John Brown
In the "Tragic Prelude" painting, what two items is Brown holding in his hands?
In 1861, did Kansas become a free or a slave state?
free state
Under the Missouri Compromise __________ became a slave state and _________ became a free state.
Missouri, Maine
He believed that the only way to rid the country of slavery was through violence.
John Brown
Before the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which two groups were allowed to live in Kansas Territory?
Native Americans and people who represented the U.S. government.
In May, 1856, Brown brutally attacked pro-slavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas. This became known as the
Pottawatomie Massacre
A person who wanted to end slavery was known as an
abolitionist
Under the Missouri Compromise, a boundary line between __________ and ________ states was created at 36 degrees 30' North Latitude.
free and slave
This evangelical preacher published an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison
This U.S. Representative from Indiana organized an army of 400 settlers to fight pro-slavery forces.
James Lane
In October, 1859, John Brown attempted to arm slaves and start a rebellion. Where did this event occur?
Harper's Ferry, Virginia
After the invention of the _________, cotton farming became much more profitable.
cotton gin
In the Compromise of 1850, which state was admitted to the Union as a free state?
California
This man became an abolitionist after escaping a life of slavery in Maryland.
Frederick Douglass
He gathered a group of pro-slavery Missourians to blockade the town of Lawrence, Kansas, and to arrest free-state settlers there.
Sheriff Samuel Jones
What was the result of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?
Brown was captured by U.S. Marines, tried for treason against the government and executed.
This law allowed settlers to vote on the issue of slavery in their state or territory.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Help recover and return runaway slaves to their owners in the South.
In 1852, this woman wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. This work of fiction about a cruel slave owner convinced thousands of people around the world to oppose slavery.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
In 1855, this was an armed confrontation between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in Lawrence, Kansas.
The Wakarusa War
After his death, many people saw John Brown as a martyr. This meant that he.
Gave his life for a cause.
(ending slavery, in his case)
Textile Mills in the North used _________ harvested by slaves in the South.
cotton
The Kansas-Nebraska act used the idea of popular sovereignty to deal with slavery. This meant that
people who lived in a state or territory would have the right to decide whether slavery should exist there.
This man opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act and wanted to stop the spread of slavery to the Western territories
Abraham Lincoln
A crude weapon with a long wooden shaft ending in a pointed steel head, used by foot soldiers.
John Brown attempted to arm slaves with these weapons in his attack on Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
pike