Vocabulary
Government formed by the seven seceding states, also known as the Confederate States of America.
Confederacy
While many people in the North lived on farms, where did many begin working?
Where did more people begin to live?
Work in factories
Live in large towns and cities
What were 3 methods of controlling slaves?
Performed acts of cruelty
Required permission to leave plantations
Used physical punishment
Separated family members
Enforced slave codes
What said that escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners, even if they had reached Northern states where slavery was not allowed.
Fugitive Slave Act
Organized secret system set up to help enslaved people escape from the South to Freedom in the North or Canada.
Underground Railroad
What did those in the North think about tariffs on imported goods?
Wanted higher tariffs on imported goods to increase U.S. companies sales.
What were 3 ways slaves resisted?
Broke the tools they used
Learned to read
Pretended to be sick
Formed the Underground Railroad
Worked slowly
What said that the people of each territory were allowed to decide whether it should be free or slave?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Law which stated that escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners, even if they would had reached Northern states where slavery was not allowed.
Fugitive Slave Law
What was the point of view for those in the North on buying and selling of manufactured goods?
They wanted to sell their goods to Americans.
What did Lincoln and his supporters hoping to achieve by fighting the Civil War?
Lincoln and his supporters wanted to preserve the Union.
What was the name of the book that described the cruelties of slavery and won over many people to the abolitionist cause.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
States that remained loyal to the United States government
Union
What is the point of view on slavery in the North?
Most states outlawed slaves.
What goal did Southerners hoping to achieve by fighting the Civil War?
Southerners wanted to preserve states' rights and slavery.
Who said, "If slavery is not wrong, then nothing is wrong...(But I) would not do anything to bring about a war between the free and slave states?"
Abraham Lincoln
Plan in which California entered the United States as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed
Compromise of 1850
What is the South's point of view on slavery?
Slavery was profitable, so most states allowed it.
When was Lincoln's inauguration? (not on test)
March 4, 1861
Who felt that, "each state...has a right to do as it pleases on...slavery?"
Stephen Douglas