Vocab
Acts and Compromises
Abolition
Causes of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
100

A war between citizens of the same nation

What is a Civil War?

100
The North and the South could not agree with each other about the spread and practice of this.
What is slavery?
100
This organization helped slaves escape to the North or Canada. It was run by a secret network of abolitionists.
What is the Underground Railroad?
100
An attack on this fort off the coast of SC began the fighting
What is Fort Sumter?
100
In addition to his political positions, Abraham Lincoln also worked as

What is a lawyer?

200

An area of the country where slavery was prohibited.

What is a free state?

200
This act required people to return escaped slaves to their owners.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
200
This man raided a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to arm slaves for an uprising. He was stopped by the military and hanged for his actions.
Who is John Brown?
200
Nickname given to a state where violence and bloodshed broke out after it was decided that citizens would vote on the slavery issue.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
200

This state was the first to leave the Union after Lincoln was elected president.

What is South Carolina?

300

The idea that the status of slavery in a territory should be decided by its residents

What is popular sovereignty?

300
This compromise stated that slavery would not be permitted in territory from the Louisiana Purchase above 36 degrees latitude.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
300

This person was nicknamed Moses for helping so many black people escape slavery

Who is Harriet Tubman?

300

the name eleven southern states called themselves

What is the Confederacy or the Confederate States of America?

300

Lincoln had a famous series of debates with this man  about slavery for a seat in Senate in 1858.

Who is Stephen Douglas?

400

To deprive someone of positive human qualities. Often done by slave owners to their slaves.


What is dehumanization?

400

This act allowed two midwestern territories to vote on the slavery issue. It led to violence and bloodshed, particularly in one state.

What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

400

This person escaped slavery and became famous through writing an autobiography as well as speaking for the abolitionist cause

Who is Frederick Douglass?

400

This book about the harsh, cruel life of a slave sparked outrage in the North and led many people to support the anti-slavery cause.

What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?

400

Complete this Lincoln quote: "A house divided against itself cannot_____"

What is "stand"?

500

when part of a country leaves or breaks off from the rest of the country

What is secession?

500

This compromise included the Fugitive Slave Act

What is the Compromise of 1850?

500

This woman was born into slavery in the North, renamed herself after feeling a religious calling, and spoke in favor of abolition and women's rights

Who is Sojourner Truth?

500

In this Supreme Court case, a slave sued for his freedom. He lost the case, with the Supreme Court ruling that slaves are considered personal property.

What is Dred Scott court case?

500

Before running for US president and Senator, Lincoln first held office in

What is the Illinois State Legislature?

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