North v. South
Slavery
Abolitionists
Election of 1860
Vocab
100

The North and South were dependent on what crop?

Cotton

100

Compromise that created the 36 30' line, allowing slavery in the South, but not North.

Missouri Compromise

100

Abolitionist that wrote "The Liberator" Newspaper.

William Lloyd Garrison

100

Who won the election of 1860 and became our 16th president?

Lincoln

100

Armed Pro slavery supporters that blocked people from entering Kansas

Border Ruffians 

200

Large farms in the South that used slave labor.

Plantations

200

Law that required escaped slaves in free states be returned to the South.

Fugitive Slave Act

200

Former slave that gave emotional speeches about his experiences.

Fredrick Douglas

200

How many candidates were there?

4

200

A group that fights for workers rights.

Workers Union

300

Three groups that joined the workforce in the North.

Women, Children, Immigrants

300

Former slave that led a rebellion

Nat Turner

300

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book that described the horrors of slavery.

Uncle Toms Cabin

300

Northern Democrat that famously debated Lincoln

Stephen Douglas

300

Someone who wants the immediate end of slavery.

Abolitionist

400

New form of fast transportation in the North

Railroads

400

Court case that decided slaves were not citizens.

Dred Scott v. Sandford

400

Led an attack on armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. 

John Brown

400

Breckinridge's political party that supported slavery.

Southern Democrat

400

The name for poor farmers in the South.

Yeoman

500

Fort attacked by Southerners that sparked the Civil War

Fort Sumter

500

Law that allowed states to vote whether they would allow slavery.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

500
Network of trails and safehouses to help people escape slavery.

Underground Railroad

500

Lincoln's political party

Republican

500

States leaving the nation and becoming their own country.

Secession