Antebellum
In the 1850s this state was "Bleeding" as pro- & anti-slavery forces met up in a preview of the Civil War
What is Kansas?
The first slaves in America arrived at this colony in 1619
What is Jamestown?
He was hung after his uprising at Harper's Ferry failed
Who is John Brown?
This change to the Constitution ended slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
This song became an anthem for the South
What is Dixie?
Prior to Bull Run, most Americans expected the war to be this
What is short & sweet?
Slaves were viewed as this instead of a people
What is property?
His autobiography and prolific writing convinced many Northerners that blacks could be intelligent
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This speech begins "Four Score and seven years ago..."
What is the Gettysburg Address
The Union won at Gettysburg on July 3 1863 & this other vital "burg" July 4, & the Confederacy was on the ropes
What is Vicksburg?
These two territories were given popular sovereignty in this 1854 Act
What are Kansas and Nebraska?
Region that abolished slavery first
What is the North?
In "12 Years a Slave": Chiwetel Ejiofor as this free Black man sold into slavery
Who is Solomon Northup?
Maine and Missouri both entered the Union as a result of this mutual agreement
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This Georgia facility was designed for 10,000 men but held as many as 32,000 by the end of the Civil War
What is Andersonville?
After gaining land from this country in 1848, American disputes over the expansion of slavery reignited
What is Mexico?
Holiday that celebrates the announcement of abolition in Texas in 1865
What is Juneteenth?
She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and a spy during the Civil War
Who is Harriett Tubman?
Author Harriet Beecher Stowe persuaded many that slavery was a moral issue when she wrote this book
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This slang term for a dollar bill dates to the Civil War
What is a greenback?
Required Americans to turn in escaped slaves; strengthened by the Compromise of 1850
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
Many slaves escaped to this country along the Underground Railroad
What is Canada?
His case v. Sandford led the Supreme Court to deny any legal rights or citizenship on account of his race
Who is Dred Scott?
This 1936 book and its 1939 film romanticized the South and Confederacy
What is Gone with the Wind?
This NHL team's name celebrates Ohio's contribution to the winning side in the Civil War
What are the Blue Jackets?