Slavery
This man was an enslaved preacher that started the biggest slave rebellion in US history
Nat Turner
What was the abolitionist movement?
A movement to end slavery
This women’s rights convention held in 1848 discussed the social, civil and religious rights of women and launched the women’s suffrage movement.
Seneca Falls Convention
The idea that the United States is destined to expand its borders and spread democracy across the entire North American continent is called…
Manifest Destiny
This law admitted Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state. It also banned slavery in all territories located north of the 36º 30’ parallel
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Why were parts of the South known as the Cotton Kingdom?
Parts of the South depended on cotton to make money
This famous figure was formerly enslaved but was able to escape and taught himself how to read and write, and wrote an autobiography, becoming one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement.
Frederick Douglass
This abolitionist and women’s rights activist wrote and presented the Declaration of Sentiments during the Seneca Falls Convention
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The idea that people of a territory can decide if slavery will be allowed is called
Popular Sovereignty
This law added California as a free state, established popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico, and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Compromise of 1850
This abolitionist is best known for writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a book about a slave named Tom which convinced many Northerners to oppose slavery.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This abolitionist is best known for starting an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator in 1831, which called for immediate freedom for slaves with no payment to slaveholders.
William Lloyd Garrison
This document asserts that women possess the same natural rights as men was introduced during the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848
Declaration of Sentiments
Why did many Northerners oppose Texas joining the United States?
Texas was a slave state and Northerners did not want another slave state to join the US
This law required all citizens, even in free states, to assist in capturing runaway slaves.
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
How is the growth of cotton production related to the growth of slavery in the South?
As cotton production increased, slavery also increased
This abolitionist escaped slavery and became a woman’s rights advocate. She became well known for her “Ain’t I a Woman” speech about the intersection of being both Black and a woman.
What were some of the problems faced by women in the mid-1800s?
Women could not vote, received half the pay men received, and married women’s property was owned by her husband
How did the Mexican-American War affect the United States and Mexico?
The United States gained large territory from the Mexican Cession and Mexico lost half its territory
This Supreme Court case that ruled slaves were property and did not have the rights of citizens. It also ruled that Congress could not forbid slavery in any part of the territories.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
How did Nat Turner’s rebellion affect the lives of free and enslaved African Americans in the South?
New laws were passed that restricted the rights of African Americans. It also strengthened pro-slavery beliefs in the South and anti-slavery sentiment in the North
Why did the abolitionist movement start in the North and not in the South?
The North did not depend on slaves for labor as the South did. Abolitionists began to see slavery as a great evil
How did the abolitionist movement influence the women’s rights movement?
The abolitionist movement enabled women like Angelina and Sarah Grimke to participate in the public sphere
Name 5 examples of Manifest Destiny
Louisiana Purchase, Monroe Doctrine, Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears, Mexican-American War, Annexation of Texas
This law established popular sovereignty and led to pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers fighting in an event known as “Bleeding Kansas”
Kansas-Nebraska Act