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This invention separated the sticky seeds from the cotton.
What is the Cotton Gin?
2
Harriet Tubman helped how many slaves escape?
7 - 17 - 70 - 170
70
2
What is this state? Florida, Louisiana, or Georgia 
Louisiana
2
Harper's Ferry, the site of John Brown's invasion, is in which modern-day state?
Maryland - Virginia - West Virginia - Delaware
West Virginia
2
What is the name given to the time period before the Civil War?
Antebellum
(Antebellum South or Antebellum America)
3
By some estimates, the United States supplied ____% of the world's cotton before the Civil War.
25 - 50 - 75 - 100
75%
3
Frederick Douglass was a great orator, giving speeches to anti-slavery groups in the north. What does orator mean?
speaker
3
This law required all people to report escaped slaves.
Fugitive Slave Act
3
Why was Harper's Ferry chosen as the site for John Brown's invasion?
Harper's Ferry had a stockpile of weapons stored there for the the U.S. Army.
4
Why were large numbers of slaves still needed after the invention of the cotton gin?
The cotton gin only separated the seed from the cotton. Workers were needed to plant, grow, pick, and move the cotton. OR The cotton gin made cotton production faster and more profitable, so more cotton was grown, thus more workers needed.
4
Were abolitionists pro-slavery or anti-slavery?
Anti-slavery
4
T or F: Frederick Douglass was against violence towards slave hunters.
F: Frederick Douglass thought violence should be used against violent slave hunters.
4
What was John Brown's ultimate plan to end slavery?
To give weapons to escaped slaves so they could go south and free other slaves.
4
Which country is the leading exporter of clothing?
China
5
After 1807 when new slaves were not allowed to be brought into the United States, what did slave masters count on to keep their slave population high?
All children born to a slave mother would automatically become a slave.
5
Why did Frederick Douglass think slave children were taken away from their mothers at a young age?
To prevent the children from becoming too emotionally attached to the mother.
5
Which country did many slaves try to escape to in order to be safe from slave hunters?
Canada
5
How did John Brown die?
He was found guilty in court and executed (by hanging).
6
Eli __________ was the inventor of the cotton gin.
Whitney
6
List two ways, other than spitting in the biscuits and peeing in the coffee, that slaves resisted the slave master.
Faking illness, committing arson, breaking tools, working slowly, or escaping.
6
Why were black people afraid to talk to police officers, even in the free states?
Police officers were required to act as slave catchers because of the Fugitive Slave Act.
6
Many people believe John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry led to which major national event two years later?
The Civil War
6
There were ___ years between the Declaration of Independence and the Women's Rights Convention, and ___ years between the Women's Rights Convention and the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote. (same number)
72
7
Former slave Olaudah Equiano was transported to this island before being sent to the United States.
Barbados - Jamaica - Cuba - Aruba
Barbados
7
Before the Missouri Compromise, there were ____ free states and ____ slave states. (same number)
11
7
T or F: Free black slaves in the north were afraid of being mistaken for escaped slaves and taken to the south.
True
7
T or F: Men were not invited to the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention.
False: Men were invited to attend on the second day of the convention. Only women were invited on the first day.
8
Former slave Olaudah Equiano describes being held down and flogged by the white men. What does flogged mean?
beaten
8
The Missouri Compromise made Missouri a slave state and __________ a free state.
Maine
8
What was the nickname given to Kansas due to the fighting and killing between pro-slavery and abolitionist people?
Bleeding Kansas
8
The Declaration of Sentiments was based on which 1776 document?
Declaration of Independence
8
What was the name of the secret system that helped slaves hide in homes as they escaped to the north. It was run by "conductors" who were against slavery.
The Underground Railroad
9
Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass both escaped from this state.
Maryland
9
Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia were free states or slave states?
slave states
9
T or F: John Brown was against violence in achieving his goal of ending slavery.
F: John Brown did use violence.
9
What is Mr. Bennett's favorite grievance in the Declaration of Sentiments?
1 - 3 - 5 - 7
3: He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men - both natives and foreigners.
10
Harriet Tubman is set to replace this President on the $20 bill.
Andrew Jackson
10
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana were free states or slave states?
free states
10
John Brown was born in ________ , lived briefly in Ohio and later moved to Kansas with his family.
Connecticut
10
Seneca Falls is the inspiration for Bedford Falls in which classic Christmas movie?
It's a Wonderful Life