Free and Unfree America Over Time
Describe the change over time in the ratio of Free versus Slave states in the United States between 1789 and 1861.
Explain why the ratio of Free to Slave states changed between 1789 and 1861.
Describe one consequence of the change in the ratio of Free to Slave states changed between 1789 and 1861.
Did any states or territories flip from Free to Slave?
Imagine that the U.S. Constitution outlawed slavery - not in 1865 with the 13th Amendment - but from the very beginning of our nation. How would that have changed American history?
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