Civil War Vocab

Question 1

Dred Scott

Answer 1

Slave who sued for his freedom in Dred Scott V. Sanford case in 1857.
Lost;only free for a year after slave owner let him go after case.

Question 3

Kansas Nebraska Act

Answer 3

Allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves wether or not to allow slavey in their borders

Question 5

Compromise of 1850

Answer 5

5 laws passed in Sept. 1850 as a solution to balance between free and slave states in US

Question 6

John Brown

Answer 6

White male,used violence to end slavery, convicted of treason

Question 8

Secession

Answer 8

With draw from the union

Question 10

Fugitive Slave act

Answer 10

Allowed slave owners in North to catch fugitive slaves and take them South, captive.

Question 11

Missouri Compromise

Answer 11

Effort by congress to keep peace between sectional and political rivalries

Question 13

Harriet Tubman

Answer 13

Escaped slave of Maryland who helped 300+ slaves escape on Underground Railroad

Question 15

Abolition

Answer 15

To end slavery in the US

Question 16

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 16

Author:Harriet Beecher

Anti-slavery book that showed horrors of slavey and empathized with slaves