Vocab
The right to vote
What is suffrage?
This women was a freed slave, and later became a conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
Law stated that it is illegal to help escaped slaves. All found slaves will be returned to owner, punished, etc.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
Man who won the election of 1860.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The group that attacked Fort Sumter.
Who are the Confederates?
People who help to end slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
The Author of Uncle Toms Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The reason it is dangerous to escape by the Underground Railroad due to the fact that people,slave owners know about it.
What are punishments?
Served as laundresses and nurses during the Civil War. Some even cut their hair to participate in the shooting.
Who are the women of the Civil War?
This battle started by accident, when troops bumped into each other.
What is The Battle Of Gettysburg?
The Underground Railroad
What is a secret Underground escape way for slaves?
This women's name was originally Isabella.
Who was Sojourner Truth?
Woman/ previous slave who was hit in the head with a two pound weight suffering from seizures and constant headaches the rest of her life.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
An act to ban alcohol.
What was the Temperance Movement?
Abraham Lincoln signed this document to make slaves free.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
To cancel/void
What does it mean to nulify?
He was a local apprentice and he wrote The Liberator.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
The reason white/free people couldn't help escaped slaves.
What is against the law?
The most famous Civil War nurse.
Who was Clara Barton?
He was hung for treason in 1859. Many saw him as a hero, and others didn't.
Who was John Brown?
Uncle Toms Cabin
What is the powerful anti-slavery novel?
This man moved to Arkansas and became the leader of the anti-slavery forces. Violence was his answer.
Who was John Brown?
The privilege we have now that blacks/slaves didn't have
What is education?
The soldiers most luxurious food.
What is fresh baked bread?
This was known as the final spark that tore the country apart.
What was the election of 1860?