Abolition & Reform
This abolitionist published The Liberator.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Main issue dividing the nation.
What is slavery?
To withdraw from the Union.
What does secede mean?
This invention improved transportation on land.
What is the steam locomotive?
This former enslaved person became a powerful speaker and writer.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
This law required the return of escaped enslaved people.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
Economic system of the South.
What is agriculture/slavery-based economy?
A person who escapes from captivity.
What is a fugitive?
This invention improved communication across continents.
What is the transatlantic cable?
This woman led enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
This act allowed popular sovereignty in new territories.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Split the Confederacy.
What is Vicksburg?
A group that influences public policy.
What is an interest group?
This invention increased factory production of textiles.
What is the water-powered textile mill?
This movement encouraged people to improve society and inspired reforms.
What was the Second Great Awakening?
This Supreme Court case denied citizenship to African Americans.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
This battle is considered the turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Refusing to follow laws you believe are unjust.
What is civil disobedience?
This invention made writing and communication more efficient.
What is the typewriter?
This belief emphasizes following one’s own conscience and self-reliance.
What is individualism?
This event increased tensions after a failed attempt to start a slave uprising.
What is John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry?
Philosophy focused on nature and self.
What is transcendentalism?
A person honored after death for a cause.
What is a martyr?
This man is known as the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution.”
Who was Samuel Slater?