Definitions
Abolition
What is the removal of slavery?
The most radical white young abolitionist
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
Former senator of Mississippi, elected president by the Confederates
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Left the senate before Stephen Douglas could engineer passage of all the bills division.
Who was Daniel Webster?
The party that opposed the policies of President Andrew Jackson.
Who are the Whigs
The group who shared with revivalism the faith in the individual.
Who are the Unitarians?
A writer, philosopher, and former Unitarian minister
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Democratic candidate that won by the Whig vote in the South
Who is Franklin Pierce?
In his efforts to save the union Clay earned himself the name "the great commisoner".
Who was Henry Clay?
The president credited with abolishing slavery.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
A philosophical and literary movement of the 1800s that emphasized living a simple life and celebrated the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination
What is transcendentalism?
One of those eager readers, who escaped from bondage to become an eloquent and outspoken critic of slavery
Who is Frederick Douglas?
Republican Challenger Congressman, the 16th President of the United States
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Opposed the compromise. He dies two months after Clay proposed it.
Who was John C?
He asked the Supreme Court for his freedom.
Who was Dred Scott?
The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union
What is secession?
One of the most prominent rebellions was led by Virginia slave...
Who is Nat Turner?
The system for esparce routes used became known as...
What is Underground Railroad?
Was called Moses by those she helped escape on the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
In 1860 the presidential election approached, the republicans nominated this president.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue
What is popular sovereignty?
An ardent abolitionist, and she timed her marriage in 1840 so that she and her new husband could travel to London for the World´s Anti-Slavery Convention
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Woman brought the horrors of slavery into the homes of a great many Americans. Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Provided for popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah.
The Compromise of 1850?
This state led the way, seceding from the Union on December 20, 1860.
What is South Carolina?