Antebellum Literature
This genre of literature was notable for its dark, gloomy themes, an example being the works of Edgar Allan Poe
What is Gothic?
These were the youthful activists supporting the Republican Party leading up to the 1860s, known for their night marches and abolitionist spirit
Who were the Wide Awakes?
Born into slavery, he escaped in 1838 and became nationally renowned as an abolitionist, orator, and author.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This was Frederick Douglass' birth state.
What is Maryland?
This network spanned from the South to the North, and served as an avenue for enslaved people to reach freedom
What is the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel that became an immediate bestseller, igniting debate and conversation around slavery and abolition.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This legistlation effectively undid the Missouri Compromise, allowing for territories to decide via popular sovereignty if they would allow slavery within their borders.
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
What is the North Star?
This "independent country", annexed as a state, was central to the Mexican-American War
What is Texas?
William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper, subscribed to by Frederick Douglass among others
What is The Liberator?
This senator was nearly beaten to death following a fiery speech against the expansion of slavery in Kansas
Who is Charles Sumner?
This radical abolitionist was known for his raid on Harper's Ferry, among other feats, in an effort to fight for national abolition.
Who was John Brown?
After meeting with John Brown, Douglass opted not to join him on this famous abolitionist expedition, deeming it suicidal.
What is the Raid on Harper's Ferry?
This was the first state to secede from the Union
What is South Carolina?
This work contains the following quote: "It grew louder --louder --louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not?"
What is "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe?
This 1857 court decision, often considered on of the worst Supreme Court rulings in history, held that the US Constitution did not grant citizenship to people of Black descent, effectively nationalizing slavery by allowing slaveholders to bring enslaved people into free states and territories.
What is the Dred Scott decision (Dred Scott v. Sandford)
While not as famous as Harriet Beecher Stowe, this female abolitionist wrote works such as "Slavery's Pleasant Home" which addressed issues such as abuse and sexual exploitation on plantations.
Who was Lydia Maria Child?
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This was the line dictating free vs. slave states outlined in the Missouri Compromise of 1820
What is the 36 30 Parallel?
This author, known for works such as "The Devil and Tom Walker" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", often used dark, colonial settings in his works of spooky fiction.
Who is Washington Irving?
This treaty granted the United States nearly all of Mexico's northern possessions, from Texas to California, ending the Mexican American War
What is the Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo?
This man, while being transported by a Spanish slaveship, led a rebellion leading to the case United States v. Amistad, where the actions of the rebels were found to be legal and they were granted their freedom/
Who was Cinque/ Sengbe Pieh?
Douglass delivered this landmark speech at Corinthian Hall in 1854, criticizing the hypocrisy of supposed American values and rights that did not extend to enslaved Black Americans.
What is "What to the Slave Is The Fourth of July?"
The expanse of land west of the Mississippi River; including territories like Nebraska, Kansas, the Dakotas, and Missouri, were part of what landmark agreement with Napoleonic France?
The Louisiana Purchase