He was a former slave who escaped to freedom and taught himself to read and write.

He was known for his newspaper, called “The Liberator”.

She was a writer who is known for her novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

He attacked slavery supporters at Harper’s Ferry by stealing the army’s weapons.

She was an ex-slave who became a preacher. She is most well-known for her famous speech “Ain’t I a Woman?”

An Abolitionist is someone who wanted to _________ , slavery during the 19th century.

Dred Scott was an enslaved man who traveled with his owner to a free state. While there, his owner died. Since he was in a free state, Scott considered himself to be free. However, the Supreme Court ruled that Scott did not have the right to be free because he was not a citizen. Why didn’t they consider him to be a citizen?

Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Kansas and Nebraska territories got to vote on _________________.

The result of the Kansas-Nebraska vote was that the territory would allow slavery.

Abraham Lincoln was in favor of slavery.

In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran against 3 other candidates, which of the following was not one of those candidates?

Why was the election of 1860 important?

Which state was the first to secede from the United States?

After many states seceded from the United States, what did they call their new government?

Who was elected to be the president of this new government?

The attack on which fort meant that the Civil War had officially begun?