Beliefs of People | ||
#1 | This group of people wanted to end slavery right away. | Abolitionists |
#2 | This man owned slaves, but he did not want slavery to spread. | Zachary Taylor |
#3 | This man believed that slaves were property. | John C. Calhoun |
#4 | This man improved Henry Clay's bill by dividing it into five separate bills. | Stephen Douglas |
#5 | This man planned to let people in the territories vote whether they wanted to be a free or slave state. | Henry Clay |
North (Free states) vs. South (Slave states) | ||
#1 | This side said that slavery was necessary to their way of life. | The South |
#2 | This side said that it was wrong to treat other human beings as property. | The North |
#3 | People in this sort of state thought that slaves stole themselves when they ran away. | Slave state |
#4 | People in this sort of state did not agree with the Fugitive Slave Act (which said that slaves who ran away, should be returned to their masters). | Free states |
#5 | Many people in this area beiieved that the Bible allowed people to own slaves. | Slave states |
Run Away Slaves | ||
#1 | This group of people helped runaway slaves. | Underground Railroad |
#2 | This man excaped slavery by being mailed in a box. | Henry Brown |
#3 | This person worked with the Underground Railroad after escaping from slavery. | Harriet Tubman |
#4 | This slave's case went all the way to the Supreme Court. | Dred Scott |
#5 | This slave's freedom was bought by free black Americans (after he had tried to escape with a sailor friend to Boston but was captured and returned to his master). | Anthony Burns |
Changes | ||
#1 | Many southern states did this because they did not trust the president to protect their right to own slaves. | Seceded |
#2 | Abolitionists wanted to end this right away. | Slavery |
#3 | This is the special name that a state earned because of all the fighting about slavery. | "Bleeding Kansas" |
#4 | This new political party formed from the Whigs in the South. | American Party |
#5 | This new political party formed from the Whigs in the North. | Republican Party |
Presidents | ||
#1 | This president was born in a log cabin. | Abraham Lincoln |
#2 | These are the first five presidents of the United States. | Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe |
#3 | Many southern states seceded from the United States when this man became president. | Abraham Lincoln |
#4 | This president owned slaves, but did not want slavery to spread. | Zachary Taylor |
#5 | This president won the election of 1856 and was the 15th president of the USA. | James Buchanan |
Final Question | |