people who spoke out against slavery by writing articles and
books and by giving speeches
What is an abolitionist?
100
An abolitionist who started a newspaper called The Liberator
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
100
A violent situation where both northern and southern settlers rushed to this new territory to help decide whether it was free or slave. They attacked each other and some were brutally murdered.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
100
Another word for "to leave"
What is secede?
200
The period before the Civil War is known as
What is the Antebellum period?
200
Author of the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Who is Harriett Beecher Stowe?
200
He won the election of 1860, even though his name was not on the ballot in most southern states
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
An abolitionist who was a former slave and fought for both the rights of slaves and women
Who is Sojourner Truth?
300
The main issue that was tearing the nation apart
What is slavery?
300
A slave who decided to sue his master for freedom after travelling with him in free
states
Who is Dred Scott?
300
Chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis?
300
Northerners thought the Compromise of 1850's most outrageous component was this
What is the fugitive slave law?
400
The idea that the Constitution gave the right to the states to decide about issues affecting that state
What is states' rights?
400
Abolitionists who left wealthy plantation life to tell the evils of slavery
Who are the Grimke Sisters?
400
The location of a slave rebellion that ended swiftly
What is Harper's Ferry?
400
This part of the country was run by industry, business, railroads and shipping
What is the north?
500
A number of people, parties, or states that agree to help each other
What is a confederacy?
500
An abolitionist who violently attacked pro-slavery settlers and organized a slave
rebellion
Who is John Brown?
500
A senator, who wanted to build a transcontinental railroad, came up with the Kansas-Nebraska Act to settle the remaining land in the west
Who is Stephen Douglas?
500
This part of the country was run by Farming: Cotton, tobacco,sugar and rice