People
President who felt that slavery should be banned across the entire United States
Abraham Lincoln
Slaves were brought to America on _______.
Ships
The Senator who had debates against Abraham Lincoln in Illinois.
Stephen Douglass
Slave ships were unclean because they did not have _____________.
Bathrooms
This book made northerners very angry about slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Born a slave, he was taught the alphabet by his master's wife, then kept learning after the lessons stopped. He escaped slavery and became a powerful writer and abolitionist, and was friends with Abraham Lincoln.
Frederick Douglass
Slaves were captured on this continent.
Africa
Most slaves from Africa were sent to this continent.
Slave who sued in court for his freedom, but lost his case in the United States Supreme Court.
Dredd Scott
Landmark decision of the Supreme Court in which the Court held that the US Constitution was not meant to include American citizenship for black people.
Dredd Scott v. Sanford
Most slaves worked on large farms called __________.
Plantations
Nation formed of Southern states left the United States, and that wanted to keep slavery.
The Confederacy
The author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Missouri was allowed to join the Union as a slave state, and Maine joins the union as a free state. A line was drawn across the American territories. Land north (except Missouri) would be free. Land south would have slaves. This created a divided nation of free and slave states.
The Missouri Compromise
This secret network of farmers and others hid slaves and helped them have safe passage North.
The Underground Railroad