Describe prejudice.

a negative opinion formed without proof

Blacks and women were denied equal rights because of ____________________.

prejudice

The most profitable Southern crop was ________.

cotton

Most of the laborers in the North were _________.

immigrants

The number of enslaved Africans continued to grow after 1808 because _____________________.

Many were born to parents who were enslaved. Others were brought into the country illegally.

Who led a slave rebellion in 1831?

Nat Turner

Some states passed laws forbidding African Americans from gathering in public places and holding religious services because_____________________.

they were afraid that they would plan another rebellion.

Name the escaped African slave who spoke out against slavery.

Frederick Douglass

Life was difficult for Free Africans because______________________.

They faced prejudice. They were barred from lecture halls, hotels, and restaurants.

Compare and Contrast the life of an immigrant with the life of a slave.

Immigrants were paid and free to seek a different way of life.

Slaves were not paid and not free to leave.

Both worked long hours, with poor working conditions, and had poor quality of life

What is an abolitionist?

a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States

What was the Seneca Falls Convention?

the country's first women's rights meeting, held in
Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848

What was the Underground Railroad?

a system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada

A person who thought slavery was wrong was called an ___________________.

abolitionist

Frederick Douglass was best known for ____________________.

speaking against slavery

Harriet Tubman was best known for _____________________.

running the Underground Railroad

Two of the most famous abolitionist newspapers were ___________________________________.

The Liberator and The North Star

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom's Cabin supported abolition by ________________________________.

becoming a best-selling novel that was a popular statement against slavery

Name two sisters who were among the first women to speak publicly for abolition.

Angelina Grimke' and Sara Grimke'

Thousands of people used the ____________ to escape slavery.

Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad helped Harriet Tubman by ________________________.

helping her escape slavery

List 4 things women in the early 1800's did not have the right to do.

1. vote

2. have a higher education

3. own property

4 be treated as equals of men

What was the Confederacy?

The Confederate States of America that seceded from the Union during the Civil War

What was the Compromise of 1850?

A law admitting California to the Union, allowing territories to decide on slavery, and requiring the North to obey the Fugitive Slave Law.

What was the Dred Scott Decision?

an 1857 Supreme Court decision that said slaves were private property

What is an editorial?

a newpaper article in which the editors give their opinions on issues

What is a feature article?

a newspaper article focusing on a person, issue, or event.

What was the Fugitive Slave Law?

a law of 1850 that required police in free states to help capture escaping slaves

Describe the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

an 1854 law that allowed the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide whether to become free or slave states

Describe the Missouri Compromise.

a law passed by Congress in 1820 that divided the Louisiana Territory into areas allowing slavery and areas outlawing slavery

What is a newspaper article?

a newpaper story that factually describes an improtant recent event

What does it mean to secede?

to break away from a group, such as the Southern states seceding from the Union in 1861

What are States' rights?

the belief that each state should be allowed to make its own decisions

A current events story is an example of a ______ article.

news

An __________ is an opinion article.

editorial

The first step in analyzing the news is ____________________.

identify the kind of aticle you are reading

Should a news article express a point of view?

no

Slave owners were given legal permission to keep slaves under the __________________.

Dred-Scott Decision

Territories were given the choice of having slavery under the _____________________________.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Why did Southern states dislike Abraham Lincoln?

Because he wanted no new slave states

Name three issues that worsened the division between the North and the South from 1845 to 1859.

1. Kansas-Nebraska Act

2. Dred Scott Decision

3. John Brown's raid

Why did the Southern States secede from the Union?

Lincoln pledged that no new slave states would be admitted to the Union. This meant the South would lose its political power.

Name the first state to leave the Union in 1860.

South Carolina

The first president of the Confederate States of America was _____________________.

Jefferson Davis

Name the seven states that had seceded from the Union by March 1861.

1. South Carolina

2. Mississippi

3. Florida

4. Alabama

5. Georgia

6. Louisiana

7. Texas