How many Africans were forced into slavery?

• Around 5 million
• Around 8 million
• Around 12 million

What are abolitionists?

• People who fought for the end of slavery

• People who supported slavery

• People who fought to stop slavery from spreading

Lewis and Clark

• Mapped out the Western North America, which led to the eventual removal of Native Americans, as Anglo Americans settled west

• Two dudes

Indian Removal Act

• When Andrew Jackson used federal troops to forcibly move Native Americans to reservations, letting Anglo-Americans take their land

• A law

Andrew Jackson

• American President, known for his spoils system, and the Indian Removal Act

• A man

Mexican-American War

• The result of Texas independence, the war was won by the USA, with the States gaining vast amounts of land, which brough renewed fire to the slavery question

• A War

Manifest Destiny

• The American belief that they were destined to settle and develop all of United States. Used to justify racist actions against the Native Americans, slavery, and the war with Mexico

• A prophecy

John Brown

• A polarizing figure, who attempted to raid an armory to free slaves. His failed raid brought tension between the North and South, and was a triggering event for the Civil War

• A man

The Second Middle Passage

• A name for the vast trading of enslaved people within the United States, which was larger than the Atlantic trade.

• A journey

Slavery in the United States

• An extreme form of hereditary slavery, that enslaved African Americans based on race, this system was extremely profitable for the USA

• An event