Slavery
This term refers to the network that helped enslaved African Americans escape to free states
What is the Underground Railroad
Lincoln's famous 1858 speech, stating that "a house divided against itself cannot stand," addressed this contentious issue.
This 1854 act allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide on the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty.
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Who did the North rely on for labor?
Who are immigrants
This movement sought to end the consumption and sale of alcohol.
What is the Temperance Movement?
He was an abolitionist leader who led a raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to start a slave uprising.
Who was John Brown
This controversial law, part of the Compromise of 1850, required citizens to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
What state was admitted as a free state during the Missouri Compromise?
What is Maine?
This famous former slave became a leading abolitionist and published "The North Star.
Who is Frederick Douglass
Slavery was officially abolished in the U.S. by this constitutional amendment.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This compromise admitted California as a free state and included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law
What is the Compromise of 1850
What was the first state to secede?
South Carolina
The economic system of the North relied on industry, while the South depended on this.
What is agriculture?
What amendment prohibited alcohol consumption and sale?
The 18 amendment
This 1857 Supreme Court decision declared that African Americans were not citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court.
What was the South called after they seceeded?
Confederate States of America
Southerners believed in this idea, arguing that states had the right to nullify federal laws they disagreed with.
What are State Rights?
____ is the leader of the CSA (Confederate States Of America)
Who is Robert E. Lee
This convention, held in 1848, was the first major gathering advocating for women’s rights.
What is Seneca falls convention
This 1863 proclamation by President Lincoln declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
What is the emancipation proclomation?
Lincoln’s election prompted the formation of this breakaway nation, which led to the Civil War.
What is the Confederate States of America?
This Battle was the first shots of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumtner?
This document advocated for Women's rights and Modeled after the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?