12-14. Effects of King Cotton
Workers suffered from health problems, such as chronic cough and unsafe conditions in these New England establishments.
What are textile mills?
Meaning a complete end to slavery.
What is abolition?
By leading an armed resistance in Harpers Ferry Virginia in 1859, HE hoped to steal weapons and bring them to local slaves.
Who is John Brown?
This freed slaves in Confederate states with little immediate effect.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln hated being called this nickname.
What is "Abe?"
Majority of enslaved people were uneducated because states prohibited this.
What is teaching slaves?
The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments was modeled on this document.
What is the Declaration of Independence (United States, 1776)?
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney argued in 1857 that Dred Scott did not have the right to file suit since African Americans, slave or free, were not THIS.
What are citizens of the United States?
The northern defeat in this battle, the first major battle of the Civil War, crushed the Union’s hope of winning the war quickly.
What is Bull Run/Manassas?
Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president measuring to this height.
What is 6 feet 4 inches?
Slave-owners used THIS to justify the institution of slavery, arguing that some people were created to rule over others.
What is religion?
The women’s movement for equal rights was an offshoot of this movement.
What is the abolitionist movement?
Fear that the southern economy and "way of life" would be destroyed was the reason why the southern states decided to do THIS.
What is secede?
The Union victory in this battle was a turning point in the war that marked General Lee’s final attack in the North.
What is Gettysburg?
Robert E. Lee’s Virginia estate was confiscated by the Union and turned into THIS famous military cemetery during the war.
What is Arlington?
To spread the abolitionist message throughout the United States he published an antislavery newspaper called the Liberator.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
This document written at the Seneca Falls Convention, detailed beliefs about social injustice toward women.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
In Dred Scott, the Court declared that slavery restrictions in THIS compromise was unconstitutional.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
In the beginning of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, he refers to the year 1776, connecting his speech with this document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
More than 5,000 soldiers died at this battle, making September 17, 1862, the single bloodiest day in U.S. military history.
What is Antietam?
Escaped slave whose autobiographies intended to expose the injustices of slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Members of this movement believed that all children should learn in the same place regardless of their backgrounds.
What is the common-school movement?
In his “House Divided” speech, Abraham Lincoln declared that the United States would one day resolve its divisions over this.
What is "slavery"?
Speech given by Abraham Lincoln that renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Mr. Stempien's father, Henry Thomas Stempien, veteran of the Korean War, was born on this holiday.
What is July 4th?