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100
Along with Sojourner Truth, this woman helped fugitive slaves escape slave states through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
This political party was made up of antislavery advocates from all of the political parties. The slogan in its campaign was "Free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men."
What is the Free Soil Party?
100
These bills were composed by Henry Clay in 1820. They allowed for the admission of Missouri as a slave state while also admitting Maine as a free state. Slavery would not be allowed above the 36 30' line, with the exception of Missouri.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
100
In 1831, led by Nathaniel Turner, this uprising resulted in the deaths of over 50 european americans and the retaliatory killings of hundreds of slaves.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
100
This term was used to describe slavery.
What is "peculiar institution?"
200
In 1793, this person invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
200
This new political party was composed of Democrats, Whigs, Free-Soilers, and Know-Nothings. This party was opposed to the expansion of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is the Republican Party?
200
Drafted by Henry Clay, this series of laws was a method of averting a national crisis due to the conflicting beliefs of the Southerners and other states. These laws would admit California as a free state, divide the Mexican cession in the New Mexico and Utah Territories, ban the slave trade in Washington D.C., enact a stricter Fugitive Slave Law, and give Texas monetary compensation for its willingness to forget about its claims to part of New Mexico's Territory.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
200
Led by John Brown at a federal arsenal in Virginia, a raid was staged. Brown claimed he was given orders by God, wanted to arm slaves in the surrounding plantations to overthrow the whites and create a free black state.
What is Harper's Ferry?
200
This was a complex network that assisted fugitive slaves fleeing the United States or at least to reach free states.
What is the Underground Railroad?
300
She crusaded for the improvement of mental institutions in America.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
300
This organization was founded in 1833 by William Lloyd Garrison. It strove to combat the proslavery opponents.
What is the American Antislavery Society?
300
This would theoretically open the Nebraska Territory to slavery. Passing this act would cause the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. It was signed into law in 1854.
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
300
Sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification.
What is the Nullification Crisis of 1832?
300
This concept indicated that the issue of slavery would be decided by the citizens which resided in the given territory.
What is popular sovereignty?
400
Published "The North Star." This antislavery journal reported the ugliness of slavery for readers and argued that the Constitution could be used to fight against slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
400
Created in the mid 1820's by revival preachers, this organization attempted to encourage drinkers to limit their alcohol consumption and later eventually take a vow of abstinence.
What is the American Temperance Society?
400
This was drafted by a group of Missourians which traveled to Kansas and organized a proslavery government hoping to create a new state.
What is the Lecompton Constitution?
400
An 1819 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
400
In some antebellum states, these codes were incorporated into the laws regulating enslaved Americans, known as the Slave Codes. These laws aimed at oppressing enslaved Africans, discouraging free blacks from living in the South, and preventing slave revolts.
What are the Black Codes?
500
In 1852, she wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin." This novel became widely famous in the North and scorned in the South.
Who is Harriet Beacher Stowe?
500
This political party was composed of Know-Nothins, Whigs, and moderates. Its main concern was that if Lincoln won the election of 1860, that it would cause the South to secede from the Union.
What is the Constitutional Union Party?
500
This document was written by Stephen A. Douglas. It stated that communities must pass and enforce laws that would protect the institution of slavery.
What is the Freeport Doctrine?
500
In 1857, it was ruled that the 36 30' provision of the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and that all African Americans were not citizens, therefore making them ineligibile to sue in federal court. It was also said that an individual's property could not be denied him under the U.S. Constitution. The Missouri Compromise was therefore unconstitutional.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
500
Comprised of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. This "new country" was a result of seceding from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln. Jefferson Davis was named its president.
What are the Confederate States of America?