Civil War Era (MNTMS)

This term means "to get rid of slavery"

• Suffrage

• Secede

• Abolition

• Reform

Leader of the Underground Railroad who was notable for helping slaves escape to freedom in the North.

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Harriet Tubman

• Dorothea Dix

• Jefferson Davis

This region was characterized by its large scale investment in plantation agriculture. It grew wealthy from the use of slaves growing cash crops.

• North

• South

How did westward expansion contribute to sectionalism in the United States?

• As the nation expanded west, debate over if slavery would expand to new territories divided the nation.

• Southern representatives in Congress accepted a Northern deal to prohibit slavery in all new western territories.

• Northern states agreed to allow slavery to expand to some new western states.

• Slavery would be permitted in all new territories if voters in each state approved it.

As the United States expanded...

• debate over how each state would represented expanded

• the question of "Would slavery expand?" arose

• settlers moved west to profit from trade with Native Americans

• the United States reached a land deal with Mexico to maintain peace

How did the Missouri Compromise maintain peace between the North and South?

• It abolished slavery in all territories acquired from Mexico and Britain

• It drew a line across the nation, allowing slavery in the South but banning it in the North

• It outlawed slavery in all new territories west of the Mississippi River

• It allowed each new territory to vote on if it would allow slavery or not

How did the Compromise of 1850 impact the future of slavery?

• It outlawed slavery in all territories west of the Mississippi River, while legalizing it in the east

• It prohibited the slave trade from expanding to northern states who objected to slavery

• It introduced the idea of popular sovereignty, or allowing new territories to vote on slavery

• It legalized slavery in all future territories regardless if they were in the North or South

How did "Uncle Tom's Cabin," written by Harriett Beecher Stowe, impact slavery in the United States?

• It promoted the idea of allowing popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery.

• It encouraged its readers to join the abolitionist movement

• It was sold widely in the South and led to many southerners questioning the future of slavery

• It led to international pressure to end the cruel system of slavery.

Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, the issue of slavery would be settled by...

• War

• Voting

• Compromise

• Abolition

Which of the following was decided by Dred Scott v. Sandford?

• Slavery was illegal in all territories controlled by the United States.

• African Americans were not citizens and had no rights.

• Congress had the power to determine if slavery was allowed to expand.

• Slavery was abolished in all territories and states controlled by the United States.