| Term | Definition |
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| Harriet Tubman | an African-American abolitionist, and Union spy during the American Civil War. |
| Underground Railroad | was secret routes and safe houses used by Black slaves in the United States to escape to free states |
| John Bown's Raid | began when he snd his men took over the arsenal in Harpes Ferry, Virginia, in hopes of starting a slave rebellion |
| Constitutional Union Party | recongnized "no political principlees other than the Constitution of the country, the union of the states, and the enforcement of the laws" |
| John C. Breckinridge | While the northern democrrats chose Stephen Douglas for american president, Southerners backed the current president, ___________ of kentucky, who supported slavery in the territories |
| John Bell | The constitutional Union Party selected _______ of tennessee as thier candidate |
| After the Jonh Brown's raid what did the people in the town worry aboout | "John Born the second" attacking |
| John Quincy Adams | 6th U.S. President. 1825-1829. Democratic-Republican |
| John Brown | An abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Armories in southern territory and giving weapons to slaves, was hung in Harpers Ferry after capturing an Armory |
| Benjamin Franklin | American patriot, writer, printer, and inventor. During the Revolutionary War he persuaded the French to help the colonists. |
| Theodore Weld | equated slavery with sin. A speaker who trained speakers who brought the movement to the heart of rural and small town in north. |
| William Lloyd Garrison | United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879) |
| The underground rail road was | a network of people who helped slaves escape |
| Who founded the abolitionist newspaper, the liberator | William Llyod Garrison |
| What religious was among the first to oppose slavery | The Quakers |
| Where did the american Colonization Society hope to resettle freed African Americans | to Africa |
| Antislavery reformers did not always agree on.. | How much equality African Americans should have |
| The American Colonization Society founded the colony of ____ on the western coast of Africa | Liberia |
| Many former slaves were active in the _________ cause | antislavery |
| Free slaves, former slaves and a few __________ worked together to make the underground railroad | White abolitionists |
| Slavery Abolition | was an 1833 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout the majority of the British Empire |
| State Constitutions | During the war, most states had their own const. to spell out the rights of citizens and set limits on the gvns. power. |
| What law banned slavery in the northwest Territory | Constitution |
| What stated "There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the.....territory"? | The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
| During the American Relolution, nearly every colony wrote a... | new state constitution |
| Citizens elected representatives who were... | responsible to the people who elected them |
| Most states _______ had rules to protect the rights of the citizens | constitution |
| _______ state constitution gave suffrage to free African American men | Seven |
| Most states constitution expanded_____, of voting rights | suffrage |
| By the 1780's the New England colonies were taking steps to ____ slavery | end |
| The colflict over slavery continued longg after the _______________ War ended | Revolutionary |
| Slavery was banned in the.... | Northwest Territory |
| Texas gained __________ from Mexico in 1836 | independence |
| When Texas admitted to the _______ in 1845, it joined as a slave state | Union |
| The Declaration of Independence did not recognize the right of.. | enslaves African Americans |
| In July 1776 Slavery was______ in all of the colonies | legal |
| The Revolution raised question for some colonists about whether slavery _______ exist in a land that valued liberty | should |
| According tothe Declaration of Independence, what kind of right is liberty? | an unalienable right |
| To what did some Patriot writers compare living under British rule? | Living life in slavery |
| During the American Relolution, nearly every colony wrote a new state constitution. These constitutions suporteed ______ | republicanism |
| Northwest Ordinance | an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. The Ordinance unanimously passed on July 13, 1787. The primary effect of the ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. |
| Banning | to prohibit. |
| Annexation | something annexed. |
| Compromise of 1850 | A set of laws, passed in the midst of fierce wrangling between groups favoring slavery and groups opposing it, that attempted to give something to both sides. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | it was a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed officials to arrest those slaves in free areas |
| Populaar Sovereignty | the idea that political power belongs to the people |
| Wilmot Proviso | a document stating that "neither slavery nor involuntary |
| sectionalism | favoring the interests of one section or region over the interests of the entire counrty |
| Free-Soil Party | Antislavery northerners formed a new party, it supported the Wilmot Proviso |
| District of Columbia | A federal district of the eastern United States on the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland. Coextensive with the city of Washington, it was established by congressional acts of 1790 and 1791 on a site selected by George Washington |
| Free State | a state in which slavery was prohibited. |
| abolitionists | a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S. |
| States' Rights Doctrine | a document based on the tenth admentment...=P |
| Missourri compromise | Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase. |
| franklin peirce | a little-known politition from New Hampshire |
| whig party | a political party formed in 1834 by andrew jackson, who supported a strog legislature. |
| stephen douglas | he supported the idea of building a rairoad to the pacific ocean. |
| kansas-nebraskan act | a plan that would divide the rest of the louisiana purchase into two territories... kansas, and nebaraka..and allow the poeple to decide on slavery. |
| implacations | things that are inferred, or deduced |
| pattawatomie massacre | john brown and his men killed five pro-slavery men in kansas |
| john brown | was an abolistionist from new england |
| charles summer | he was the senator of massachusetts, and critisized pro-slavery people in kansas. |
| preston brooks | representative, a relative of Butlers. |
| 10th addmentmet | a commonly known sorce for states rights. |
| Free-Stater (Kansas) | antislavery settlers in Kansas Territory in the 1850s |
| House of Representatives | refused to accept this compromise and a conference committee was appointed. |
| New Republican Party | aimed to stop the expansion of slavery. |
| Articles of Confederation | has about the same purpose as the tenth amintment has. |
| Articles of Confederation.(the definition) | "Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled |
| antislavery | they wanted to end the slave trade and emancipate slaves in western Europe and the Americas. |
| pro-slavery | all for slavery.. didnt want the antislavery poeple to get their way. |
| slavery | forced labor in which people are considered to be, or treated as, the property of others. |
| Laws | collection of rules prescribed under the authority of the state or nation, as by the people in its constitution. |
| Freedom | independence.=P |
| slave cabins | cowded wooden stuctures... with dirt floors... |
| yeomen | owners of small farms. |
| plantation | lots of land, where different variaties of work is done.. |
| slaves jobs | domestic servants, in mills, in shipyards, and at skilled jobs. |
| slavery | a forced labor.. that people concider them to be there property.=) |
| cotton gin | helped the slaves pick the cotton without hurting them selfs as badly.. |
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