Slavery in America
This system forced African Americans to work without pay and stripped them of their rights.
What is slavery?
The Southern economy depended mostly on this crop.
What is cotton?
He was President of the United States when the Civil War began.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The war between the North and South was called this.
The Civil War.
A person who wanted to end slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
Many enslaved people worked on these large Southern farms?
What are plantations?
The Northern economy was based more on these instead of farming.
What are factories or industries?
He was the President of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape to freedom using this place.
What is the underground railroad?
A war between two parts of the same country.
What is a civil war?
This escaped enslaved woman helped others find freedom through the underground railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This invention made cleaning cotton faster and increased the need for enslaved labor.
What is the cotton gin?
This famous Abolitionist gave speeches and wrote about his life as an enslaved man. Many were surprised he could read and write.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
John Brown led this fight against slavery at this place.
To leave or break away from a territory or country.
What is secede?
The Northern states wanted to stop the spread of slavery into these new areas.
What are new territories or western territories?
The North had more of these, making it easier to transport goods and soldiers.
What are railroads?
This man led a raid on Harpers Ferry to fight against slavery.
Who was John Brown?
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in this year, which made the South very upset.
What is 1860?
The Southern states were known as this.
What is the Confederacy?
This book by Harriet Beecher Stowe showed the cruelty of slavery and turned many people against it.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Because of different economies, the North and South developed different what?
What are lifestyles or cultures?
An enslaved man who tried to sue for his freedom.
Who is Dred Scott?
This state seceded from Virginia.
What is West Virginia?
The Northern states were known as this.
What is the Union?