Lessons about slavery
What does emancipation mean?
"the act of setting free."
The type of farm that used a large number of slaves.
Plantation
A person who worked for the end of slavery was called a (an) ___________________
An abolitionist
A few slaves were sent to the new African country of ______________.
Liberia
Abraham was the __________ (political party) candidate for president in 1860
Republican
The main Tennessee crop that used slave labor.
Cotton
The two Grand Divisions of Tennessee where slavery was most common.
Middle and West Tn
Some in East Tennessee, worked in the _________________to help slaves escape to the North
Underground Railroad
Some _____________ divided over the issue of slavery
churches
The northeast region had talked of secession during which war?
War of 1812
Name one of two Tennessee cities that were important slave trading centers
Memphis and Nashville
Name one of Two denominations whose preachers were especially harsh in their preaching against slavery
Methodist and Baptist
Congress tried in 1820 and 1850 to work out _______________postponed the problems.
Compromise
The South wanted to act in what it saw as the best interests of the (states or country)
States
Southern Democrats chose John Breckenridge from _____________
Kentucky
The first Virginia colony that had slaves.
Jamestown
The type of slave that had to leave Tennessee
Ones who became free
The American __________ but they only Society believed slaves should be given new homes in Africa where they could start over
Colonization Society
The North wanted to act in what it saw as the best interests of the (states or country)
country
The Northeast region of the US is known as
- - - - - - - - - -
New England
The Virginia slave who led an uprising against whites
Nat Turner
The percentage of Tennessee's population that was slaves in 1860
24.8
The Cherokee word for wolf is ___________.
Nashoba
First state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
The Northern Democrats nominated Stephen __________.
Douglas