U.S. History- Introduction to Slavery and the United States Civil War
Define and give the significance of the following people, terms, and events:
- Abolition (Abolitionist)(p. 416)
- Emancipation (p. 491)
- William Lloyd Garrison (p. 417)
- The Liberator (p. 417)
- American Anti-Slavery Society (p. 417)
- Frederick Douglass (p. 418)
- Underground Railroad (p. 418)
- Harriet Tubman (p. 418 & 420)
9. Nat Turner (p. 390)
10. Nat Turner’s Rebellion (p. 390)
11. Dred Scott (p. 451)
12. Dred Scott Decision (p. 451)
13. Lincoln-Douglass Debates (p. 453)
14. John Brown (p. 455)
15. Harper's Ferry (p. 455)
16. Popular Sovereignty (p. 438)
17. Compromise of 1850 (p. 441)
18. Fugitive Slave Act (p. 441)
19. Uncle Tom's Cabin (p. 443)
20. Stephen Douglas (p. 447)
21. Kansas-Nebraska Act (p. 447)
22. Charles Sumner (p. 448-449)
23. Secession (secede) (p. 458)
Answer question 4a on page 391
Answer questions 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, and 5 on page 443
Answer questions 2a, and 2b on page 449
Answer questions 1a, 2b, and 3a on page 454
Answer questions 1a, and 3c on page 459
Page 391: question 4a
4a. What was the outcome of Nat Turner’s Rebellion?
______
Page 443: questions 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, and 5
2a. What were the major points of the Compromise of 1850?
______
2b. What differing opinions emerged toward Henry Clay’s proposed compromise?
______
3a. What were the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act?
______
3b. Why did some Americans believe the Fugitive Slave Act was unfair?
______
5. Use the web diagram below to explain how the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act, and antislavery literature affected the debate over slavery.
______
______
______
______
Page 449: 2a and 2b
2a. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?
______
2b. Why did anti-slavery and pro-slavery groups encourage people to move to Kansas?
______
Page 454: 1a, 2b, and 3a
1a. What was the major issue of the newly formed Republican Party?
______
2b. How did the Dred Scott decision affect the Missouri Compromise and the expansion of
slavery?
______
3a. What was the major issue of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
______
Page 459: Questions 1a and 3c
1a. Why did John Brown want to seize the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry?
______
3c. Do you believe that the southern states had the right to secede? Why or why not?
______
1