soc studies chapter 15-17 Flashcards
pull factors of immigration (why they wanted to come here) 3 answers
jobs, freedom, land
push factors of immigration 3 answers
starvation, poverty, lack of political freedom
story that provides a moral lesson
folktale
christian songs sang by slaves
spirituals
end to slavery
abolition
network of people who helped slaves escape
underground railroad
favoring a sections interests over the country
sectionalism
to outlaw slavery in territories won from the Mexican war
wilmot proviso
formally withdraw
secede
made california a free state
compromise of 1850
made it a federal crime to help slaves
fugitive slave act
political party formed in 1854 to oppose the spread of slavery in the west
republican party
political party formed by anti-slavery northerners before the election of 1848
free soil party
act proposed by Stephen douglas
kansas-nebraska act
John brown and his men killed pro slavery settlers in texas
Pottawatomie massacre
recognized only the constitution as enforcement of the law
constitutional union party
allowed voters to decide if they wanted slavery
popular sovereignty
how much was the fine for helping slaves?
$1,000
if a judge set a slave free, how much money did they get for that case?
$5
if a judge sent a slave back to their owner, how much money did they get for that case?
$10
who led a raid at harper’s ferry virginia
John brown
who was an illinois senator that ran as a Democrat in the election of 1800
Stephen douglas
who was a Democrat in the election of 1860
John breckenridge
who wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?
harriet Beecher stowe
who was the slave that tried to sue for his freedom
dred scott
who wanted a law that banned slavery in states won from the Mexican war
David wilmot
who was a military leader who put an end to brown’s raid
Robert e. lee
who was the president of the confederacy
Jefferson davis
what was the confederacy
the 7 states that broke away from the us and formed their own country
who was the supreme court chief justice
Roger taney
who was a free soil candidate in the election of 1848
martin van buren
who led a slave revolt
nat turner
who was a former slave who fought for african American rights
Frederick douglass
who was the leader of the underground railroad
harriet tubman
what were the 7 confederate states
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina
who was the 12th president
Zachary taylor
who was the 13th president
Millard filmore
who was the 14th president
Franklin pierce
who was the 15th president
James buchanan
who was the 16th president
abraham lincoln
how many African americans were shipped across the Atlantic as slaves
12 million
who published an anti-slavery newspaper called “The Liberator”
William Lloyd garrison
what was Kansas nicknamed?
“bleeding Kansas”
what was the original capital of the confederacy
Montgomery, alabama
what is Harriet tubman’s nickname
“Moses”
