Transcript Study PPT on Pre-Civil War

Jeopardy
Fighting Slavery
Causes
Abolitionists Leftovers
Compromises
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Final Jeopardy
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These people wanted to end slavery through
non-violent means by persuading the public and
electing anti-slavery candidates to political
positions.
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Abolitionists
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The novel, which condemned slavery, sold more
than 300,000 copies in the United States in its
first year and fueled resistance to slavery.
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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A cooperative network of individuals who worked
together to help people get to freedom.
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The Underground Railroad
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This law made it illegal for people living in the
North to help people who were escaping slavery
in the South
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The Fugitive Slave Act (Fugitive Slave Laws)
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Why did you pick this one? Don’t be greedy…
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Subtract 50 points
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Loyalty to one part of the country.
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Sectionalism
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The economy of the North compared that of the
South.
North: Industrial
 South: Agricultural
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Political Causes in the North versus the South
North: Some formed the Republican Party
 South: Succession was the only way to protect
states’ rights
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Opposite of federal laws: President Jackson did
not believe in this
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States’ Rights
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Name the 5 Causes of the Civil War.
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STEPS: Slavery, Tariffs, Economy, Politics &
States’ Rights.
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Influenced the country with their ideas on
women’s rights and equality
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Sarah and Angelina Grimke
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Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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She was kicked out of an anti slavery convention
in London and wrote The Declaration of
Sentiments
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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One of the many people who helped people
escape slavery using the Underground Railroad
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Harriet Tubman
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Published an abolitionist paper called The
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William Lloyd Garrison
Liberator
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He escaped slavery to become an influential
abolitionist and publish The North Star
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Frederick Douglass
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This abolitionist who was murdered for his
beliefs, advocated the use of violence to stop
slavery and published An Appeal in Four Articles
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David Walker
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Used a creative way to escape from slavery by
mailing himself to Pennsylvania.
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Henry “Box” Brown
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It was for these reasons that some Northerners
opposed abolition
Northern mill owners, bankers, and merchants
depended on the cotton from southern
plantations
 Workers in the north feared that African
Americans might come north and take their jobs
for lower pay
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Preached against slavery
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Sojourner Truth
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Describe the Missouri Compromise
Missouri is a slave state; Maine is a free state.
 An imaginary line is drawn. All states South of
the line can be slave states.
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What is popular sovereignty?
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An idea that the people who live in a place make
political decisions for themselves.
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What was the Compromise of 1850?
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Settlers of some territories can decide whether
they want to be free states or slave states:
popular sovereignty.
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What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Congress gives states a choice: free state or
slave state
 Kansas joins the Union as a free state.
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What is the Union?
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Another name for the United States.
Final Jeopardy
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How did states and people react to the Kansas
Nebraska Act?
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There were fights and disagreements.