Seneca Falls Convention
Who wrote The Declaration of Sentiments?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What were the three phases of industrialization in the North?
The steam engine, science and mass production, and rise of digital technology.
What happened the day after Lincoln was elected?
The South Carolina perceived a threat.
What was infrastructure like in the South? Were there a lot of canals and roadways? What were the conditions of the roads? Did they have a lot of railroads?
They had stuff life Textile mills, and Tobacco Factories. Yes, they used to travel and to move around goods. They were in poor condition and not very smooth. Yes, to travel goods across America.
What was a Quaker?
Quaker women enjoyed an weird amount of equality in their communities.
What were the names of the people who supported anti-slavery?
Abolitionist
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
A British and American Physician, who was the first women to earn a medical degree.
Who was John Brown? What was he known for? What town did he attack the federal arsenal at?
He was an American Abolitionist leader. He was known for the raids in Kansas and West Virginia. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
What were the slave codes?
Slaves could not go anywhere without the owners permission, they can not assemble without a white person around, they could not have firearms, and they were not aloud to be taught how to read and write.
What convention did they make the declaration of sentiments at?
The Seneca Falls convention, in New York.
What were the different classes of whites?
Slaves, poor whites, yeoman framers, and plantation owners.
Who were the Know-nothing Party? Why were they named this?
Nativists, who would always say they knew nothing when asked a question.
What was the fugitive slave law? Why was it established?
Allowed slave-hunters to seize alleged slaves.
What was the most common transportation in the South?
Canals, and roads they were in very poor condition.
What did Susan B. Anthony call for?
Co-education and equal pay.
Who is one of the most famous conductor’s of the underground rail round?
Harriet Tubman
Who was president of the country that was formed when states seceded from the Union and what was this country called?
Jefferson Davis, He made the Confederate states of America.
Who was in the senate race of 1853? Why was it so important? What did it prove? Who won?
Abraham Lincoln v. Fredrick Douglass, it decided whether or not we should put the Kansas-Nebraska act. That the United States should be two territories, Lincoln.
Why did the North have a advantage in transportation?
Because they had railways and railroads that were in good condition, which allowed them to travel goods easier.
What did Maria Mitchell accomplish?
She was the first person to discover a comet through a teleoscope.
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?
It repealed the Missouri compromise and created two new territories, it also allowed popular sovereignty.
What caused the remaining slave states to secede from the Union?
Southern states were afraid of the north abolishing slavery.
What is civil disobedience? Who came up with this idea?
The refusal to obey certain laws, Henry David Thoreau.
Why did the south want to keep slavery legal?
It helped with the economy, slaves were there to help make their owners money.
What states recognized that woman should be able to own property?
New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and California.