Abolition
Abolition sought to rid the country of this.
What is slavery?
This section of the country used their farmland for cash crops, more so than food.
What is the South?
California wishing to be admitted to the U.S. as a free state led to this compromise.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This is who decides on an issue (in our case: slavery) when popular sovereignty is used.
Who are "the people"?
This abolitionist brought many enslaved people north to freedom through the underground railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This section of the country was more industrial and had many factories that employed large numbers of immigrants.
What is the North?
This compromise led to the agreement that slavery would only occur below the 36’ 30 latitude line.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This event erupted because of anger between pro-slavery forces and abolitionists and their disagreement over slavery in territories.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
This abolitionist was the person who published the newspaper, “The Liberator.”
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
The cultural and economic differences between the North and South caused this divide, known as:___________.
What is sectionalism?
The U.S. maintained its balance of free and slave states by admitting Missouri as a slave state and ________ as a free state under the Missouri Compromise.
What is Maine?
The way that Stephen Douglas felt slavery should be decided in territories that wished to become states.
What is popular sovereignty?
In addition to speaking out against slavery, this abolitionist was also a strong supporter of women’s rights and wrote “Ain’t I a Woman”.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
This invention of Eli Whitney’s caused a need for more slave labor to keep up with the increased demand for cotton.
What is the cotton gin?
This was a part of the Compromise of 1850 that northerners did not like, but southerners did. It related to southern “property.”
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
John Brown raided an arsenal with the intent to arm enslaved people to revolt against their enslavers. Where did this raid take place?
What is Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
This formerly enslaved abolitionist gave speeches around the world and wrote an autobiography about his experiences.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Name on reason the North ultimately won the Civil War based on what you know about the North and South.
More railroad track; more industry to produce weapons & ammo; higher population; formerly enslaved people also were willing to fight for them; larger food supply
Explain why the Compromise of 1850 was split into 5 parts.
People in Congress wouldn't agree on all the parts when it was all lumped together, so they separated them so people could just vote on the parts they felt comfortable with. This made it easier to get all the parts passed since people could abstain from voting on parts they didn't agree with.
The Supreme Court case that ruled that enslaved people were “property” and as a result, banning the slave trade would infringe upon property owners’ rights.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?