When the cotton gin was invented what happened to the amount of land that was purchased in the South and the amount of enslaved people
What is both increased because of the need of manual labor and more land to produce more cotton
100
When a state leaves a section of the country it is called...
What is secession
200
I help end slavery by speaking against it and writing about it in newspapers and books
What is an abolitionist
200
I grew up on a farm and did not go to school
Who is Abraham Lincoln
200
Three abolitionists who were slaves were...
Who are Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman
200
Why was slavery important to the Southern states?
What is because they needed slaves to produce more cotton to make money
300
This type of thinking would make it possible for the people to decide how they felt about normal government decisions
What is popular sovereignty
300
This is one of the reasons that the Southern states left the Union
What is to protect their right to own enslaved people
300
Which states were against slavery?
What is the Northern states
300
Describe what a tariff is and why it was good for the North
What is a tax on imported goods and it made US made goods cheaper because the imported goods were made to be more expensive so Southerners bought the locally made goods
400
Loyalty to a section of the country is...
What is sectionalism
400
In this Supreme Court case, enslaved people were considered property and had no rights
What is the Dred Scott Decision
400
This law ordered runaway slaves to be returned to their owner
What is the Fugitive Slave Law
400
How did Lincoln feel about slavery?
What is he believed it was morally and socially wrong
500
Another name for the United States is...
What is Union
500
The Underground Railroad led to these five places.
What is the North, Florida, Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean
500
This book was written about the cruelty of slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
500
A war fought between two groups or regions within the same nation is known as what