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S. S. Ch. 15
Question | Answer |
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Angelina Grimke | White, rich, southern bell, helped Garrison with newspaper, thought slavery was sinful |
William Lloyd Garrison | Abolitionist, protester, The Liberator, thought slavery was sinful, give meaning to his life |
The Liberator | Antislavery newspaper written by Garrison |
Gag rule | Denied petitions of abolishing slavery |
Compromise of 1850 | California became a free state |
Popular Sovereignty | Divide into UT and NM |
Fugitive Slave Act | State, local officials to aid in escaped slaves |
Harriet Beecher Stowe | Lost son due to sickness, felt empathy for slave families that were broken up, helped runaway slaves, wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin |
Fredrick Douglass | Runaway slave, later freed, speeches, autobiography, wrote North Star (newspaper) |
Bleeding Kansas | A mob pillaged Lawrence, Kansas |
John Brown | White, born in NY, thought is was sinful and was sent by God to abolish slavery, solved slavery with violence |
Sumner vs. Brooks | Brooks beat Sumner in Congress |
Republican Party | Firmly opposed expansion of slavery |
Dred Scott | Slave owned by John Emerson, once E. died, Scott asked for freedom by SC, they rejected |
Harper's Ferry | Brown seized arsenal 10/16, gave weapons to slaves but none came, Robert E. Lee put down rebellion, Brown was hung |
Election of 1860 | Lincoln became 16th president |
Secession | SC secedes along with AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, and TX |
Confederacy | North forms Confederate States of America |
Jefferson Davis | President of Confederate States of America |