Causes of the Civil War Classroom 1

The Fugitive Slave Law stated that

Escaped from slavery and returned 19 times to help others escape on the Underground Railroad.

Which part of the country mostly supported slavery?

A _____ would run a safe house on the Underground Railroad.

An ______ wanted to eradicate/get rid of slavery.

Compromise in 1820 divided the Louisiana Territory into areas with and without slavery.

Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin because she

People who helped fugitive slaves could be jailed if they were caught.

Which statement is true about the Compromise of 1850?

A state that doesn't allow slavery.

Act contributed to violence in territory "Bleeding Kansas"

Repealed the Missouri Compromise

Popular sovereignty - right of the people to create their government. Voters decide whether or not to allow slavery.

Was the Underground Railroad actually underground?

In the Missouri Compromise, territories/states ___ of the 36° 30'N line in the Louisiana Territory would allow slavery.

What was the Underground Railroad?

The slave trade was banned in Washington, D.C. as part of the

Who was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?

Popular sovereignty was used in

Someone who guided runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad.

To maintain the balance of power in the Senate, Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state.

The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the

To leave or withdraw from the US

Frederick Douglass escaped the cruelty of slavery and became a leading speaker and writer for the abolition of slavery.