavery that happened. 

We also learned about John Brown’s raid. The raid consisted of a small group that attempted a raid against a federal armory in what is now known as West Virginia. Their goal was to start an army of enslaved people to end the institution of slavery. 



One topic that I was sort of familiar with that I enjoyed learning about was the Underground railroad. We learned about how from 1810 through about 1850 the underground railroad helped around one hundred thousand slave guild their way to freedom. 




Bleeding Kansas is what they called it. We learned that bleeding Kansas was caused by the Kansas and Nebraska act, and was one of the key factors that started the acts in the civil war. They repealed the Missouri compromise and ended up creating two new territories. This made a place for popular sovereignty. This ended up sparking a violent relationship between the anti-slavery and pro-slavery activists that barged into their territories causing what they call bleeding Kansas. 




Last but not least is the Dred Scott case. We learned about how this case was significant because of the appeal that people of African American descent are not considered citizens of the United States. This means African Americans have no rights and that they wouldn’t be able to sue in a federal court. 

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