REFORMERS
People who wanted slavery to end were called this.
What are abolitionists?
This secret network helped enslaved people escape.
What is the Underground Railroad?
This issue caused major conflict between the North and South
What is slavery?
Explain ONE reason the Union had an advantage in the Civil War.
Possible answers: More factories, more railroads, larger population.
This document freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This person escaped slavery and spoke against it.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This law forced people to help capture escaped enslaved people
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Southern states did this after Lincoln won the election of 1860.
What is secession?
The Union had more of these transportation systems
What are railroads?
Antietam led Lincoln to issue this.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This reform movement began at Seneca Falls.
What is the women’s rights movement?
This violent event in Kansas showed growing division over slavery
What is Bleeding Kansas?
This act allowed settlers to vote on slavery in territories.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This battle marked the beginning of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
These two battles became major turning points for the Union.
What are Gettysburg and Vicksburg?
This woman fought for women’s suffrage.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This abolitionist used violence during a raid at Harpers Ferry
Who is John Brown?
This Supreme Court decision said enslaved people were not citizens.
What is the Dred Scott decision?
The Union had more factories, railroads, and this.
What is population?
Gettysburg and Vicksburg helped shift momentum toward this side.
What is the union?
This document argued women deserved equal rights
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
This person became famous for leading the underground railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Explain why the Kansas-Nebraska Act increased conflict.
Possible answers: It allowed settlers to vote on slavery; it caused violence and disagreement over slavery.
This battle showed Americans the war would be long and difficult
What is Bull Run?
Explain ONE way the Emancipation Proclamation changed the Civil War
Possible answers: Freed enslaved people in Confederate states; changed the purpose of the war; made ending slavery part of the war effort.