Which part of the country believed that their economy was based on their manufactoring?
North
100
This Compromise took place in 1820. It made the imaginary line between the North and the South. Anything above the line was not a slave state, anything below the line was a slave state.
Missouri Compromise
100
The famous speech President Lincoln gave that only lasted about 2 minutes.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
100
A tax on imported goods
Tariff
200
This person was an abolitionist but was never a slave. He attacked Harper's Ferry.
John Brown
200
Which part of the country believed that their economy was based on their agriculture?
South
200
This Compromise allowed popular sovereignty to new terrioties.
Compromise of 1850
200
The first state to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
200
A person who wants to put an end to slavery
Abolitionist
300
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
300
The South believed that ending slavery would....
Hurt their agriculture because they would not have people to tend to the crops.
300
Congress allowed popular sovereignty to Kansas and Nebraska even though they were north of the imaginary line.
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
300
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
300
This was a series of escape routes and hiding places to bring slaves out of slavery.
Underground Railroad
400
This person was a conductor on the Underground Railroad after escaping from slavery. Worked as a nurse, spy and scout for the Union army during the war.
Harriet Tubman
400
What kind of government did the North want?
Strong federal government
400
This vocabulary phrase (2 words) gave people and states the right to make political decisions for themselves.
Popular soverignty
400
This election triggered the first secession of the Confederacy.
What is the Presidential Election of 1860
or
The election of President Lincoln?
400
People who guided escaped slaves to the next station or to freedom
Conductors
500
This person was the President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
500
What book described the living conditions of slavery and upset people to lead to the Civil War?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
500
This law stated that any slave that escaped to the North hasd to be returned to slavery. Many people in the North chose not to obey this law.
Fugitive Slave Law
500
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was carried out by this individual.