Slavery
Abolitionists
The North vs. The South
Vocabulary
Abraham Lincoln
100
The -------- did not support slavery during the Civil War.
What is the Union (the North)?
100
She was a well-known abolitionist who preached to large crowds.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
100
This part of the Union had many factories and industry.
What is The North?
100
Escape routes for slaves to leave the south
What is the Underground Railroad?
100
Abraham Lincoln was part of this political party.
What is the Republican party?
200
Because of this invention, slavery greatly increased.
What is The cotton gin?
200
This man printed a newspaper called "The Liberator" to speak out against slavery.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
200
This part of the Union supported slavery.
What is The South?
200
Loyalty to a specific part of a country is called -----.
What is sectionalism?
200
Who was Abraham Lincoln's opponent during the election of 1860?
Who is Stephen Douglas?
300
This became the South's most important crop before the Civil War.
What is Cotton?
300
This man escaped from slavery and gave speeches about slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
Southerners were against ---- because it meant higher prices for imported goods.
What are tariffs?
300
This is the name of the Southern states during the Civil War.
What is The Confederate states, or the Confederacy.
300
Abraham Lincoln was born in this state.
What is Illinois?
400
This "conductor" led slaves to freedom through the Underground railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
400
This extreme abolitionist led a raid against a U.S. army post in Virginia.
Who is John Brown?
400
This man argued for states' rights and that states should have the right to veto tariffs.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
400
The southern states supported the idea of ------ instead of a strong federal government.
What is states' rights?
400
Abraham Lincoln in his debates said that new territories should enter the Union as ---- states.
What is free?
500
Because of this rebellion, southern states responded by passing harsher laws.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
500
What was the city in Virginia that John Brown invaded?
What is Harpers Ferry?
500
The ---- in 1820 accepted Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state.
What is The Missouri Compromise?
500
When part of the country leaves or breaks off from the rest it is called ----.
What is Secession?
500
This presidential candidate believed that states should be able to choose whether or not they would enter the Union as a slave or free state.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
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