People
North vs South
Compromises/Acts
Important Events
Vocabulary
100
Who was an abolitionist that believed the use of violence to fight against slavery?
John Brown
100
What type of economy did the South have?
An agricultural economy
100
Which compromise created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
100
What was the name of the slave that sued his owner for his freedom?
Dred Scott
100
What does myth mean?
Something that isn't true
200
Who was born a slave and became an abolitionist writer?
Frederick Douglass
200
What type of economy did the North have?
An industrial economy
200
Which compromise created the imaginary line that separated the North and the South?
The Missouri Compromise
200
Who raided Harper's Ferry to get weapons?
John Brown
200
What does Antebellum mean?
Before the Civil War (or before a war)
300
Who were the two sisters that gave up their lives as wealthy women on a plantation to speak against slavery?
The Grimke sisters
300
Did the North or South have more railroad?
The North
300
Which compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
The Missouri Compromise
300
What was the book that was written that showed Northerners what life was really like for slaves, and showed how they were to blame for slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
300
Who is an abolitionist?
someone who wants to get rid of slavery
400
What famous abolitionist fought for slaves and women's rights?
Sojourner Truth
400
What were two myths about the Antebellum South?
They were nice to their slaves, slaves weren't smart, everyone had nice houses, everyone had fancy clothes
400
Which compromise gave the territories popular sovereignty and created the Fugitive Slave Act?
The Compromise of 1850
400
What was the name of the event in which a congressman attacked a senator with his cane?
Brooks' attack on Sumner
400
What does urban mean?
the city
500
Who created the Liberator and wrote against slavery
William Lloyd Garrison
500
What were two realities of the Antebellum South?
Slaves were not treated well, they did not all wear fancy clothes, they did not all have fancy houses, slaves were smart
500
Which Act forced Northerners to return runaway slaves to their owners
The Fugitive Slave Act
500
What was the Dred Scott case?
A slave sued his owner for his freedom but he did not win
500
What does popular sovereignty mean?
The right for the people to vote or choose for themselves
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