North vs South
Industry was the foundation its economy
Who is the North
I was an runaway slave who used the underground railroad to escape, only to later return to the south to lead over 300 slaves to freedom. I’m the most famous conductor of the underground railroad and was given the name Moses from my people.
Who is Harriet Tubman
I won the election of 1860 and became the 16th President of the United States
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Loyalty to ones own region or section rather than a whole
What is sectionalism?
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Less than 3,000 miles of railroads, the steamboat was the primary facilitator of the movement of goods.
Who is the South?
I was the Illinois senator who debated with Lincoln over slavery to win the Illinois legislature.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
Written in 1852, this novel exposed the horror of slavery; in the south, it sparked denial, was considered offensive, and was banned, while in the north, it was popular and spurred the abolitionist movement.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
State of being owned by someone else
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Cash crops like, cotton, tobacco and rice, were the foundation of the economy.
Who the South?
I was a self-educated slave who escaped in 1838 and became the best know abolitionist speaker, editing an anti-slavery weekly newsletter called the North Star
Who is Fredrick Douglas?
The compromise that admitted California as a free state, added the Fugitive slave law, solved a border dispute between New Mexico and Texas, and added Popular Sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Someone who is against slavery
Who is an abolitionist?
To eliminate
What is abolish?
Well connected, fluid social class, heavily populated, benefited from industrial inventions, free labor system
Who is the North?
I was dubbed the "Great Compromiser"?
Who is Henry Clay?
A case in which a slave from Missouri, claimed he was free because he had traveled and lived with his owner in Illinois and Wisconsin- which were both free. The supreme court ruled that he had no right to file suit as a slave, slaves were property, and congress had no right to ban slavery in any part of the country
First state to suceed from the Union
Who is South Carolina?
A radical abolitionist who claimed to be sent by god to end slavery, he led a raid on Harper's Ferry that resulted in his execution
Who is John Brown?
A sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery advocates that took place in Kansas-Nebraska Territory; the dispute further strained the relations of the North and South, making civil war imminent
What is Bleeding Kansas?
A person who has escaped from a place or is hiding who avoid arrest
What is a fugitive?
Anti and Pro Slavery activist went to this state to sway votes in their favor
What is Kansas?