Soap Box Hero
Southern Abolitionist sisters who spoke out against slavery
Which election did Jackson lose before becoming president?
1824
Which trail was primarily used by 49s and settlers?
The California Trail
Which event marked John Brown's first violent abolitionist action?
Bleeding Kansas
What was Harriet Tubman's nickname?
Conductor of the Under Ground Railroad
Which abolitionist wrote the famous speech "ain't I a woman" that addressed both women's rights and the abolitionist movement
Sojourner Truth
what was the name of the bill that authorized Jackson to utilize the military against the states?
The Force Bill
What is the definition of the term manifest destiny?
It is the job of the American people to expand American democracy and ideals across the entire continental United States.
Who was Nat Turner?
Nat Turner was an enslaved individual who organized and led a large-scale violent rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia.
What was the major issue on the floor during the election of 1860?
Slavery
Frederick Douglass
What was the name of the tariff that directly led to the Nullification act?
The Tariff of Abominations
How did Thomas Jefferson change the size of the continental United States?
Purchased the Louisiana Territory from France
John Brown attempted to raid _______________ at ____________________(location)
The armory at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
What was the outcome of the Dred Scott decision?
(Double Jeopardy if you can name which amendments overturned this decision)
The Supreme Court ruled that enslaved individuals were not citizens and therefore could not utilize the court system.
-13th and 14th amendments
What Anti - Slavery newspaper was started by William Lloyd Garrison?
The Liberator
Which trail was used by a large religious movement that had been pushed out of New York, Ohio, and Illinois?
The Mormon Trail
Who beat whom with a cane in the Senate?
Define Sectionalism
How did Harriet Beecher Stowe's Novel Contribute to the start of the Civil War? What was the name of this novel?
(Double Jeopardy)
Exposed the reality of slavery to the North
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What was the title given to Jackson following his refusal to follow the Supreme Court, the enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, and his role in the end of the National Bank?
King Andrew
What are the names of the top two diseases on the Oregon Trail? (Double Jeopardy)
Dysentery and Cholera
What was Bleeding Kansas?
The flood of settlers moving into the Kansas territory to partake in Popular Sovereignty, which eventually led to a number of violent interactions between freesoilers and slave supporters.
Put the following events in order:
- Election of 1860
- Kansas - Nebraska Act
- Missouri Compromise
- Dred Scott Decision
- Compromise of 1850
1. Missouri Compromise
2. Compromise of 1850
3. Kansas-Nebraska Act
4. Dred Scott Decision
5. Election of 1860