a movement trying to end slavery
abolition
Spoke publicly about anti-slavery which won him a career as a lecturer for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.
Frederick Douglass
She was born enslaved and changed her name to reflect her work. spoke out for both abolition and women’s rights
Sojourner Truth
an above ground area with many escape routes from the South -> North.
Underground Railroad
A conductor in the underground railroad that was born into slavery
Harriet Tubman
was a part of an American delegation that attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention. Co organizer seneca fall convention
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
A place Stanton and Mott spoke at for women’s rights
Seneca Falls Convention
the right to vote
suffrage
A representative proposed a bill which was to outlaw slavery in any territory the US might gain from the War with Mexico. It failed narrowly but caused alarm in the South that Congress would try again to outlaw slavery.
Wilmot Proviso
A political party that was dedicated to stop the expansion of slavery
Free-Soil Party
He helped create the Missouri Compromise and made a plan to settle the California problem (Compromise of 1850).
Henry Clay
He was a senator from Massachusetts and supported the MO compromise for the sake of the Union.
Daniel Webster
He was a senator and made the Compromise of 1850 which became law.
Stephen A. Douglas:
Ban slavery line, abolish slave trade in DC, California was a free state, fugitive slave act.
Compromise of 1850
Didn’t like how slaveholders could recapture runaway slaves, From ohio, Wrote stories from perspectives of slaves in kansas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
a novel that talked about how harsh slavery was.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
1850 law for people to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves.
Fugitive Slave Act
The people had the right to vote to decide an outcome
popular sovereignty
mini civil war between Kansas about slavery. Proslavery forces were powerful by rigging voting, setting fire, etc.
Kansas–Nebraska Act
an extreme abolitionist. Participated in bleeding kansas.
John Brown
The political party formed in 1854 anti-slavery people in the territories.
Republican Party
explored in the West, the “Pathfinder.” He spoke in favor of admitting both California and Kansas as free states.
John C. Frémont
The nominee for the Democratic party in 1856. As minister to Great Britain, he said little about slavery and claimed that his goal was to maintain the Union. 15th president, democrat, not that popular,
James Buchanan
An 1856 Supreme Court case where a slave sued for his freedom because he had been taken to live in territories where slavery was illegal; the Court ruled against him..
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Supreme court justice that wrote dred scott v. sandford
Roger B. Taney
The Republican nominee who was elected president in 1860. Wanted to pass laws to keep slavery out of the west.
Abraham Lincoln
A federal arsenal in Virginia that was captured in 1859 during a slave revolt. Brown captured guns for slaves but eventually died.
Harpers Ferry
saying your beliefs
platform
leave the union
secede
It was the results of the 6 states seceding. There they made a new constitution.
Confederate States of America
president of confederate states of america
Jefferson Davis
It tried to compromise and proposed a gift to southerners to not touch the institution of slavery.
Crittenden Plan
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
a) What was he trying to accomplish?
b) What was achieved?
a) to steal supplies like guns to start a slave rebellion
b) He made people reconsider slavery and things that are injustice by the gov.
Compromise of 1850
a) What were the provisions of the Compromise?
b) In favor of the North?
c) In favor of the South?
a) Kept slavery line, abolish slave trade in DC, California was a free state, fugitive slave act
b) Abolish slave trade in DC, California = free state
c) Kept their slavery, fugitive act
Dred Scott v. Sanford
a) What did the Supreme Court rule?
b) What implications did the ruling have on African Americans, both slave and free?
a) That he was not free
b) They weren’t legal citizens
Kansas-Nebraska Act
a) How did this act settle the question of slavery in new states?
a) Douglas split the territory in half, creating Kansas. He proposed popular sovereignty, which helped resolve the issue.
Economies of North & South
a) How were they different?
b) How did the economies of North and South depend on each other?
a) South allowed slaves and the North didn’t
b) They had very different economies, but the South depended on the North to buy cotton and other cash crops from them.
Effects of the Fugitive Slave Act
a) How were some people able to profit from the Fugitive Slave Act?
a) Slave catchers could kidnap almost any black person and claim they were a runaway in order to earn a bounty.