Putting the issue of slavery right into the Constitution, this Compromise showed how to count a slave for population purposes
What is 3/5ths Compromise
100
Famously debated with Lincoln about issues of slavery giving both national attention.
Who was Steven Douglas
100
A precedent used (or could have been used) by Dred Scott to defend his argument that he should be free
What is ________________ (check with Ms. Strauss)
100
This event led to the deaths of more than 50 Virginians and struck fear into the hearts of slave owners
What is Turner's Rebellion
100
This was published in response to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and within two years two million copies had been sold worldwide
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
200
Prohibited slavery north of latitude 36° 30’ in the Louisiana Purchase territory, with the exception of Missouri
What is Missouri Compromise
200
As an important leader of the Abolitionist movement he wrote many, "Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril."
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
200
Amendment cited by the Supreme Court labeling slaves as property
What is 5th Amendment
200
A person who inspired Turner to rebel
Who is Denmark Vessey
200
A movement that encouraged people to look at problems around them like slavery and fix them
What is the 2nd Great Awakening
300
This document repealed the Missouri Compromise and helped to create the Republican Party
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act
300
Author who wrote a best selling book about the evils of slavery from the point of view of slaves and southerners, to the anger of the south
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe
300
Using the Dred Scott decision Supreme Court decided declared which compromise illegal?
What is Missouri Compromise
300
This event began as a voting disagreement over whether or not slavery should be allowed in a specific Territory
What is Bleeding Kansas
300
72% of Railroads were in this area of the U.S.
What is north
400
All of the compromises that allowed for popular sovereignty
What is the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas Nebraska Act
400
A brand new economy and trading structure was heavily influenced by ideas and inventions of this famous Amerian
Who was Eli Whitney
400
Famously stated in the Supreme Court's decision, "[African Americans] had no rights which the white man was bound to respect."
Who is Roger Taney
400
Virginia town taken over by 23 men in 1859 in an attempt to arm slaves and cause a rebellion
What was Harpers Ferry
400
State that tried to nullify the tariff claiming state rights
What is South Carolina
500
The part of the Compromise of 1850 that most angered the North
What is Fugitive Slave Act
500
Even though he worked for the federal government this leader helped states disobey federal law
Who is John C. Calhoun
500
Earliest federal law claiming an area to be free, Dred Scott could have used this for his case
What is Northwest Ordinance
500
This extreme abolitionist called for violence stating, :I...am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood"
Who is John Brown
500
Two ways the Civil War was different than the other wars we have studied