Reformers
The reform movement where women were trying to gain the right to vote and gain more rights is called the ________ movement
Suffrage movement
North or South
Which area had a larger population at the start of the Civil War?
North
Why did Anti-Federalists not support the Constitution?
Because it lacked or did not contain a Bill of Rights
What did Britain start to do to their colonies after the French and Indian War?
Tax them to help pay off the war debts.
Who was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?
Harriett Tubman
Which act said that northerners had to assist in the capture of runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
Remember: Southerners wrongfully believe enslaved people were property and should be returned to them.
According to the Constitution, power to govern comes from?
The people
What are the first 10 amendments known as?
Bill of Rights
Which abolitionist wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Why was Lincoln in Gettysburg PA?
To dedicate a cemetery for the fallen soldiers.
What was caused the South to finally secede from the Union?
The 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln
What was the Capitol of the Confederacy?
Richmond Virginia
Which famous abolitionist wrote the North Star?
Frederick Douglass
The differences between the North and South at the start of the Civil War is the definition of...
Sectionalism
The idea that areas of the country cared more about what was good for their area and not the whole country.
Why did thousands of Americans rush to California in the 1800s?
To find gold
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Which reform movement worked to ban alcohol?
Temperance Movement
Where were the first shots fired of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
What did Harriett Beecher Stowe write?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
How did the framers of the Constitution try to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful?
They added a system of checks and balances