Ending Slavery
Compromises
Sectionalism
Difference between West, North, and South
100
What was the Underground Railroad?
A secret organization that helped slaves escape to the North using safehouses.
100
What were the main "agreements" of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri=Slave State; Maine=Free State; No slaves north of the 36'30 latitude line
100
Define Sectionalism
Separating a country based on beliefs; and loyalty to one part of the country at the expense of the whole
100
The North and South were primarily divided on what issue?
Slavery
200
What was someone that supported the ending of slavery called?
Abolitionist
200
Who came up with the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay (and Stephen A. Douglas...)
200
The Fugitive Slave Act forced what part of the country to help capture slaves?
The North; Northerners
200
Which region (North or South) had more roads, factories, and people?
North
300
How did John Brown attempt to end slavery?
Murdered slave owners during Bleeding Kansas.
300
What did both the North (Anti-Slavery) and South (Pro-Slavery) get in the Compromise of 1850?
North=California is a Free State; South=Texas and the Fugitive Slave Act
300
The Kansas-Nebraska Act would lead what group of Southerners to rush into Kansas to illegally vote?
Border Ruffians
300
Name TWO groups that settled the West.
EX: 49ers, Mormons, Cowboys, Homesteaders, Exodusters, etc.
400
Who was responsible for publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
400
In the Kansas Nebraska Act, how would states decide if they wanted slavery or not (fancy Social Studies term only!!!)?
Popular Sovereignty (Voting)
400
What was the name of the Abolitionist Senator that was beat on the floor of Congress for his Anti-Slavery speeches?
Charles Sumner
400
Why did the South develop slavery while the North did not?
Reliance on Cash Crops, the physical geography (warm, fertile soil, flat land) allowed large scale agriculture and plantations.