Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation allowed the enlistment of black troops into what?
Union Army
First all black unit to fight in the Civil War
54th Massachusetts Regiment
16th President of the United States who delivered the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
In the 1850 compromise this state was admitted as a free state
California
This invention by Eli Whitney increased the production of cotton.
Cotton Gin
After the Emancipation Proclamation the war became a cause for what?
Abolish Slavery
Leader of the first all black unit in the Union Army
Robert Gould Shaw
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book that is one of the most famous in American History
Uncle Toms Cabin
Northwest Ordinance did what in the Northwest Territory?
Banned Slavery
This group in Pennsylvania set up the first abolitionist society
The Quakers
First state to succeed from the Union
South Carolina
Battle here was known as a Massacare
Fort Pillow
This antislavery lecturer was born into slavery.
Fredrick Douglas
A line was made that banned slavery north of it. What was this law called?
Missouri Compromise
How much did the US pay for the Louisiana Purchase?
$15 Million
Within a year of the first succeeding state how many other states followed?
7
The decision in the Dred Scott case ultimately lead to this
Civil War
This slave sued the Widow of his owner leading to a supreme court case.
Dred Scott
The Bleeding Kansas mini Civil War was the result of this act
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Early Abolitionist disagreed how to do what?
End Slavery
Due to rejection from the military, black people began to form their own what?
Militias
The start of the Civil War was due to a battle at this location
Fort Sumter
William Llyod Garrison was a prominent abolitionist famous for writing this Newspaper.
The Liberator
Law passed by Congress that allowed slave owners to cross state lines to recapture slaves
Fugitive Slave Law
American Colonization Society wanted to send free blacks back to which country?
Liberia