Chattel Slavery
The Underground Railroad
Bleeding Kansas
Civil War 1
Civil War 2
100
What is Chattel Slavery?
1) Classified as property
2) Inherited by the mother
3) Racially based
100
What was the Underground Railroad?
A secret network of people, routes, and safehouses that 10,000s of slaves used to escape North in the hopes of achieving freedom.
100
What was the name of the Act that part of the Compromise of 1850, that forced United States citizens in the North to cooperate with slave-catchers. It led to the kidnapping of many free Black men, and judges were incentivized to send them into slavery, regardless of circumstance.
The Fugitive Slave Act
100
What was the first state to secede from the Union following Abraham Lincoln's election?
South Carolina
100
What was the name of the bloodiest battle in the Civil War? 51,000 people died in 3 days of fighting, and Abraham Lincoln declared the land to be a federal monument with his most famous address immediately after. The address begins: "Four-score and seven years ago..."
The Battle of Gettysburg
200
Which amendment was responsible for the official constitutional abolition of slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment
200
What was the name of the enslaved Virginian preacher that launched a violent revolt, freeing slaves and killing 55 White residents before being captured and executed?
Nat Turner
200
What was the name of the Act proposed by Stephen A Douglas in which the Kansas Territory was split into Kansas and Nebraska, they were allowed to decide whether to allow slavery through Popular Sovereignty, and the Missouri Compromise was broken?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
200
What was the name of the declaration made by Abraham Lincoln in which he declared that all slaves living within Confederate territories still in rebellion were forever free?
The Emancipation Proclamation
200
Who were the two opposing military Generals in the Civil War
1) Leader of the Confederate Army
2) Leader of the Union Armey
1) Robert E. Lee
2) Ulysses S. Grant
300
What was the name of the genre that emerged as formerly enslaved individuals began to document their experiences through autobiographies?
Slave Narratives
300
What is the name of the woman who was born enslaved in Maryland, and lived in slavery for 27 years before escaping to the North. She became the most well-known conductor in the underground railroad helping to free 100s of slaves throughout her lifetime. During the Civil War, she worked as a nurse, spy, and scout, and after the war, she opened schools and hospitals and worked as a women's suffragist.
Harriet Tubman
300
What was the name of the man, considered a terrorist by the South, who along with his five sons, raided Harper's Ferry Arsenal in the hopes of beginning a slave revolt that would bring about the end of slavery? Many in the North celebrated his efforts after his execution.
John Brown
300
What was the name of the President and Vice President of the Confederacy
The Vice President gave the "Cornerstone Speech" explaining that slavery & white supremacy was the foundation of the Confederacy.
Pres. Jefferson Davis & VP Alexander Stephens
300
What is the name of the General who led the Union Army first on a march from Atlanta, Georgia to Savannah, and then from Savannah Georgia, through North and South Carolina to Virginia. The method of war that he utilized was Total War. They destroyed and killed everything in their path to ensure that the Confederacy could not regain strength.
William Tecumseh Sherman
400
What was the name of the most famous Black man in the United States during the Civil War era? He was born into slavery in Maryland, escaped to the North in his third attempt by boarding a train, and then became an advisor to Lincoln during the Civil War. He was a prominent abolitionists and wrote an autobiography called Narrative of the Life of _______
Frederick Douglass
400
Explain what each of these codewords meant in the Underground Railroad.
1) Conductor
2) Station
3) Station Master
4) Cargo/Passengers
1) Conductor - Guide that leads escapees
2) Station - Safehouse
3) Station Master - Safehouse owner
4) Cargo/Passengers - Escapee
400
Who were the 3 primary candidates in the Election of 1860? Who did they represent, and what was their platform on slavery?
Abraham Lincoln – Republican – Stop the spread of slavery
Stephen A. Douglas – Northern Dem. – Popular Sovereignty
VP John Breckinridge – Southern Dem. – Expand & Protect Slavery
400
What is the name of the first battle of the Civil War, occurring in Charleston, SC, the same city in which Robert Smalls resided? Union troops refused to evacuate, and Confederate troops opened fire.
The Battle of Fort Sumter
400
What was the name of the most famous Black Regiment in the Union Army, led by Robert Shaw, and well-regarded due to their bravery and success?
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
500
What is the name of the woman born into slavery in Edenton, NC that was sexually & physically abused by her owner before she escaped by hiding in her grandmother's attic for 7 years. She then wrote an autobiography called "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."
Harriet Jacobs
500
Tell me at least 3 of the 6 Slave Codes that we covered in class. These were more strictly enforced following Nat Turner's Rebellion.
1) Illegal to learn to read & write
2) Illegal to leave plantations without permission
3) Illegal to gather in large groups
4) Illegal to own weapons
5) Illegal to testify in court
6) Slave owners can punish slaves as they wish
500
What were two of the three reasons that the Supreme Court gave for their ruling in the Dred Scott v. Sanford Case?
1) Black people cannot be citizens - Can't sue
2) Living in a Free State doesn't make an enslaved person free
3) The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
500
List at least 3 ways in which the 180,000 Black troops in the Union Army were treated differently from White troops.
1) Segregated Units
2) Can't lead - White captains
3) Paid less
4) Harsher treatment if captured
500
Name at least 3 effects of Civil War on the United States.
1) 4 million former slaves freed – land, jobs, citizenship, protection, equality??
2) 750,000 dead – Widows, orphans, work shortage
3) South devastated socially & economically
4) Debate over how/if Southern States should rejoin the Union
5) Lincoln assassinated - VP Andrew Johnson becomes President