The South
What was it called when slaved used help to run away?
The underground railroad
Who was the most well known abolitionists?
William Lloyd Garrison
What was the Missouri Compromise?
- Created the (36' 30) line.
- Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
Who was Nat Turner?
A slave who organized the largest slave rebellion.
Cotton
What helped with transportation in the North.
The Railroads
What was the Compromise of 1850?
Admitted California to the Union as a free state, left the question of slavery in New Mexico and Utah up to choice.
Who was the south's greatest spokesman, who demanded equal rights for the south?
John C. Calhoun
What effect did the cotton gin have on slavery.
There was high demand for slaves. They raised in price.
The __________ was a network of people who helped runaway slaves escape to the north. _______________ was a famous conductor.
Underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
What was the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The bloody struggle over Kansas
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
Founder of The Liberator (a newspaper) to espouse his abolitionist views.
What rights did John C. Calhoun ask for?
Slaves to be returned
Equal amount of slave/free States
Who was Fredrick Douglass?
Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, and writer After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Repealed the Missouri Compromise
What did Harriet Beecher Stowe do?
She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
What as a large farm called?
plantation
What help with economic growth in the north?
manufacturing and factories
Put the into chronological order
1. Kansas-Nebraska Act
2. Compromise of 1850
3. Missouri Compromise
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Who was Eli Whitney?
He invented the cotton gin