The Missouri Compromise
Which territory was allowed to enter the Union as a slave state because of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri Territory
What was legal in the south that was frowned upon in the North?
slavery
Who was the famous former slave that became a famous writer and speaker after he escaped to the North?
Frederick Douglass
obvious
self-evident
Who was a famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad that was called "Moses?"
Harriet Tubman
Which territory was admitted into the Union as a free state because of the Missouri Compromise?
Maine
What was the most important crop in the South?
cotton
What caused Northern cities to grow and bring in more jobs?
Factories and manufacturing
the production of items in large numbers
manufacturing
A person who was opposed to slavery and worked to abolish the practice was called ________________?
an abolitionist
How many people did a territory need to have as its population before it could ask to become a state?
60,000
Who led the slave rebellion in 1831 that resulted in the deaths of 55 men, women and children?
Nat Turner
What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper?
The Liberator
unable to be taken away or denied
unalienable
How many slaves did Harriet Tubman lead to freedom?
over 300
The Missouri Compromise drew an invisible line across what to keep the balance between slave and free states? It started at Missouri's Southern border.
The Louisiana Purchase
What are the songs called that slaves sang to express their longing to be free?
spirituals
Who brought the plans for the cotton mill to America?
Samuel Slater
to fight against, oppose
resist
What was the imaginary line separating the slave state of Maryland with the free state of Pennsylvania?
The Mason-Dixon Line
What was Eli Whitney's invention called?
The cotton gin
Most of the North were cities which are referred to as _________? Which means relating to the city.
Urban
the rights that all citizens are supposed to have according to the Constitution and its amendments
Civil Rights