Front

People who were against slavery were called

Back

Abolitionists

Front

Who was known as “Moses” on the Underground Railroad?

Back

Harriet Tubman

Front

Why was the North upset when Missouri was going to become a slave state?

Back

There would be an uneven number of slave and free states, giving the South more power in the Congress.

Front

The Missouri Compromise...

Back

Allowed Missouri to enter as a SLAVE state and Maine as a FREE state, and any new state North of the Missouri Compromise Line would be free, and South would be a slave state

Front

The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise by saying

Back

Any new state can decide to be a free or slave state

Front

In the Dred Scott Decision, what did the Supreme Court rule?

Back

The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were property, not citizens.

Front

The man who ran against Abraham Lincoln to become President was: Stephan A. Douglas, Jefferson Davis, Zachary Taylor

Back

Stephan A. Douglas

Front

What did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 do?

Back

Made federal marshals assist in recapturing runaways, and said that anyone helping a runaway would be fined and imprisoned

Front

Why was Uncle Tom’s Cabin an important book?

Back

The story allowed people to see slaves as real people being treated with cruelty.

Front

After Lincoln was elected President, which was the first state to secede from the Union?

Back

South Carolina