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Which of the following best describes the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention?
Which of the following best describes the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention?
- It was a meeting held to discuss strategies for capturing runaway slaves.
- It was a gathering focused on promoting women's rights and suffrage. (correct)
- It was a negotiation between the North and South to prevent secession.
- It was an event where abolitionists decided to use violence.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act directly allowed California to enter the Union as a free state, while mandating that the remaining territories acquired from Mexico would become slave territories.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act directly allowed California to enter the Union as a free state, while mandating that the remaining territories acquired from Mexico would become slave territories.
False (B)
What concept allowed residents of territories to decide on the issue of slavery themselves?
What concept allowed residents of territories to decide on the issue of slavery themselves?
popular sovereignty
The attack on the U.S. weapons arsenal at __________ was led by John Brown.
The attack on the U.S. weapons arsenal at __________ was led by John Brown.
Match the following individuals with their roles or contributions during the period leading up to the Civil War:
Match the following individuals with their roles or contributions during the period leading up to the Civil War:
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis participated in debates, arguing differing opinions on handling slavery.
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis participated in debates, arguing differing opinions on handling slavery.
What action is described by the term 'secede'?
What action is described by the term 'secede'?
Which factor primarily led to Kansas being referred to as 'Bleeding Kansas'?
Which factor primarily led to Kansas being referred to as 'Bleeding Kansas'?
__________ was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to freedom in the North.
__________ was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to freedom in the North.
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Abolition
Abolition
The movement to end slavery.
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
A freed slave who spoke and wrote about the hardships of slavery.
Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad
Escape routes to help slaves get from the South to the North.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850
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Popular Sovereignty
Popular Sovereignty
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Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act
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Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry
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secede
secede
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John Brown
John Brown
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Study Notes
- Abolition is the movement to end slavery.
- Fredrick Douglass was a freed slave who spoke and wrote about the hardships of slavery.
- The Underground Railroad refers to escape routes to help slaves get from the South to the North.
- Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave that ran the Underground Railroad to help others reach freedom.
- The Seneca Falls Convention was a meeting to promote women's rights.
- Suffrage means the right to vote.
- John Brown was an extreme abolitionist who used violence to fight slavery in Kansas and Virginia.
- Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book written to show that slavery was brutal and immoral, its author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the people of Kansas and Nebraska the ability to vote on allowing slavery.
- Secede means to withdraw from the union.
- The Compromise of 1850 allowed California as a free state, but the rest of the territory gained from Mexico would possibly become slave territory.
- Popular sovereignty refers to letting people vote to decide an issue.
- Immigrants are people who settle in another country.
- The Fugitive Slave Act was a law that said citizens must help capture runaway slaves.
- The Republican Party was created by smaller parties to stop slavery.
- The Lincoln-Douglas debates featured Abraham Lincoln and Stephan A. Douglas arguing different opinions on handling slavery.
- Harpers Ferry was where the U.S. weapons arsenal was attacked by John Brown.
- Jefferson Davis was the first president of the Confederate States of America
- The Confederate States of America was a union created by the seceding southern states.
Section 1
- The two main differences between the economies of the North and South were the North's industry and the South's farming.
Section 2
- Kansas was called "bleeding Kansas" due to the battle between Kansas and Nebraska, which lead to many deaths due to slavery.
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Description
Important vocabulary and people leading up to the Civil War, including abolitionist movements, key figures like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, and events such as the Seneca Falls Convention and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Explore the causes and tensions that led to the conflict.
