"Free or Not to Free, That is the Question"
The Era of Compromise
The South and Slavery
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Who Am I?
Vocabulary I Should Know
All About Abe
Things to Remember
100
Written in 1852, this novel exposed the horror of slavery; in the south, it sparked denial, was considered offensive, and was banned, while in the north, it was popular and spurred the abolitionist movement.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
100
He was dubbed "The Great Compromiser."
Who was Henry Clay?
100
The primary cash crops of the southern agricultural economy.
What were Cotton and Tobacco?
100
Belonging to the period before the American Civil War.
What is Antebellum?
100
I was a runaway slave who used the undergraound railroad to escape, only to later return to the south to lead ver 300 slaves to freedom, including my family. I am the most famous underground railroad conductor, dubbed the Moses of my people.
Who was Harriett Tubman?
100

This word is used to the describe the North's army.

What is the Union?

100

This Maryland man assassinated Lincoln while he was watching a play in a theater 

Who is John Wilkes Booth?

100

This fort was the first to be fired on and essentially started the war

What is Fort Sumter?
200
A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery advocates that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory; the dispute further strained the relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent
What is Bleeding Kansas?
200
The compromise added Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and added the Missouri Compromise line (36 degree latitude), declaring any part of the Louisiana territory north of the line free.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
200
Strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves.
What were Slave Codes?
200
A person who believed in abolishing slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
200

I won the 1860 election to become the president of the United States; I later freed slaves in the south.

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

200

This word means the southern states are separating from the Union before the Civil War Began

What is Secede?

200

This short speech was held after a major battle win for the Union that Abraham Lincoln spoke at

What is the Battle of Gettysburg

200

This three states are considered border states in the Civil War because they did not want to separate from the Union

What is Maryland, West Virginia, Missouri, Delaware or Kentucky?

300
A slave preacher from Virgina who led an 1831 revolt that resulted in the deaths of fifty whites and numerous slaves.
Who was Nat Turner?
300
The compromise that admitted California as a free state, added the Fugitive slave law, solved a border dispute between New Mexico and Texas, and added Popular Sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
300
The older, more loyal slaves that plantation owners put in charge of the slaves while working the fields.
What is the driver?
300
To add territory to an existing town, city, or state.
What is Annex?
300

A general of the South that lost his arm in battle and soon died days later 

Who was Stonewall Jackson?

300

This holiday celebrates the ending of slavery for everyone in the United States

What is Juneteenth?

300

Abe Lincoln was the ____ president of the United States of America?

What is the 16th?

300

Union General known for winning many battles and would soon become the President of the United States later on

Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
400
A radical abolitionist who claimed to be sent by god to end slavery, he led a raid on Harper's Ferry that resulted in his execution.
Who was John Brown?
400
Part of the Compromise of 1850, this law forced Northerners who new about runaway slaves to report the slave to his or her owner.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
400
The belief that a state's interests should take precedence over the interests of the national government and the primary cause of the civil war.
What is a State's Rights?
400
The foundation of the southern economy.
What is agriculture (and slavery)?
400
I was a self-educated slave who escaped in 1838 and became the best-known abolitionist speaker, editing an anti-slavery weekly called the North Star.
Who was Frederick Douglas?
400

This amendment set African Americans free from Slavery

What is the 13th Amendment?

400

Abe Lincoln put this document into affect to free slaves in the US

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

400

Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment

What is Habeas Corpus?

500
A case in which a slave from Missouri, claimed he was free because he had traveled and lived with his owner in Illinois and Wisconsin- which were both free. The supreme court ruled that he had no right to file suit as a slave, slaves were property, and congress had no right to ban slavery in any part of the country.
What is the Dred Scott case?
500
Part of the compromise of 1850, it allowed the people of each state to vote to be a free state or a slave state.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
500

This person watched over the slaves when they worked and often did the disciplining.

What is a overseer?

500
An arms storehouse, like the one at Harper's Ferry.
What is an Arsenal?
500
I was the Illinois senator who debated with Lincoln over slavery to win the Illinois legislature.
Who was Stephen Douglas?
500

This state was the first state to split from the Union 

What is South Carolina?

500

Abe Lincoln served as a representative of the United States in which state?

What is Illinois ?

500

The place where Lee surrendered to Grant

Appomattox Courthouse

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