Abolitionist
Underground Railroad
Slavery Debate
Lincoln and the South
Vocabulary
100
Give an example of a person who was an abolitionist.
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison
100
What was the Underground Railroad?
Network of people and routes to help runaway slaves escape
100
What states were added by the Missouri Compromise to preserve the balance between slave and free states?
Maine and Missouri
100
What were the Lincoln and Douglass debates mainly about?
Slavery
100
What is an abolitionist?
A reformer working to end slavery
200
Where did the American Colonization Society want to resettle slaves to?
Africa or Caribbean.
200
Who was Harriet Tubman?
Former runaway slave that helped runaway slaves make their way to freedom.
200
Describe a detail from the Compromise of 1850?
California would be a free state, no slavery restrictions in New Mexico, ban the slave trade in D.C.
200
Who was elected president in 1860 upsetting the South?
Abraham Lincoln
200
What does is mean to secede?
To separate or withdraw
300
How did William Lloyd Garrison want to end slavery?
Complete and immediate end to slavery.
300
What was Harriet Tubman's nickname?
Moses of her people
300
What was the Kansas and Nebraska Act?
In Kansas and Nebraska, the settlers would vote and decide on the issue of slavery.
300
Why did the South secede from the Union?
Their property rights were being threatened and way of life would be destroyed
300
What is a civil war?
a war fought between and within the same nation
400
What did Frederick Douglas believe?
African Americans need to have equality and freedom
400
After the Fugitive Slave Act, what would happen to people helping runaway slaves?
Fined or imprisoned
400
How did John Brown believe he was going to end slavery?
Armed Rebellion
400
According to the South, what property was being threatened by Lincoln and the Northern states?
Slaves
400
What is popular sovereignty?
Letting the people decide if slavery will be allowed in their state.
500
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin about?
Cruelty and inhumanity of slavery
500
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
Required people to help in the capture and return of runaway slaves.
500
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
Slavery would be banned in the territories acquired from Mexico
500
What was Lincoln's position on slavery?
Lincoln would allow slavery to continue where it was but would not let it spread west.
500
What is sectionalism?
Sectionalism is extreme loyalty to a region (North and South)
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