Abolition Vocabulary
This party was developed in the United States during the 1850's to slow and stop the spread of slavery, hoping one day to end it.
What is the Republican Party?
This religious group has some of the earliest recorded attempts to ban or end slavery in Pennsylvania.
Who are the Quakers?
Olaudah Equiano was kidnapped from this place, his home country, and sold into slavery. He eventually made it to the English Royal Navy and bought his freedom where he became an abolitionist in England.
Where is Nigeria?
While the North had a larger industrial base than the South, the South produced a substantial portion of the country's agriculture. These are two examples of agricultural products that were produced in the South.
What are rice, peaches, oranges, tobacco, and cotton?
This presidential candidate for the Republican Party won the 1860 election.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This President of the Confederate States of America hoped that the abolition movement would never succeed.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This famed Civil War general was the one who brought down John Brown's attempt to start a slave revbellion.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
This English politician and philanthropist was a force to be reckoned with as he brought a dozen policies that would either slow or end slavery in England in the early 19th century
Who is William Wilberforce?
Immigrant labor helped develop numerous industries. The Jews helped develop the garment industry while this group was a contributing factor to the building of railroad tracks out west.
Who are the Irish, Chinese, or black workers?
With the election of a Republican candidate for President, this many states left the Union to start their own country.
What is 11?
This American journalist, abolitionist, and anti-slavery magazine creator started "The Liberator" in 1831.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
Frederick Douglass taught himself to read, escaped slavery to the north, and led a life fighting against slavery and its expansion. He claimed black people only need three "boxes" to truly be free. Name those three boxes.
What is the juror box, ballot box, and the cartridge box?
This religious dwarf worked in Barbados along the slaves in the sugar fields before relocating to Philadelphia where he started a crusade to end slavery all over.
Who is Benjamin Lay?
A focus on entrepreneurial endeavors was different between the North and the South. So much so, it was believed that if a business was successful in the South it was usually run by one of these different groups.
What is a Yankee, a Jew, or a Foreigner?
A focus on education was seen in many ways as a difference between the North and the South. Children in Massachusetts spent twice as many years in school as children in this southern state.
What is Virginia?
This leader in the abolition movement before the Civil War was not afraid to use violence to arm black slaves so they could revolt. His plan was bold but failed at the cost of his life.
Who is John Brown?
Around 1781, Theodore Sedgwick provided lawyer services to this slave who sued for her freedom in Massachusetts.
Who is Elizabeth Freeman?
This 1807 law banned the selling of slaves in England.
What is the 1807 Slave Trade Act?
These two factors contributed to the use of slaves in the South as a labor force.
What are redneck culture that wouldn't work and poor weather that didn't entice immigrants to move down south?
Name three of the states that left the United States to form the Confederate States of America.
What is South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi,Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, and Tennessee?
This 1833 law was passed in England that ended slavery in most of the British colonies.
What is the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act?
Abolitionists were adamant that slaves needed to be freed immediately as their lives were difficult. Frederick Douglass faced his "Dark Night of Slavery" when this slave breaker tried to punish him for learning to read.
Who is Edward Covey?
This 1811 law made it a felony to participate in the slave trade (buying, selling, transporting, etc.) anywhere England had authority.
What is the 1811 Slave Trade Felony Act?
Education was a major dividing factor between the North and the South. 20% of southern whites were illiterate as opposed to this percentage of New Englanders?
What is 1%?
This law was passed that would allow states to vote as to whether they entered the United States as a slave or free state.
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?