The Underground Railroad
This compromise determined that new states above Missouri would be free states, and states below Missouri would be slave states
The Missouri Compromise
He was born in Kentucky and would eventually become the 16th President of the United state
Abraham Lincoln
This is considered the first battle of the Civil War
The Battle of Fort Sumter
Abolition
The town John Brown attacked in order to start a nationwide slave uprising
Harpers Ferry
This law was updated in 1850 and mandated that Northern States return escaping slaves to the South.
The Fugitive Slave Act
She helped over 100 enslaved people escape on the Underground Railroad. Her nickname was "Moses"
Widespread conflict in Kansas over the issue of slavery
Bleeding Kansas
This movement was about restraint from drinking alcohol
The Temperance Movement
When it was no longer safe to escape to the North, where did enslaved people flee to?
Canada
This constitutional law made it so that enslaved people were counted in state populations, but were worth less than white people
the 3/5ths compromise
He wrote about his experience as an enslaved person, and specifically talked about "the myth of the happy slave"
Frederick Douglass
1860
The expression of loyalty or support for a particular region of one’s country, rather than to the country as a whole.
Sectionalism
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote THIS fiction book about slavery in the South
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The name of the new country rebelling Southern States formed
The Confederacy
After receiving a vision from God, He started a slave rebellion that resulted in over 50 people being killed
Nat Turner
A series of political debates that took place in Illinois, but gained national attention
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
A name for the practice of slavery in the Southern United States
The Peculiar Institution
The songs of enslaved people were an expression of frustration and sadness. What was this genre of music called?
spirituals
This supreme court decision determined that enslaved people were not automatically free once entering free soil.
The Dred Scott Decision / Dred Scott V. Sanford
The political opponent of Abraham Lincoln. He participated in debates all across Illinois
Stephen Douglas
As tensions about slavery rose across America, this man was beat with a cane on the senate floor
Charles Sumner
Someone who dies for something they believe in
Martyr