Laws + Acts
List one part of the Fugitive Slave Act
- illegal for anyone to help enslaved ppl. escape
- enslaved ppl. have to be returned to their owners
- escaped enslaved ppl. caught did not have a trial by jury
- judges were given $10 for sending runaway enslaved ppl. back to owners, but only given $5 to let them go free
Southerners viewed him as a criminal while abolitionists praised his name during the Civil War
John Brown
civil war
a war between groups within a country
Due to its violence, this state became known as "Bleeding _________"
This was the first battle of the Civil War
Battle of Fort Sumter
Summarize the Missouri Compromise
- ME added as free state and MO added as slave state.
- below the line, enslavement will continue to exist but not above (besides in MO)
proposed the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
border ruffians
pro-enslavement people who battled abolitionists over Kansas
This state was added to make the balance uneven in the Senate after the Compromise of 1850
California
Lincoln helped found this political party
The Republican Party
Summarize the Kansas-Nebraska Act
- KS + NE added as territories
- popular sovereignty decides enslavement in new territories
A important "conductor" on the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
sectionalism
when people are loyal to their region
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas both claimed this state as their home state when running for the 1860 Presidential election.
Illinois
This cash crop was a major contributor to enslavement
cotton
List two Slave Codes
- enslaved ppl. could not:
1. learn to read or write
2. be in large groups in public
3. own weapons
Significant abolitionist who escaped enslavement and spoke out against it in the North
Frederick Douglass
Give two examples of civil disobedience
- Underground Railroad
- writing newspapers
- organizing societies against enslavement
- speaking out against enslavement
State where Brown tried to start an enslaved rebellion
Virginia
He was the first President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Summarize the Compromise of 1850
- popular sovereignty decides new territories (Utah + New Mexico
- Fugitive Slave Act
- California added as free state
- Slave trade in DC is banned
This person invented the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
Someone who dies for they believe in
martyr
First state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
How many states initially seceded from the Union
7