Abolition & Resistance
This formerly enslaved writer and abolitionist used powerful speeches and publications to fight slavery and promote African American rights.
Fredrick Douglass
This idea said that residents of a territory should vote to decide whether slavery would be allowed.
Popular Sovereignty
Name both primary generals for both Union and Confederate armies
Ulysses S. Grant (Union), Robert E. Lee (Confederate)
Start and End years of the Civil War
1861 - 1865
This famous singer was known as the “King of Pop.”
Michael Jackson
This formerly enslaved woman became one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
This term describes the violent conflict between pro-slavery and antislavery settlers in Kansas.
Bleeding Kansas
This 1860 event resulted in Abraham Lincoln becoming president and contributed to Southern fears about the future of slavery.
Election of 1860
This 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri Compromise
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
Jupiter
This secret network of people, routes, and safe houses helped enslaved people escape to free states and Canada.
Underground Railroad
This political party formed in the 1850s largely from groups opposed to the expansion of slavery into western territories.
The Republican Party
This African American Union regiment became famous for its bravery at the Battle of Fort Wagner.
54th Massachusetts Infantry?
This 1850 law required citizens to assist in capturing escaped enslaved people and denied alleged fugitives important legal protections.
The Fugitive Slave Act
This ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceans.
Pacific Ocean
This 1831 Virginia uprising led Southern states to create stricter laws limiting enslaved people's rights and education.
Nat Turners Rebellion
This 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe exposed the cruelty of slavery and influenced Northern public opinion.
Uncle Toms Cabin
This 1862 northern battle became one of the bloodiest single days in American history and gave President Lincoln the opportunity this document which aided in eventually freeing the slaves. Name the battle and document.
Battle of Antietam & Emancipation Proclamation
This 1854 law effectively repealed the earlier agreement that had prohibited slavery north of 36°30′ in much of the Louisiana Territory.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This artist holds the record for the most GRAMMY Awards won by any artist, with 35 wins as of the 2025 GRAMMY Awards.
Beyonce
This 1859 raid on a federal arsenal was intended to help spark an uprising of enslaved people.
Harpers Ferry (John Brown Rebellion)
This 1857 Supreme Court decision ruled that African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories.
Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This Union general's campaigns helped bring the Civil War toward an end, including his famous scorch earth March to the Sea.
William T. Sherman
This agreement admitted California as a free state and strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act.
The Compromise of 1850
This NFL team has won the most Super Bowl championships in league history, with six titles.
Patriots & Steelers