Ur mom Flashcards
(27 cards)
People who leave one country to live in another
Immigrants
The largest group of immigrants was the…
Germans, and the Irish
Why did the Irish immigrate
Famine (extreme shortage of food)
Who were small farmers who made up the majority of the South’s population
The yeoman
Did yeoman own many slaves
🧢Cap
Who were farmers that rented land from property owners
Tenant farmers
The wealthy class that owned 20+ slaves
Plantation owners
Who supervised the slaves and managed their production
Overseer
What were slave codes
Laws that only applied to enslaved people to prevent an uprising or rebellion
Who was a Virginia slave who led a rebellion that killed over 50 white people
Nat Turner
The 3 results of Nat Turner’s rebellion were
- Nat Turner was hanged
- Dozens of slaves were killed
- Harsher slave codes were passed
What was a series of safe houses slaves used to help them reach the North
Underground Railroad
Who was a former slave who led groups of enslaved Africans along a route to the North
Harriet Tubman
What economies did the North and South have
The North had an industrial economy and the South had an agricultural economy.
People that opposed and wanted to abolish slavery
Abolitionists
Who was an abolitionist from Boston who owned a newspaper called the Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison
Who were the sisters from South Carolina who moved North and became strong in the abolitionist movement
Sara and Angelina Grimke
Who was a Northerner who wrote a fictional book titled Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin portrayed Southern slave owners as…
Cruel and inhumane
Who was a former slave who escaped and became a major spokesman for the abolitionist movement
Frederick Douglas
Who was a former slave who became a strong abolitionist as well as a supporter of women’s rights
Sojourner Truth
The right to vote in elections
Suffrage
Which two people organized the first equal rights convention for women
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Where was the equal rights convention for Women held
Secana Falls, New York and it was called the Seneca Falls Convention
