Chapter 9
Group of people who helped runaway slaves
Underground railroad
Abolitionists
Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
a log cabin
President of the U.S. during the era of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Was John Wilkes Booth Lincoln's Vice President?
NO!
Name of new party Whigs started
Republican Party
This man escaped slavery in a box
Henry Brown
Who thought slaves stole themselves if they ran away?
Southern states
Who is Jefferson Davis?
President of Confederate States
The South's best general....
Robert E. Lee
Helped the Underground Railroad after escaping slavery
Harriet Tubman
Who is Anthony Burns?
A slave who found freedom because free black Americans bought his freedom
What is "Bleeding Kansas?"
a fight in Kansas over slavery
Confederate general known as "Stonewall"
Thomas J. Jackson
This man captured two Confederate forts and thousands of soldiers
Ulysses S. Grant
This man's court case went all the way to the Supreme Court
Dred Scott
What did many southern states do because they did not trust the president to protect their right to own slaves? What state was the first to do this?
Secede
SC
How did he do this?
Stephen Douglass
Divided it into 5 smaller parts
What is an advantage the south had over the north during the Civil War?
they would be fighting on their own land
What is an advantage of the south during the Civil War?
They had many good generals
What did Henry Clay's plan allow for?
Let people in territories vote to be slave or free
What was a key belief of John C. Calhoun?
believed slaves were property
Did Zachary Taylor want slavery to spread?
NO
Define emancipate, union, 13th amendment, and Confederacy.
to set free
U.S.A or north
law that ended slavery in all states
Confederate States of America
Define proclamation, militia, and grade
an official public announcement
group of citizens trained to defend their country
God's favor in giving blessings that people do not deserve