Abolitionist Movement
This is a person who is opposed to, and works to end, slavery
Abolitionist
This is a person who runs away from legal authority
Fugitive
This is the name given to armed mobs who crossed from Missouri into Kansas to illegally vote for slavery
"Border Ruffians"
This is a war between citizens of a country
civil war
This political party was formed in 1856 out of a coalition of anti-slavery groups
the Republican Party
Anti-slavery writings, such as this novel, helped change the hearts and minds of many about the evils of slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
This congressional compromise allowed California to enter the US as a free state in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
He was the fierce anti-slavery advocate who led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA, hoping to start a slave revolt.
John Brown
This Supreme Court case ruled that since slaves were property, and property is protected in the Constitution, that is was unconstitutional to legally ban slavery
The Dred Scott Supreme Court decision
-Assisted with the Underground Railroad
-Raised money to help free slaves
-Held anti-slavery meetings and conventions
-Wrote and spoke against slavery
All states had to assist in capturing and returning runaway slaves
This was the name given to the civil war that occurred in Kansas between 1856 and 1861
"Bleeding Kansas"
This is a person who suffers or dies for a cause
Martyr
What was Lincoln's stated stance on slavery when he was running for president?
What were some early abolitionist attempts to gradually end slavery?
-Colonization Plan
-State-by-state abolition
-Ban trans-Atlantic slave trade
The people rule, also the idea that voters in a particular territory had a right to vote for whether or not to have slavery
What is the name given to the slave states that remained loyal to the Union, which Lincoln tried hard not to anger by calling for an outright ban on slavery?
The Border States (Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri)
The Civil War officially started when Confederate troops attacked which federal fort?
Fort Sumter
What was the result of the 1860 presidential election?
Abraham Lincoln won and much of the South seceded
How did pro-slavery Southerners react to the abolitionist movement?
-Began to argue that slavery was a positive good, not just a "necessary evil"
-Some attacked anti-slavery individuals (Elijah Lovejoy, Charles Sumner, etc.)
What was the name of the president of the country formed by the seceded states of the South?
Jefferson Davis
-Home turf advantage
-Easier "task" to win the war
-Better military leadership
Name at least two advantages the NORTH had at the start of the Civil War
-more troops
-more money and resources
-better technology (i.e railroads)
What was the name of the country formed by the seceded southern states?
Confederate States of America