Road to Civil War

_________________ the belief that one race is superior or inferior to another.

• segregation

• abolition

• racism

• mercantilism

strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves

• slave codes

• abolition

• Missouri Compromise

• Underground Railroad

This stated that three-fifths of a state's slave population would be counted in determining a states representation in the House of Representatives

• Three Fifths Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

The cotton gin, which removed seeds from cotton fibers, was invented by ________________________.

• Frederick Douglass

• Henry Clay

• John Brown

• Eli Whitney

This abolitionist was the publisher of The Liberator.

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• John Brown

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

_____________________ were reformers who wanted to abolish, or end, slavery.

• segregationists

• secessionists

• abolitionists

• communists

This former slave advocated for abolition and was the publisher of The North Star.

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Frederick Douglass

To _____________ means to withdraw. Southern leaders threatened to do this in response to threats to slavery.

• secede

• impede

• amend

• revise

This Senator from Kentucky was known as the 'Great Compromiser'. He helped to shape the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

• Frederick Douglass

• Dred Scott

This abolitionist was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• William Loyd Garrison

• Abraham Lincoln