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WorksheetsThe United States Prior to the Civil War- Chapter 2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
Abolitionist who wrote speeches and published an autobiography that spoke out against slavery.
Fredrick Douglass
William Loyd Garrison
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
White northerner who started an abolitionist newspaper called the Liberator. Also, founded the Anti-Slavery Society.
Fredrick Douglass
William Loyd Garrison
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Her real name was Isabella VanWagener. She was a freed slave who travelled and preached against slavery.
Fredrick Douglass
William Loyd Garrison
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
She was a conductor for the Underground Railroad. She led over 300 slaves to freedom.
Fredrick Douglass
William Loyd Garrison
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Ran for the Illinois state Senate and lost. He said that a "divided nation will not stand", meaning that the United States needed to make a decision to be a slave nation, or a free nation. It cannot be both.
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Ran for the Illinois state Senate and won. He said that the states should be able to choose whether or not they wanted to allow slavery.
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
This abolitionist raided the Harpers Ferry weapons storehouse. He wanted to give the weapons to slaves, so they could fight for their freedom. He was caught and put to death.
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
put an end to
abolish
slavery
sectionalism
tariff
compromise
the practice or system of owning slaves
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regional loyalty
abolish
slavery
sectionalism
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a high tax on imports
abolish
slavery
sectionalism
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an agreement in which each side gives up something that it wants
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a set of laws
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abolitionist
Underground Railroad
secede
confederacy
a person who wants to end slavery
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abolitionist
Underground Railroad
secede
confederacy
A system of secret escape routes that led enslaved people to freedom.
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Underground Railroad
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confederacy
to leave
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Underground Railroad
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confederacy
Southern states that formed their own national government during the Civil war period.
code
abolitionist
Underground Railroad
secede
confederacy
a state located between the North and the South that permitted slavery but had not seceded
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border state
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a war between people who live in the same country
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This compromise was written by Henry Clay. It allowed Missouri to join the union as a slave state while Maine joined as a free state. It also prohibited slavery north of the Mason-Dixon line for new states. This compromise lasted for 30 years!
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Dred Scott v. Sandford decision
The compromise in which California joined as a free state. The New Mexico and Utah territories could decide for themselves if they wanted to allow slavery. The Fugitive Slave Act was also put into place.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Dred Scott v. Sandford decision
This act allowed Kansas and Nebraska to vote to allow or abolish slavery.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Dred Scott v. Sandford decision
The Supreme Court ruled saying that slaves had "none of the rights or privileges of a free citizen." They also said Congress has no right to outlaw slavery in they territories.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Dred Scott v. Sandford decision
The Supreme Court ruled saying that slaves had "none of the rights or privileges of a free citizen." They also said Congress has no right to outlaw slavery in they territories.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Dred Scott v. Sandford decision
Why is the Battle of Fort Sumter significant?
It was the final battle of the Civil War and caused the Confederate Army to surrender.
It was the largest battle of the Civil War where nearly 50,000 soldiers died.
It was the turning point for the North in the Civil War.
It was the first battle of the Civil War.
It was the battle where General Robert E. Lee defeated the Union army.
