Civil War 1
Which part of the country relied more on plantations and slave labor?
The South
Who escaped slavery, helped dozens of others escape slavery, lead a war raid, and will eventually be on the $20? (a legit bad***)
Harriet Tubman
What is the term for the oppressive & racist system of forced labor?
Slavery
Who was President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What were the beginning and end years of the Civil War?
1861-1865
What was Nat Turner Famous for?
What was the name of the secret network of safe houses and routes used to help enslaved people escape to the North?
Underground Railroad
What does it mean to secede from something?
Formally withdraw membership from something
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What was the name of the government formed by the South after they seceded?
The Confederacy
What act required Northern states to capture/return escaped slaves to the South?
Fugitive Slave Act
The Underground Railroad had to extend their routes to _______ because of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Canada
What CRM sought to end the practice of slavery?
Abolitionism
Who became President after Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
Battle of Gettysburg
What compromise affected how slave populations would be counted for state representation?
The Three-Fifths Compromise
What was the difference between radical and moderate abolitionists?
How quickly to end slavery
What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Prejudice refers to thoughts, discrimination refers to action
Who was president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What was the one condition Lincoln had in order for a state to rejoin the union?
Ban slavery
What compromise resulted in slavery being legal in the Southern half of the country, but banned in the North?
Missouri Compromise
What is a similarity between John Brown & Nat Turner?
Religious, violent rebellion, wrote in prison, both hanged...
What is the term for an organized group or movement meant to resist majority domination?
Civil Rights Movement
Who was an important Union general and later became the 18th president of the U.S.?
Ulysses S. Grant
What new laws (after the Civil War) prevent newly freed slaved from getting jobs, education, housing, etc...
Black Codes