Abolition/Suffrage
People who fought against slavery were called _____ and people who fought for the right to vote were called ___________
Abolitionists/Suffragists
Who led the raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
John Brown
What were the two major causes for the North and South dividing?
Slavery and States' rights
Which law allowed for there to be the same number of slave states and free states? This law also created the 36'30 line.
Missouri Compromise
Famous Conductor of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
What does it mean to secede from the Union?
Leave
What is States' rights?
Rights that are up to the State to decide rather than the federal government
Which allowed California to enter as a free state and let New Mexico and Utah vote on slavery?
Compromise of 1850
Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Which event caused the south to fear slaves would begin rebelling?
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
Who believed in States rights?
South
What was the purpose of the 36'30 line?
States that joined north of the line were supposed to be free states and states that joined south of the line were supposed to be slave states.
Who was an escaped slave known for giving speeches all over the world about slavery?
Frederick Douglass
Who was the president of the Confederate States?
Jefferson Davis
Who did NOT believe in States rights?
North
This law was created to capture escaped slaves. It made citizens work with the police to capture escaped slaves. If you did not help, you could be fined or sent to jail.
Fugitive Slave Law
Which two people worked together to fight for women's rights?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony
What were the taxes the federal government put on imported goods called?
Tariffs
Who was elected President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Which caused Kansas to become a battleground because Congress allowed two states to vote on slavery that were north of the 36'30 line?
Kansas-Nebraska Act