Vocabulary
This was a system of secret routes and safe houses used to help enslaved people escape.
Underground Railroad
She was a conductor/founder of the Underground Railroad and helped many people escape slavery
Harriet Tubman
This event allowed enslaved people in Confederate states to be freed.
Emancipation Proclamation
Most enslaved people in the South worked on these.
Plantations
The Northern states were called this during the Civil War
The Union
A person who worked to end slavery.
Abolitionist
He was a former enslaved person who became a powerful speaker against slavery.
Frederick Douglass
This Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and could not sue in court
Dred Scott Decision
The North’s economy was mostly based on this instead of farming.
industry or factories
The Southern states were called this during the Civil War
The Confederates (Confederacy)
This law required escaped enslaved people to be returned to their enslavers, even in free states.
Fugitive Slave Act
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address.
Abraham Lincoln
This event increased tension by allowing voters to decide on slavery
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This crop made slavery very profitable in the South
Cotton or Tobacoo
This battle was a turning point in the Civil War and was fought in Pennsylvania
The Battle of Gettysburg
a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country
Civil War
She wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a book that helped turn people against slavery.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This compromise allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise
Families of enslaved people were often separated because of this
Being sold
War on the enemy's will to fight and its ability to support an army.
Total War
the right of an accused person to appear in court so a judge can determine whether he or she is being imprisoned lawfully
Habeas Corpus
This abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry in an attempt to end slavery.
John Brown
In this speech, Lincoln said the nation was dedicated to liberty and equality and must continue the fight for freedom.
Gettysburg Address
Enslaved people were often not allowed to do this
read and write
The plan created by the North to take over the South
The Anaconda Plan