Early Free Black Communities
Expansion of Slavery in the South
Abolitionist Movement
Racism & Violence (1700s-1800s)
Hodgepodge
100
The Whig Party arose in opposition to this political party
Democratic Party
100
REVIEW: Why did Southern states want to expand slavery?
Their economy depended on it.
100
What did the Abolitionist movement focus on?
Abolishing slavery
100
This President, also on the $20 bill, was known for supporting the expansion of slavery, extermination of indigenous groups, and known for taking a stand for "the common man."
Andrew Jackson
100
What is the First Amendment of the US Constitution
Freedom of Speech
200
Why did African Americans create their own schools in the early 1800s?
White authorities often refused to admit Black children to public schools.
200
What was the main crop grown in the South?
Cotton
200
This formerly enslaved man became a famous abolitionist, writer, and speaker who published many books, speeches, and news articles
Frederick Douglass
200
What was Denmark Vesey’s fate?
He was hanged
200
What is the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution
The Right to Bare Arms
300
What did Richard Allen and other Black church members do when they faced discrimination at St. George’s Church?
They left and eventually established their own independent Black church.
300
This group was pushed out of their land and followed the trail of tears as a result of slavery expansion
Native Americans
300
According to Frederick Douglass, what were reasons why slave masters whipped their slaves
1. For any reason they wanted
2. To keep order/control
300
Nat Turner is best described as a __________ visionary.
Religious
300
This Amendment legally abolished slavery, except as a form of punishment
13th Amendment.
400
The African Dorcas Associations supported Black communities by...
Distributing aid to the poor
400
What direction did the South want to expand slavery towards?
West
400
What was the name of Frederick Douglass' newspaper?
The North Star
400
This country is known for their successful slave rebellion in the early 1800s resulting in being the First Independent Black Nation.
Haiti.
400
Name these states!
Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska
500
The Enlightenment, the Great Awakening, and an emerging market economy all contributed to...
An increasing willingness of some white people to contemplate emancipation
500
Name all the states in the Deep South
Texas, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina, Tennessee
500
By the mid-1820s, most black abolitionists had come to view the American Colonization Society as __________.
a proslavery organization
500
What state did Nat Turner start his slave rebellion.
Virginia.
500
Name the Four Corner States