The South
Did they South want to have industry?
Yes they felt like they were too dependent on the North
What is a Quaker?
Quaker women enjoy an unusual degree of equality in their communities.
Who were abolitionists?
People who sought to end slavery.
Who was the anti-slavery party?
The Whigs
How was the life?
Miserable and hardship
What transportation did the South use?
Waterways and Railways
Where was the first women’s right convention?
Seneca Falls, New York In 1848
What was the American Colonization Society?
A group of white people who wanted to send free slaves to Africa to start new lives.
Dred Scott v Sanford
Scott was a slave who was bought then moved to free land. He claimed he should be free since he lived on free land.
How were they threatened?
Owner could sell them without warning
What did they use for economy?
Mostly slaves
What did Catherine Beecher believe?
She believed everyone should be educated.
Who wrote “American Slavery As It Is”
Sarah and Angela Grimke.
Who was John brown
A person who hoped to arm slaves and started a raid to do so.
Why did they set up a network between friends and family?
They could get sold at any time so if they did they would have one of the friends or family take care of their kids
Who were most white people called?
Yeoman farmers. Who owned land 50 to 200 acres.
What did Emma Willard do?
She studied subjects that were only “meant for men”
Who was Sojourner Truth?
A slave who escaped and earned her freedom.
Who won the election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln
What was Slave Codes?
Laws that prohibited salves to gather in large groups so they wont rebel
What class is the people who rent land?
Tenant farmers
What did Elizabeth Blackwell become?
She tried and tried to get into med school. She alter on gets accepted and receives fame as doctor.
What was the Underground Railroad?
A line of houses that allowed salves to escape.
What was Confederate States Of America
States that protected slavery
Who was Harriet Tubman?
Someone who escaped. She used the Underground Railroad and went back to help others escape