Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights.

Some of the first Americans to abolish slavery in America because they didn't believe in it.

Decided Missouri would become a slave state and Maine a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.

A Rebellion by enslaved Africans in Virginia that resulted in the death of over 50 people. Their leader believed that he his actions were ordained by God.

Rebellion that took place on board of a ship; resulted in U.S. Supreme Court case in which it was found that the Africans had been illegally enslaved and should be brought back to Africa.

A rebellion in South Carolina that led to a severe tightening of the slave code and the temporary imposition of a prohibitive tax on imported slaves.

Uprising of 23 slaves that resulted in the deaths of nine whites and the brutal execution of twenty-one participating blacks.

Largest slave revolt in American history. Happened just North of New Orleans involving more than 100 enslaved individuals.

An exaggerated devotion or fierce loyalty to the interests of one's region.

This part of the country's economy was based on industry (factories) and trade.

This part of the country's economy was based on agriculture (cash crops like cotton) and slave labor.

This part of the country had a growing middle class, 1/4 people lived in cities, an abundance of railroads can canals for traveling and trading, and 7/8 of new immigrants settled here.

This part of the country's had a small elite group of extremely wealthy plantation owners, most people (including whites) lived in poverty, only 1/10 of population lived in cities, there were less railroad or canals for transportation, and 80% labor force worked or enslaved on plantations.

This part of the country's motives for moving west were from overcrowded urban areas and poor immigrants seeking the "American Dream".

This part of the country's motivations for expanding west were poor white farmers wanting land to have their own plantation and wealthy plantation owners overusing their land, so they wanted new land for cotton and other cash crops.

Which of the following EARLY legislation helped contribute to sectionalism in the United States in the mid 1800s?

This law created Nebraska and Kansas as territories and gave these territories the right to choose if they wanted to be "free" or slaveholding.

A term used to refer to the violence in Kansas Territory as a result of pro and anti-slavery tensions that lasted for nearly 2 years.

A policy that gave states or territories the right to determine their own policies on issues like slavery.

The following were all provisions of this law that contributed to sectionalism in the United States in the mid 1800s. (1) Stricter fugitive slave laws (2) California admitted as free state (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries (4) slave trade outlawed in DC, and (5) popular sovereignty implemented in all other western territories.

This Supreme Court case ruled that slaves were not citizens under article four of the Constitution.

A novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that addressed morality issues with slavery. 2nd most widely read book of the day next to the Bible. Helped spread the abolitionist movement in the North.

Someone who favors doing away with slavery.

An invention that removed seeds from the cotton plant more quickly than by hand. It greatly contributed to the expansion of slavery in the Southern states.

a movement started in the 1830s by both free blacks and antislavery whites to end slavery in the United States.

Prominent American abolitionist, journalist and social reformer. Editor of radical abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator", and one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Escaped slave and famous black abolitionist and writer who fought to end slavery through publicly speaking out against slavery throughout the North and England.

Prominent "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, a former slave who helped slaves escape. There was a $40,000 bounty on her head.

Abolitionist who authored the famous novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

Prominent abolitionist who contributed to slavery tensions in the Kansas Territory and later lead a failed attempt to capture the federal armory at Harpers Ferry. He was hanged as a terrorist but hailed as a martyr in the North.

Abolitionist and Women's Rights advocate who spoke out against slavery through public speaking. Most famous for her speech titled "Ain't I a Woman? at a Women's Rights Convention in Ohio.

A secret network of people, places, and routes in the North that led slaves to freedom.

Where did the Underground Railroad end?

This was a person who made money tracking and capturing fugitive slaves and returning them to their owners

What gave some fugitive slaves an advantage over others?

A person who guided or helped transport fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad.

A person who hid runaway slaves in their homes.

This is what people along the Underground Railroad called the runaways they were helping.

A law that allowed government officials and bounty hunters to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave (even free blacks); northerners were required to help capture runaways if requested or they could be fined up to $1,000 or sent to prison for up to 6 months.

Approximately how many people escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad?

This was the buying, selling, and transportation of Africans from West Africa to the Americas during the 1500-1800s.

What was the population of enslaved Africans in Southern United States by 1860?

What was the major cause that led to the Civil War?

This term means to free an individual from slavery

Which colony was the first to abolish slavery in the United States in 1777?

Early slave laws dictated a child's slave status was based on the status of his or her ______________?

What was called "white gold" in the South?

How did the cotton gin affect the need for enslaved people to pick cotton in the South?

Eli Whitney Who invented the cotton gin?

What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper?