Unit 10 Vocab pt 2

Front

American investment in canals, railroads, steamboats, and bridges was part of the...

Back

Transportation Revolution

Front

Sending a message over long distance using wire

Back

Telegraph

Front

Manager or owner of a plantation

Back

Planter

Front

Supervisors over slaves in the fields...

Back

Overseers

Front

A way of passing on stories using only words, popular among slaves.

Back

Oral Tradition

Front

Slaves were transported through the _________, part of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

Back

The Middle Passage

Front

The ______________ movement in the North aimed to make slavery illegal.

Back

Abolition

Front

California became a free state and facilitated slave recovery in the North.

Back

Compromise of 1850

Front

Runaway slaves must be returned to "owners" even in Northern states.

Back

Fugitive Slave Act

Front

First women's rights convention in America

Back

Seneca Falls Convention