Abolition
This man was a freed slave who was outspoken on the abolition of slavery.
Fredrick Douglass
This invention from Eli Whitney helped improve the dying slave economy. I made cotton production easier.
The Cotton Gin
This Virginian was chosen by the Continental Congress to lead the American troops.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson's penmanship wrote this list of grievances against the British.
The Declaration of Independence
This branch of government is responsible for making laws and controls the government's budget.
The Legislature
This woman was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
This law made it where runaway slaves weren't safe anywhere in America. If caught they were brought back to there masters.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
These towns were where Paul Revere went to warn that the soldiers were coming. It was a shot heard round the world.
Lexington and Concord
This document explains the role and powers of the government. It's still subject to change.
The U.S. Constitution
This presidential power allows the president stop legislation from becoming a law.
Veto
This abolitionist had a successful newspaper that inspired an entire generation to end slavery
William Garrison
This philosophy said that states should vote whether to allow slavery or not.
Popular Sovereignty
The camp where Washington and his men camped out a grueling winter.
Valley Forge
Lincoln's legislation that state that the slaves were no longer slaves.
The Emancipation Proclamation
The original plan for the United States. It was later replaced by the Constitution.
The Articles of Confederation
This political party was formed solely to stop the spread of slavery. They end up joining the Republican Party.
The Free Soiler Party
This deal allowed for Missouri to become a state as long as Maine became one too.
The Missouri Compromise
This Battle was the end of the war. The French fleet and George Washington pinned General Cornwallis down until he surrendered.
The Battle of Yorktown
These were the nicknames the colonists gave to the unfair taxes that the British levied against.
The Intolerable Acts
Which section of the Constitution starts like this: "We the People, in order to form a more perfect Union...."
The Preamble
This author wrote Uncle Tom's cabin. Her book helped further divide the nation.
Harriet Stowe
This event was the Bloody conflict where corn huskers literally fought over slavery.
Bleeding Kansas
This New York battle helped convince the French to support the Colonists during the war.
The Battle of Saratoga
This agreement from the Monroe administration officially bought Florida from Spain.
The Adams-Onis Treaty
This agreement brought the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan together to create a bicameral Congress we have today.
The Great Compromise