Vocabulary
What is popular sovereignty?
letting people vote, in this case, for or against slavery
Two states in this act got to decide if they would be free with people voting.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This violent event was about 60 slaves who revolted and killed more than 50 Virginians.
Nat Turner's Rebellion
This state was admitted as a free state in 1820.
Maine
Who was the main character in the famous book of the 1800s that created more anti-slavery sentiment?
Uncle Tom
What does compromise mean?
an agreement where both sides make concessions (give things up)
This law let California enter as a free state. It also ended the slave trade in Washington, DC.
The Compromise of 1850
This book sold two million copies worldwide within its first two years.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This state is the state where John Brown's raid occurred.
Virginia
Which northern abolitionist tried to inspire slaves to rise up and receive weapons to start a war in the South?
John Brown
Daily Double!
What does descendant mean?
a person coming from an ancestor
In this compromise, Maine enters the Union as a free state.
Missouri Compromise
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John Brown's raid was located in which town in Virginia?
Harper's Ferry
This state is where Fort Sumter is.
South Carolina
This man tried to sue for his freedom.
Dred Scott
What is a secessionist?
a person that wants to leave the United States
This law required Northerners to return any "runaway" slaves back to their owners. It was strengthened in the Compromise of 1850.
Fugitive Slave Act
This event sparked fear in the South about slavery eventually being banned across the country.
The Presidential Election of 1860
Daily Double
This state entered the Union as a free state in 1850.
California
His goals were to keep the country together and to ban slavery in any territory that became new states.
President Lincoln
What is an abolitionist?
a person who wants to end slavery
This court ruling determined that no slave or descendant of a slave could be a U.S. citizen, as a non-citizen and a slave are viewed as property.
Dred Scott Decision
This event occurred when soldiers took over an armed place in South Carolina.
Fort Sumter
In these two states, popular sovereignty was used to determine whether there would be slavery or not. It resulted in many people crossing the borders and voting in places where they didn't live.
Kansas and Nebraska
This person led a violent event in the South, going from plantation to plantation killing plantation owners and their families.
Nat Turner