American History Chapter 8

Forbade slavery north of the 36 degree latitude mark, the southern boundary of Missouri.

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Allowed slave owners to hire slave catchers to find and arrest runaways.

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

A plan that allowed the admission of California as a free state but also included the Fugitive Slave Act.

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Organized the remaining territory into Kansas and Nebraska, but included Popular Sovereignty on the slave issue.

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Inventor a machine called the cotton gin.

• Eli Whitney

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

Led an attack that killed 57 people, among them his owner and the owner’s family.

• Eli Whitney

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

Tried to lead a slave uprising in Virginia.

• Eli Whitney

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

One of the best-known conductors of the Underground Railroad.

• Eli Whitney

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

The Speaker of the House at that time and known as the Great Compromiser.

• Henry Clay

• Dred Scott

• Chief Justice Roger Taney

Asked the Supreme Court for his freedom, however, the Court said no.

• Henry Clay

• Dred Scott

• Chief Justice Roger Taney