Slavery in the West
The Senator from Kentucky who introduced the Missouri Compromise and The Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
This law required citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves and denied enslaved people the right to a jury trial.
The Fugitive Slave Law
A series of safe stops for African Americans escaping slavery in the South, predominantly run by free Black people in the North
The Underground Railroad
Many Southerners thought that this issue BESIDES slavery was a cause to secede from the Union.
State's Rights
Passed in 1875, but not enforced, called for equal public accommodations
Civil Rights Act of 1875
one term president who ran on Manifest Destiny
James K. Polk
This legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States; and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott v. Sandford
This state entered the Union as a "free state," or a state without slavery.
California
This Democratic politician from Mississippi served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.
Jefferson Davis
General in charge of leading U.S. troops after 1863 through the end of the War
Ulysses S. Grant
This amendment gave African Americans the right to vote
15th amendment
This Confederate general, despite a decidedly mixed record during the Civil War, helped inspire the "Lost Cause" myth
Robert E. Lee
This 1854 bill organized the remaining territory of the Louisiana Purchase into two parts. Each territory would decide for itself whether or not to permit slavery. This stipulation repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which stated that slavery was prohibited north of 36° 30′.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
These two states were established as territories that could decide via popular sovereignty if they would permit slavery
Utah and New Mexico
This 1852 anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War."
Uncle Tom's Cabin
General in charge of the Armies of the Confederate States of America
Robert E. Lee
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States
13th amendment
This iconic battle during Texas' revolt against Mexico, during which Texan settlers resisted the Mexican army, has a large mythology built around it. However, people often forget to mention the settlers were fighting to protect slavery....
Hint: Remember the...
The Alamo
the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854.
Bleeding Kansas
The law defined new boundaries for this state following the Mexican-American War, removing its claims to parts of New Mexico but awarding the state $10 million in compensation
Texas
This abolitionist uttered these famous words," What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?...To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity..."
Frederick Douglass
Wartime executive action in 1863 that changed the legal status under federal law of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the secessionist Confederate states from enslaved to free.
Emancipation Proclamation
This amendment expanding citizenship rights to any person born in the United States, irrespective of race
14th amendment
This slogan was a rallying cry for Americans who supported Manifest Destiny, and wanted to extend the nation's borders all the way to Russian-held Alaska.
54'40 or Fight!
An effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over this United States arsenal in Virginia.
Harper's Ferry
The slave trade was abolished in this district
Washington .D.C.
Which seven slave states formed the Confederacy on February 8, 1861?
seven original states: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
Later: Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina
this 1863 address begins with the words, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
50 bonus points: If a score is 20 years, to which year is Lincoln referring?
Gettysburg Address;
87 years; 1776
Southern laws enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by white Southern Democrat-dominated state legislatures to disenfranchise and remove political and economic gains made by black people during the Reconstruction period
Jim Crow Laws/Black Codes
In July 1863, protests against this wartime policy sparked a New York City race riot led largely by Irish and German immigrants that targetted Black residents in the city.