Big farms

This region has hills, mountains, and lakes. The climate is cold and snowy in the winter. In most places the ground is rocky and hard to farm. This region has a lot of industrialization.

According to the _______, Missouri could be a slave state and Maine would be admitted as a free state. The rest of the Northwest Territory would remain free.

A ____________ is when each side gives a little to reach an agreement.

What is the line called that separates the free and slave states? North of the line would be free and south of the line could allow slavery.

What does annexed mean?

When Texas was annexed to the Union. The republic of Texas became the state of Texas. The rest of the republic was divided into ________ states.

What happened during the compromise of 1850?

This law said that escaped slaves must be returned to their slave owners, even if they had reached a free state.

This was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The Northerners opposed to slavery rushed to Kansas to vote. Southerners also rushed to Kansas to vote for slavery. The pro-slavery won. This would allow Kansas to have slaves. This caused a lot of fighting between the two sides. This became known as.....

This was not an actual train. This was a secret system set up to help enslaved people escape to the North and Canada. The "stations" were houses, churches and other places where fugitive slaves hid.

A famous condor of the Underground Railroad. She made repeated trips south to lead more people to freedom.

A person who wanted to get rid of slavery

This person was an abolitionist. He wanted to get rid of slavery. He published a newspaper called the Liberator. This newspaper argued for states' rights and the freedom to keep their way of life. It attacked slavery. He also founded the American Anti-Slavery Society.

This person was an abolitionist. She had been enslaved in New York, but she was freed when New York outlawed slavery.

This abolitionist published Uncle Tom's Cabin. This was a book that described the cruelties of slavery and convinced people to oppose it.

This abolitionist attacked Harper's Ferry, Virginia. This person had fought in Bleeding Kansas. This person wanted to attack slavery supporters in Virginia, but needed weapons. This led to the attack on Harper's Ferry to steal weapons the army had stored there.

Which person wont he election of 1860?

What is secession?

This state was the first to secede after Lincoln won the election.

The states of South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas made their own government called......

This person was the president of the confederacy.

This person was the president of the union.

What is a war among citizens?