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Abolitionists
U.S Documents
The North and South
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Laws/Policies
100
This book, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852, shows the evils of slave life through the eyes of a kind and gentle slave.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
100
By March of 1861, seven states had repealed their ratification of this original U.S document.
What is the U.S Constitution
100
This man was President of the Union during the war
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
He said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand"
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
The proposed admittance of this state into the union caused an uproar over possible imbalance in the senate
What is Missouri
200
This was an anti-slavery newspaper written by William Lloyd Garrison
What is The Liberator
200
Contrary to popular belief, this proclamation only freed slaves from the eleven southern states that had seceded from the Union.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
200
This man was president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis
200
He said "In the gloomiest moment of the revolutionary war, I never had any fears equal to what I feel from this source"
Who is Thomas Jefferson
200
The Wilmot Proviso banned slavery in any state won from this country
What is Mexico
300
Radical abolitionist John Brown tried to take over the U.S weapon arsenal with the help of his how many sons?
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300
The ignoring of this "self evident" truth, recorded in the Declaration of Independence, was what spurned many abolitionists into action
What is that all men are created equal
300
This was the first state to secede from the Union
What is South Carolina
300
400,000 of 600,000 casualties from the Civil War were caused by this
What is disease
300
Henry Clay's proposed Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri into the Union as a slave state, while this state was allowed in as a free state
What is Maine
400
After learning to read and write, this ex-slave spread his ideas about the injustice of slavery through eloquent speech and writing
Who is Frederick Douglass
400
This amendment to the U.S Constitution officially outlawed slavery
What is the 13th amendment
400
Robert E. Lee led the troops for this side during the war
Who is the South
400
This new form of technology assisted in communication during the war
What is the telegraph
400
This supreme court case of 1954 decided that it was not fair to segregate children's schools based upon race
What is Brown v. Board of Education
500
Harriet Tubman led hundreds of slaves North to freedom through her help as part of a larger organization known as this
What is the Underground Railroad
500
The 14th amendment to the U.S Constitution gave citizenship rights to who?
Who are all U.S-born men
500
These two cities served as the capitals to the Union and the capital to the Confederate states during the Civil War
What are Washington, D.C and Richmond, VA.
500
He said "If it be deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice... so let it be done"
Who is John Brown
500
John Brown is sometimes called the first American this
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