What crop created the boom in the South?
cotton
a network of secret routes and safe houses that aided enslaved people in escaping to freedom
this is known as the....
underground railroad
people who wanted to end/abolish slavery in the United States are called
abolitionists
Because of slavery the southern states seceded from the US. What does Secede mean?
Withdraw, formally break off
This person was one of the most famous conductors on the Underground railroad. She made 19 trips back to Maryland and helped more than 300 slaves escape to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
What invention deeply divides the country and creates slavery to spread throughout the south
cotton gin
Who was the President who advocated for the end of slavery
Ab Lincoln
These people were a Christian religious group that were among the first groups to advocate for the abolition of slavery. They opposed slavery because they believed everyone was equal in the eyes of God. One way they advocated for the abolition of slavery was through speeches and writings
Who are they?
The Quakers
At the age of 41, she wrote her most famous book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was read by so many people that it scared slave owners. They feared that people would feel sorry for the slaves and refuse to return runaway slaves to their masters.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This person was an abolitionist known for his violent tactics in his opposition to slavery. He is known for his raid on in an attempt to start a slave rebellion that would ultimately end slavery
John Brown
Name 3 ways people resisted slavery
Broke tools
Maintained their culture
Pretended to be sick
Worked slower
Fought back/ rebelled
Learned to read and write
What was the Name of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel that describes the horrible treatment and conditions of slavery. This book could also be considered one of the causes of the Civil War.
Uncle Toms Cabin
What city and State did Johns Brown Raid take place in?
Harpers Ferry, Virginia,
Why did Frederick Douglass have a better chance than most at escaping the south
He could read and write (was educated)
What war eventually led to the end of slavery ?
Civil War
Those who guided enslaved people to safety and freedom were often called _________ of the underground railroad
conductors
This act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. This act made it so no enslaved people were safe anywhere in the US
Fugitive slave law 1850
Frederick Douglass' Newspaper was called
The North Star
When President Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe he said she was responsible for starting the ______________________
Civil War
North considered Brown a martyr. What does this word mean
MARTYR- a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.
What year was Lincoln elected President ?
1860
William Lloyd Garrisons newspaper was called the...
The liberator
Then slavery was abolished in the United States by the _______ Amendment to the Constitution.
13th
people were brought from Britain as laborers. Many of these people agreed to work for seven years in return for their passage to the Americas.
What were these people called
Indentured servants
. The first Africans arrived in what British colony in 1619?
VA