Abolition
What was the goal of the Abolition Movement?
To get rid of slavery in the United States
This abolitionist was an advocate for the rights of African Americans and women, she is particularly famous for her speech "Ain't I a Woman.
Sojourner Truth
What was the South using to support their economy?
Enslaved labor
What does the word fugitive mean?
Someone who has escaped from something and is in hiding
What is Lincoln generally referred to as?
The (Great) Emancipator
How did the Abolition Movement try and convince other people to act against slavery?
By appealing to people’s sense of morality
This formerly enslaved man became a powerful speaker and wrote an autobiography about his life in slavery.
Frederick Douglass
The invention of this machine in 1793 made it easier to clean cotton and increased demand for enslaved labor.
What is the cotton gin
Where did the idea of capturing and returning escaped slaves come from?
The original draft of the constitution
The Proclamation went into effect on this date.
January 1, 1863
Abolitionists often held these types of events to raise awareness and build support.
What are speeches, lectures, or public meetings
This white newspaper editor published The Liberator and called for the immediate end of slavery.
William Lloyd Garrison
Why did the demand for slavery and cash crops, like cotton, grow in the 1800's?
Great Britain’s industrial revolution
Who called for the Fugitive Slave Law to be written in the first place?
Southern Slave Owners
What did Abraham Lincoln consider to be his top priority as President of the United States?
to preserve the union
Abolitionists often sent these to Congress to demand the end of slavery
petitions/letters
This pair of sisters from South Carolina became well-known abolitionists and women's rights advocates.
the Grimké sisters
How did the economy of the Northern states contribute to slavery, even if slavery was outlawed in the North?
The Northern states made manufactured goods, which relied on cotton produced by slave labor.
What was different about the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 than in 1793?
The U.S. Government played a larger role in enforcing the Law
The proclamation only freed slaves in these areas.
Confederate states (in rebellion)
This 1850 law made it illegal to help enslaved people escape, angering abolitionists.
The Fugitive Slave Act/Law
This abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 in an attempt to start a slave uprising.
John Brown
Why did the founding fathers expect for the longevity of the cotton industry?
They did not see it as profitable and difficult to grow, so they thought it would die out.
How did the Fugitive Slave Law impact the Abolitionist Movement?
As the Fugitive Slave Law intensified, as did the Abolitionist Movement in their resistance and assistance of fugitive slaves
Lincoln’s views on slavery evolved; by the end of the war, he supported this constitutional change that freed the slaves
The 13th Amendment