chpt 14 A Growing Divide Gibbs/Smith

Front

What was the system called that was made up of citizens helping escaped slaves on their way north?

Back

Underground Railroad

Front

Who were two famous abolitionists who ran newspapers that helped spread the word about slavery being unlawful and wrong?

Back

William L. Garrison and Frederick Douglass

Front

What is sectionalism according to the Antebellum Period in America?

Back

Differences between Northerns and Southerns over the issue of slavery.

Front

Which act/compromise made it a crime to help runaway slaves? Options: Compromise of 1850, Runaway Slave Compromise, Fugitive Slave Act

Back

Fugitive Slave Act

Front

Who was one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad?

Back

Harriet Tubman

Front

What does "antebellum" mean?

Back

Before War

Front

What does "abolition" or "abolish" mean?

Back

To get rid of something

Front

Why did Southerners who did not own slaves support slavery?

Back

They knew that the Southern economy depended on slave labor.

Front

What did enslaved people most fear? Options: being sent back to Africa, being forced to learn new skills, being sold away from their families

Back

being sold away from their families

Front

Many slaves worked on large farms called ______.

Back

plantations