U.S. History- Introduction to Slavery and the United States Civil War

Define and give the significance of the following people, terms, and events:

  1. Abolition (Abolitionist)(p. 416)
  2. Emancipation (p. 491)
  3. William Lloyd Garrison (p. 417)
  4. The Liberator (p. 417)
  5. American Anti-Slavery Society (p. 417)
  6. Frederick Douglass (p. 418)
  7. Underground Railroad (p. 418)
  8. 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?

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Page 443: questions 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, and 5

2a. What were the major points of the Compromise of 1850?

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2b. What differing opinions emerged toward Henry Clay’s proposed compromise?

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3a. What were the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act?

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3b. Why did some Americans believe the Fugitive Slave Act was unfair?

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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.

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Page 449: 2a and 2b

2a. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

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2b. Why did anti-slavery and pro-slavery groups encourage people to move to Kansas?

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Page 454: 1a, 2b, and 3a

1a. What was the major issue of the newly formed Republican Party?

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2b. How did the Dred Scott decision affect the Missouri Compromise and the expansion of

slavery?

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3a. What was the major issue of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

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Page 459: Questions 1a and 3c

1a. Why did John Brown want to seize the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry?

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3c. Do you believe that the southern states had the right to secede? Why or why not?

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