North and South

Question 1

Gag Rule

Answer 1

To set aside talking about something indefinitely. To outlaw speaking about something. (Slavery)

Question 2

The Fugitive Slave Act

Answer 2

A law allowing escaped slaves to be arrested and returned to Slavery (in the South). People arrested had no constitutional rights.

Question 3

How much money? (fugitive slave act)

Answer 3

5$ for convicting a Slave as an innocent/free person and 10 for saying they are a slave.

Question 4

How do you claim a slave

Answer 4

Just write something that says they’re your slave

Question 5

Reverend Jermain Loguen

Answer 5

“I don’t respect this law- I don’t fear it- and I won’t obey it”

Question 6

Habeas Corpus

Answer 6

Latin: You shall have the body. Everyone has the legal right to challenge unlawful imprisonment. Right to ask why.

Question 7

What didn’t slaves have?

Answer 7

Habeas Corpus!

Question 8

The Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 8

Stated slaves as free to the government, but the South ignored that, and slaves weren’t even told.