1800s Movements
A person who tried to end slavery in the US in the early 1800s.
Abolitionist
What is popular sovereignty?
Allowing people to vote on an important issue.
What was another name for the South during the Civil War?
The Confederacy
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground railroad?
Harriet Tubman
A network of "safe houses" owned by people opposed to slavery.
Underground Railroad
Which law law effectively repealed (canceled) the Missouri Compromise by allowing slavery in the region north of the 36º 30' parallel.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Slave states between the North and South that never officially left the Union.
border states
John Brown
What was the new political party made up of anti-slavery Whigs and Democrats, & Free-Soilers?
The Republican Party
What is suffrage?
the right to vote
What was the most controversial (hated) part of the Compromise of 1850?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
This runaway slave and abolitionist traveled widely to speak and write about the horrors of slavery.
Frederick Douglass
What was the main topic Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debated about during their Senate race?
slavery
What was the first women's rights convention in the United States?
The Seneca Falls Convention
What were two things the Supreme Court ruled about slaves after the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision?
-slaves were not citizens of the US and were not protected by the Constitution
-Dred Scott had no right to sue in court
-slaves were property of their owners
-laws couldn't ban slavery
-The Missouri Compromise and popular sovereignty were unconstitutional
What was an advantage of the Southern army?
-Excellent military leaders
-A strong fighting spirit
-Knew the land better
Who wrote the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Why did Southern states secede after the election of 1860?
They believed Lincoln would interfere with or end slavery.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel about the evils of slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What were two parts of the Fugitive Slave Act?
Accused fugitives held without an arrest warrant
No right to a jury trial
Free states required to help recapture runaway slaves
Slave catchers allowed to roam the North
The name of the Union plan to block Southern ports and take the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy in two.
The Anaconda Plan
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
A word that means "a person running away from the law".
fugitive