The South and the Slavery Controversy
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| 260205625 | Harriet B. Stowe | Wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which depicted the horrors of slavery and is considered one of the causes of the Civil War | 0 | |
| 260205626 | William Lloyd Garrison | 1805-1879. Prominent American abolitionist, journalist and social reformer. Editor of radical abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator", and one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. | 1 | |
| 260205627 | Denmark Vesey | United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822), A mulatto who inspired a group of slaves to seize Charleston, South Carolina in 1822, but one of them betrayed him and he and his thirty-seven followers were hanged before the revolt started. | 2 | |
| 260205628 | David Walker | He was a black abolitionist who called for the immediate emancipation of slaves. He wrote the "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World." It called for a bloody end to white supremacy. He believed that the only way to end slavery was for slaves to physically revolt. | 3 | |
| 260205630 | Nat Turner | Slave in Virginia who started a slave rebellion in 1831 believing he was receiving signs from God His rebellion was the largest sign of black resistance to slavery in America and led the state legislature of Virginia to a policy that said no one could question slavery. | 4 | |
| 260205631 | Sojourner Truth | United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883) | 5 | |
| 260205632 | Theodore D. Weld | one of the leading architects of the American abolitionist movement during its formative years, from 1830 through 1844. | 6 | |
| 260205633 | Frederick Douglass | one of the most prominent african american figures in the abolitionist movement. escaped from slavery in maryland. he was a great thinker and speaker. published his own antislavery newspaper called the north star and wrote an autobiography that was published in 1845. | 7 | |
| 260205634 | Arthur/Lewis Tappan | In 1826, the brothers began to import silk from Asia, and they quickly earned a sizable fortune gave money to abolistionist causes and became very stong abolitionists | 8 | |
| 260205635 | Elijah P. Lovejoy | 1st martyr of the abolitionists movement. Editor of antislavery paper. Minister said slavery is a sin | 9 | |
| 260205636 | John Quincy Adams | 6th President of the United States, 1825-1829, Secretary of State, He served as sixth president under Monroe. In 1819, he drew up the Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain gave the United States Florida in exchange for the United States dropping its claims to Texas. The Monroe Doctrine was mostly Adams' work. | 10 | |
| 260205637 | "positive good" | In the South, George Fizhugh established the philosophy that slavery was "positive good." It was believed that slavery benefited slaves by providing them with food, shelter, and often Christian religion. Also, Fitzhugh argued that free laborers in northern factories were not treated any better than slaves. | 11 | |
| 260205638 | Cotton Kingdom | Areas in the south where cotton farming developed because of the high demand for cotton, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas (partly Florida) | 12 | |
| 260205639 | The Liberator | An anti-slavery newspaper written by William Lloyd Garrison. It drew attention to abolition, both positive and negative, causing a war of words between supporters of slavery and those opposed. | 13 | |
| 260205640 | American Anti-Slavery Society | an organization started by William Lloyd garrison whose members wanted immediate emancipation and racial equality for African Americans. | 14 | |
| 260205641 | peculiar institution | A euphemism for slavery and the economic ramifications of it in the American South. The term aimed to explain away the seeming contradiction of legalized slavery in a country whose Declaration of Independence states that "all men are created equal". It was one of the key causes of the Civil War. | 15 | |
| 260205642 | Liberty Party | a former political party in the United States formed in 1839 to oppose the practice of slavery; merged with the Free Soil Party in 1848 | 16 | |
| 260205643 | Lane rebels | Weld and comrades were kicked out of Lane Theological Seminary for their actions of anti-slavery | 17 | |
| 260205644 | gag resolution | Strict rule passed by prosouthern Congressmen in 1836 to prohibit all discussion of slavery in the House of Representatives | 18 |
