S.S. Final Flashcards
Underground Railroad
Escape route for slaves from the South to the North
Robert E. Lee
Commander in the Confederate Army
Suffrage
The right to vote for women
Patriots
People who opposed the British government
North Geography
Rocky Soil
South Views on Slavery
Supported Slavery
Sherman’s March to Sea
End of the Civil War
California admitted as a free state
Slave trade abolished in DC
New fugitive slave law passed
Compromise of 1850
Parliament
British government body that colonists did not have representation in.
Maintain the balance of power between slave and free states in 1820
Missouri Compromise
What was the British government’s response to the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts
Federalist
Someone who supports the American Constitution
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederacy
Sectionalism
Loyalty one’s own region or section of a country
Missouri Compromise
Kept the number of slave and free states equal
North Climate
Warm summers, cold winters
Boycott
To refuse to buy products, goods, or use the services of a merchant or a country
Escape route for slaves from the South to the North
Underground Railroad
Executive Branch
Enforce laws
A women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848
Seneca Falls Convention