Vocabulary
a secret, organized network of safe houses to escape bondage in the South and reach free northern states and Canada.
What is the Underground Railroad?
the inner judgement that helps a person recognize right and wrong
What is conscience?
Strong abolitionist takes over an arsenal to capture weapons. Succeeds for a short time, but is captured and tried for treason. (include year)
What is John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859?
On a map, identify the states and their capitals
What is Albany, New York; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Trenton, New Jersey; Dover, Delaware; Annapolis, Maryland? (must be able to point to the correct spot on a map)
This person swayed the American conscience with a novel. Someone famous said to this person, "So you're the [person] who wrote the book that started this Great War."
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
A U.S. State where it was legal for people to own enslaved human beings as property before the Civil War.
What is "slave state"?
A person who is running away or hiding to escape the police, the law, or a dangerous place
What is a fugitive?
U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared African Americans could not be citizens and that Congress had no power to ban slavery in federal territories. (include year)
What is the Dred Scott decision in 1857?
Name the Mid-Atlantic Features
What is Fingerlakes, Adirondack Mountains, Hudson River, Potomac River, Niagara Falls, Erie Canal, Chesapeake Bay (must be able to identify them on a map in the correct spot).
This person believed in the American experiment of self-government. Using careful diplomacy and political maneuvering, this person was able to keep the union together.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Caring more about your own specific region or state than about the whole country
What is Sectionalism?
A U.S. State wher slavery was against the law before the American Civil War
What is a free state?
This event caused South Carolina to secede from the Union immediately due to fears that slaves would be set free. (include year)
What is Lincoln's election in 1860?
When did courage involve resisting unjust laws in this unit?
Many slaves traveled the Underground Railroad to freedom with help from ordinary citizens, conductors, and abolitionists.
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry attempted to put weapons in the hands of enslaved persons so they could fight for their freedom.
Dred Scott sued for his freedom, which lasted over a decade.
This person courageously sued for freedom for over ten years. Fiercely protective of family, this person was resilient and eventually won.
Who was Dred Scott?
A person who guided freedom seekers along the Underground Railroad
Who is a conductor?
Allowing territorial settlers to vote on whether slavery would be permitted
What is popular sovereignty?
This event opened land for settlement, secured a route for the transcontinental railroad, led to the removal of many tribes, and allowed white residents to vote on slavery.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854? (sometimes called "Bleeding Kansas")
What books, art, or photographs influenced public conscience?
Uncle Tom's Cabin helped readers understand how terrible slavery was.
Handmade quilts carried map codes to help fugitive slaves reach safe places along the Underground Railroad.
Photographs of enslaved people's scars from mistreatment showed how violent slave masters could be.
The Anti-Slavery Alphabet influenced children to be abolitionists and raised money for the movement.
A former enslaved person who courageously risked their life to lead over 700 slaves to freedom.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
When two people give up a litle bit of what they want so both people can agree on a fair solution
What is a compromise?
Laws passed in 1793 & 1850 that required escaped enslaved people to be caught and returned to their “owners”
What are the fugitive slave acts?
This event caused California to be admitted as a free state, but allowed the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Events that contributed to the sectional crisis
What are the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the election of Abraham Lincoln?
If you don't do this on your test, you'll have points taken off.
What is "write in cursive and in complete sentences"?