Vocabulary
These people supported the end of slavery
Abolitionists
author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, described the lives of slaves in the South
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What was the dominant economic activity of the South in the 1800's?
Agriculture
The most valuable cash crop in the South was
Cotton
This event said that slavery was allowed in all US territories.
What is the Dred Scot Supreme Court case.
ATLAS CHALLENGE page 53
This is the percentage of African Americans in South in 1860
What is 34%
ATLAS CHALLENGE page 51
These two men published abolitionist newspapers
Who are William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass
This crop was primarily grown along the coast of Georgia and South Carolina.
What is rice
What state was admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850?
California
Atlas Challenge page 52
What four states entered the Union as slave states after 1820?
What are Missouri, Arkansas, Florida and Texas
network of safe houses for leading slaves to freedom
Underground Railroad
abolitionist and political activist; escaped slavery and helped numerous other slaves escape along the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
This event caused Irish immigration to spike around 1850.
What is the Potato Famine in Ireland
This geographic marvel created an economic powerhouse in the North
The Erie Canal
According to Dred Scott, black people (free or enslaved) were not considered what in the US.
Citizens
allowing the people of a territory to decide whether to allow slavery
Popular Sovereignty
slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom; argued that since he had lived in free places, he should himself be free
Dred Scott
This state nickname reflected pro and anti-slavery violence in the territories.
What is BLEEDING KANSAS
The Kansas-Nebraska Act determined that slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska Territories would be determined by
popular sovereignty
Atlas Challenge page 56
What were the five slave states that sided with the Union (north) in the Civil War?
Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri
identification with the needs and interests of the region of the country where one lives, instead of with the national interests
Sectionalism
Illinois Republican elected President in 1860 who led the Union through the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
The slave trade (auctions) was banned here with the COMPROMISE of 1850
What is Washington DC
ATLAS CHALLENGE, page 51
According to the map, what two "foreign" countries did enslaved people escape to be free?
What is British North America (or Canada) and Mexico
This events was the reason for California's spike in population and the fact that it was admitted as state in 1850.
The Gold Rush