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.