Antebellum Period

States in the South believed

• They should have more representatives in Congress
• They were better
• They should have the right to decide their own laws
• They were French

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.
• Someone who wants to end voting for slaves.
• Someone who doesn't want to work with slaves.
• Someone who wants to never wear jeans.

Sectionalism?

• rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
• to withdraw or break away from a a nation
• a religious meeting
• an official expression of opinion by a group

Many people wanted to abolish slavery.  What does abolish mean?

• Start paying more money.
• Run away from.
• Take care of yourself.
• Do away with.

What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?

• It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
• It made slavery more important to the South.
• It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
• It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.

What woman led escaped slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Clara Barton
• Harriet Tubman
• Mary Lincoln

"To set free" is the definition of which word?

• Enumerate
• Emancipate
• Enunciate
• Encriminate

allowed the federal government to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave, even in free states

• Fugitive Slave Act
• Wilmot Proviso
• The Declaration of Sentiments
• Harper's Ferry

The California Gold Rush led to which of the following?

• Dred Scott Decision
• Compromise of 1850 
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Missouri Compromise

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use___________________________ to determine whether the territory would be free or slave.  This decision applied to much of the land gained from the the U.S. Mexican War.

• Three Fifths Compromise
• Raiding
• Popular sovereignty 
• Secession