Abolitionists
This famous abolitionist wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The Civil War began when Confederates attacked this fort.
What is Fort Sumter?
This law required escaped enslaved people to be returned to enslavers.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
This region opposed slavery and wanted it abolished.
What is the North?
This word means “to separate from a nation or state.”
What is secede?
This abolitionist published The Liberator.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
The attack on Fort Sumter happened on this date.
What is April 12, 1861?
Enslaved people who escaped under the Fugitive Slave Law were considered this.
What is property that must be returned? (or not free citizens)
This region depended on slavery for its economy.
What is the South?
These are the rights to political and social freedom and equality.
What are civil rights?
This man led a raid on Harpers Ferry to fight slavery.
Who is John Brown?
The Union referred to the seceded states by this name.
What are the Rebel States?
This group wanted freedom, the end of slavery, and to serve their country.
Who were African Americans in the Civil War?
The North and South disagreed about this major issue.
What is slavery?
This term refers to publicly supporting a cause.
What is advocate?
This person was NOT an abolitionist.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The 11 states that left the Union called themselves this.
What is the Confederate States of America?
This was not a goal of African Americans during the Civil War.
What is keeping the Confederate States separate?
The abolitionist movement helped create a “more perfect union” by doing this.
What is fighting to end slavery and expand civil rights?
This was the name chosen by the 11 seceding states.
What is the Confederate States of America?
This term describes someone who publicly supports ending slavery..
What is an advocate?
This word means betraying your own country.
What is treason?
This term describes a group working together for social change.
What is a movement?
After the Civil War, this period focused on rebuilding the nation and restoring rights.
What is Reconstruction?
This period followed the Civil War and aimed to rebuild the country.
What is Reconstruction?