Slavery & Civil War

This president passed the law that abolished slavery.

This was created to allow Missouri to enter the Union as a "slave" state and Maine to enter as a "free" state.

These people believed that all slavery was wrong and did what they could to abolish it.

How many slaves could slave ships hold?

The Underground Railroad was an actual railroad that transported slaves from the south to the north.

This was where slaves were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean and sold to people in the Americas.

When Florida became a state, it's economy was based on ...

This was an imaginary border that separated the Northern "free" states from the Southern "slave" states.

Slavery has existed for thousands of years.

Slaves were stacked in tiers in the ________ of the slave ships.

The majority of the Civil War battles were fought in Florida.

The voyage across the __________ lasted from 21 to 90 days, depending on the weather.

This state was the 1st one to secede from the Union.

Florida was known for supplying the Confederate troops during the Civil War.

This was the name of the trip for slaves crossing the ocean to the Americas.

The main reasons that the Civil War started were slavery and state's rights.

In what year was slavery outlawed in the United States and its territories?

It was legal to teach a slave how to read and write.

Confederate states didn't want to recognize the U.S. as their government, and they wanted to make their own laws.

This individual was famous for helping 300 slaves escape through the Underground Railroad.