Causes of the Civil War

I am a former slave who helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom. I am a "conductor" of the Underground Railroad. Who am I?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• Angelina Grimke

• Sojourner Truth

Which is NOT true about Frederick Douglass?

• He gave speeches against slavery.

• He was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

• He was a former slave.

• He wrote a book.

The Compromise of 1850 allowed territories to decide by voting whether they would be open to slavery. Which territories were affected?

• California

• Kansas and Nebraska

• Utah and New Mexico

• Oregon

The Kansas-Nebraska Act increased tensions between the North and South because it...

• created two new states in which slavery was outlawed.

• overturned the Missouri Compromise.

• allowed for slavery in the Mexico and Utah territories.

• banned slavery in states above the Mason-Dixon line.

What was the Underground Railroad?

• Secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape into free states/areas.

• A railroad with a train only used by African Americans.

• The first train ever built in the U.S.A.

• An underground route that was secretly used to smuggle goods in and out of the U.S.

Which state was not a "free" state?

• Georgia

• Ohio

• Indiana

• Michigan

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

• This act made Ohio a state.

• This act made it illegal to help runaway slaves.

• This act increased taxes.

• This act gave freedom to all slaves in the U.S.

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who had at least 100 slaves on a plantation.

• Someone who believed slavery was necessary.

• Someone who wanted higher taxes.

• Someone who wanted slavery to end.

The people have the right to decide for themselves the issue of slavery (the people are the rulers).

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Presidential Sucession

• Popular Soverignty

Abolitionist and Pro-Slavery people rushed to help their side of the vote causing violence to erupt

• Bleeding Kansas

• Bleeding Knee

• Bleeding Nebraska

• Bleeding Houston