Vocabulary
Important People
Important People 2
Laws & Compromises
Other Information
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abolitionist
What is a person who wants to abolish slavery?
100
Harriet Tubman
Who is the famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
100
Harriet Beecher Stowe
I am the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
100
Fugitive Slave Law
What is the law that requires captured slaves to be returned to the South?
100
-trained military -larger population -transportation & factories
Name 3 strengths of the Union.
200
secede
What does it mean "to leave?"
200
Abraham Lincoln
Who was elected President of the North in 1960?
200
William Lloyd Garrison
I am an abolitionist and I wrote the newspaper, The Liberator.
200
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is the act that allowed 2 territories to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery?
200
-skilled hunters and horseback riders -home field advantage -large plantations, slaves, & agriculture
Name 3 strengths of the South.
300
state's rights
What is "The belief that states should make their own decisions about most issues?"
300
Jefferson Davis
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
300
Grimke Sisters
We are daughters of a wealthy slave owner and abolitionists who were the first women to speak against slavery.
300
Dred Scott Decision
This event stated "slaves were property."
300
The Missouri Compromise
This created an imaginary line in which slaves states were below the line (South) and free states were above the line (North).
400
Underground Railroad
What is "a system of secret routes that escaping captives followed to freedom?"
400
Henry Clay
I was the author of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
400
Sojourner Truth
I am a former slave woman who spoke out against slavery. "I am woman..."
400
Seneca Falls Convention
Lucretia Mott held a meeting in 1848 called ________________________, in which women met to discuss women's rights.
400
General Lee
Who was the leader of the Confederate Army?
500
The Confederate States of America
What is "The country formed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and South Carolina?"
500
John Brown
I was the leader of the group that raided Harper's Ferry, VA in 1859.
500
Nat Turner
I am a former slave who led a revolt of slaves in Southampton, VA in 1831. We moved from farm to farm killing slaves and white plantation owners.
500
Compromise of 1850
California was admitted as a free state. In return, the North had to obey the Fugitive Slave Law.
500
General Grant
Who was the leader of the Union Army?
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