Abolitionism
(Person) Most heroic abolitionist who made more trips to the South to help slaves escape using a secret network of roads to leading to free soil.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This state entered as a slave state in this compromise.
What is Missouri?
What war resulted in the gaining new territory?
What is the Mexican-American War?
What idea influenced people to vote for slavery in new territories?
What is popular sovereignty?
Name of the President who won in 1860 that caused many states to begin to secede from the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A person who believed in the freedom for all people.
What is an abolitionist?
This state entered as a free state in this compromise.
What is Maine?
What state was the first to apply for statehood following the Mexican American War (1846-1848).
What is California?
Kansas became a state that was dangerous after people began voting for slavery. So much so, it was also known as "_____ _____."
What is "Bloody Kansas"?
Name of the slave who sued the Sandford family for his family's freedom after being in free territories.
Who is Dred Scott?
(Person) Radical Abolitionist who tried to lead a slave revolution in Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Who is John Brown?
(Numbers) This line marked the separation of new land into free versus slave states.
California entered the United States as a _____ state.
What is free state?
An abolitionist went to Kansas to overthrow the Kansas popular sovereignty, he ended up killing 5 people with what weapon?
What is a broadsword?
Scott v Sandford declared that all African Americans regardless of slavery or not are ...
What is citizens of the United States?
A secret network of roads and passages leading to the Northern United States or even Canada.
What is the Underground Railroad.
The Missouri Compromise was the first compromise trying to deal with the issue of...
What is slave states vs. free states?
In exchange for California, the South was granted a harsh law that meant recapturing "escaped" slaves called...
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
What was the name of the abolitionist who killed those 5 people and later was caught in Virginia for leading a slave revolt?
Who is John Brown?
The Nation tears itself apart over this issue.
What is slavery?
(Person) Nickname America's Moses or Minty.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Name of the person who created the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Who is Henry Clay?
Who created this compromise?
Who is Henry Clay?
Stephen Douglass wanted this Act passed to allow what to pass through the territories?
What is the railroads for trains?
What temporary solutions allow the United States not to go to Civil War?
What are compromises?