Sectionalism Quiz

A person who supported abolition, or the ending of slavery.

• Abolitionist

• Suffragette

• Slave Master

• Southerner

Agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories

• Compromise of 1776

• Act of 1851

• Compromise of 1850

• Land Division of 1850

Another name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union.

• Rebel Country

• The Deep South

• Yankee Country

• Confederacy

Senator of Massachusetts known as the "Great Orator"; worked to create the compromises with the southern states that would delay the start of the Civil War.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Danny Boy

• Daniel Webster

• Daniel Compromise

A black slave, had lived with his master for 5 years in Illinois and Wisconsin Territory. Backed by interested abolitionists, he sued for freedom on the basis of his long residence on free soil. The ruling on the case was that He was a black slave and not a citizen, so he had no rights.

• Dred Escape

• Ima Scott

• Dred Scott

• Scott Mansfield

Supreme Court case that decided US Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in federal territories and slaves, as private property, could not be taken away without due process - basically slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states and slaves could not sue because they were not citizens.

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Fredrick Douglass v. Dred Scott

• Sanford v. John C. Calhoun

• Dreddin' Escape v. Sanford

Leading African-American abolitionist, accomplished speaker and writer. Wrote the newspaper "The North Star

• Freddy Star

• Fredrick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• William Lloyd Garrison

Enacted by Congress in 1793 and 1850, these laws provided for the return of escaped slaves to their owners. The North was lax about enforcing the 1793 law, with irritated the South no end. The 1850 law was tougher and was aimed at eliminating the underground railroad.

• Fugitive Freeman Law

• Fugitive Slave Silliness

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Turner Slave Law

United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913).

• Abigail Adams

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Harriet Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

Senator from Kentucky and known as the "Great Compromiser" for his ability to smooth sectional conflict through balanced legislation. He sponsored the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

• Fredrick Clay

• Clay Webster

• Dirt Clay

• Henry Clay