Vocab Vault
Eli Whitney's 1793 invention made processing short-staple cotton much faster and more profitable.
What is the cotton gin
After escaping slavery herself, this "conductor" returned to the South repeatedly to guide others to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman
Slowing down work, breaking tools, and pretending to be sick are examples of this kind of resistance.
What is everyday resistance
Andrew Jackson signed this 1830 law, which led to the forced removal of Native nations from the Southeast.
What is the Indian Removal Act
Developments that build tension over many years, such as the expansion of slavery after the cotton gin, are called this.
What are Long Term Causes
This word describes loyalty to the interests of one's own region over the good of the whole nation.
What is sectionalism
Her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin turned many Northerners against slavery.
This secret network of routes and safe houses helped people escape slavery.
What is the Underground Railroad
This 1820 deal admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and banned slavery north of 36°30′.
What is the Missouri Compromise
A sudden event that sparks a crisis, such as the Dred Scott decision, is called this.
Under this idea, settlers in a territory vote to decide whether to allow slavery.
What is popular sovereignty
In 1831, this Boston abolitionist founded The Liberator and demanded immediate emancipation.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
Keeping African spirituals, stories, and religious traditions alive was this form of resistance.
What is cultural resistance?
In the mid-1850s, pro- and anti-slavery settlers fought violently in this territory, giving it a bloody nickname.
The 1857 Dred Scott decision declared this 1820 law unconstitutional.
In 1846, David Wilmot proposed banning slavery in any land gained from Mexico. This proposal bears his name.
What is the Wilmont Proviso
Born enslaved in New York, this abolitionist and women's rights speaker is associated with the "Ain't I a Woman?" speech.
Who is Sojourner Truth
This business sold enslaved people from the Upper South to the Deep South, tearing apart families.
What is the domestic slave trade
This 1850 package admitted California as a free state and included a stronger fugitive slave law.
What is the Compromise of 1850
In 1859, John Brown led a raid on this Virginia federal arsenal, hoping to spark a slave uprising and deepening Southern fears.
What is Harper's Ferry
In 1832, South Carolina claimed the power to declare a federal tariff void within its borders, and Andrew Jackson threatened force in response.
What is nullification (the Nullification Crisis)
This Chief Justice wrote the Dred Scott opinion, claiming Black Americans could not be U.S. citizens.
Who is Roger Taney
This 1850 law required citizens to help capture escapees and denied accused people a jury trial, making escape far more dangerous even in the North.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
This 1854 act repealed the Missouri Compromise line and applied popular sovereignty to two new territories.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Put these in order: Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott decision, Compromise of 1850, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
What is: Compromise of 1850 (1850), Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), Dred Scott (1857)?