Slavery allowed slave owners to sell products more cheaply.
Why did slave owners depend on slavery?
100
Henry Clay
Who introduced the Compromise of 1850?
100
Help enslaved people escape to the North
What is the purpose of the Underground Railroad?
100
Owen Lovejoy
Who spoke as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad in Illinois?
100
Decide for themselves about it
What is Stephen Douglas view of what should Illinois do about slavery?
200
It required all U.S. citizens to help capture escaped slaves.
What is a true statement about the Fugitive Slave Law?
200
A person who protest publicly against slavery
What is an orator
200
Slave owners felt threatened by Abraham's views on slavery.
Why did Southern slave owners oppose Lincoln's election as President?
200
Douglas was chosen to serve in the U.S. Senate?
What was the outcome of the Lincoln and Douglas debate?
300
Their fates were decided by the government officials.
What happened to escaped slaves caught in the North under the Fugitive Slave Act?
300
1830's
When did the antislavery movement organize the Underground Railroad?
300
Stephen Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, John Bell
Who ran against Lincoln in the Presidential election of 1860?
300
Seven
How many Illinois cities were did the Lincoln/Douglas debate get held at?
400
They will be free in Canada.
Where did slaves aim to travel so that they can be free?
400
Freeport Doctrine
What is Steven Douglas's views on slavery called?
400
Slavery should not be spread to free states.
What is Lincoln's view about slavery ?
500
abolitionists, formerly enslaved people and free African Americans
Name three types of Underground Railroad conductors.
500
He challenged Stephan Douglas to a debate. He ran for reelection as a senator in Illinois in 1858. He ran against Steven Douglas for election to the U.S. Senate.
What are three statements about Abraham Lincoln?
500
He won the respect of many Illinois people because he had a straightforward manner and was a powerful public speaker.
What effect did Lincoln have on the people of Illinois during the debates, even though he lost?