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| 973071769 | John C. Calhoun | 7th Vice President of the United States and a leading Southern politician from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century; was an advocate of slavery, states' rights, limited government, and nullification | 0 | |
| 973071770 | 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) | 1 | |
| 973071771 | Slave System | A society with two distinct strata, a category of people who are free and a category of people who are legally the property of the others | 2 | |
| 973071772 | Frederick Douglass | (1817-1895) American abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman and writer. He published his biography, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and founded the abolitionist newspaper, the North Star. | 3 | |
| 973071773 | West African Squadron | British royal navy force formed to enforce the abolition of the slave trade in 1807. It intercepted hundreds of slave ships and freed thousands of africans | 4 | |
| 973071774 | Black Belt | Region of the Deep South with the highest concentration of slaves. The "Black belt" emerged in the nineteenth century as cotton production became more profitable and slavery expanded south and west. | 5 | |
| 973071775 | Responsorial | Style of preaching in which the congregation frequently punctuated the minister's remarks with assents and amens--an adaption of the give-and-take between caller and dancers in the African ring-shout dance. | 6 | |
| 973071776 | Nat Turner's Rebellion | 1831 - Slave uprising. A group of 60 slaves led by Nat Turner, who believed he was a divine instrument sent to free his people, killed almost 60 Whites in South Hampton, Virginia. This let to a sensational manhunt in which 100 Blacks were killed. As a result, slave states strengthened measures against slaves and became more united in their support of fugitive slave laws. | 7 | |
| 973071777 | Amistad | (1839) Spanish slave ship dramatically seized off the coast of Cuba by the enslaved Africans aboard; the ship was driven ashore in Long Island and the slaves were put on trial; former president John Quincy Adams argued their case before the Supreme Court, securing their eventual release | 8 | |
| 973071778 | American Colonization Society | Abolitionist organization founded in 1817 with the purpose of transporting blacks back to Africa, forming the Republic of Liberia in 1822. | 9 | |
| 973071779 | Liberia | A West African nation founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society to serve as a homeland for free blacks to settle | 10 | |
| 973071780 | Harriet Beecher Stowe | (1811-1896) American author and daughter of Lyman Beecher, she was an abolitionist and author of the famous antislavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. | 11 | |
| 973071781 | Lane Theological Seminary | Lyman Beecher presided over this school to educate Presbyterian ministers. Known primarily for the debates that influenced the nation's thinking on slavery. Beecher expelled Weld and other Lane Rebels. | 12 | |
| 973071782 | Lewis Tappen | Wealthy New York abolitionist merchant whose home was demolished by a mob in 1834. | 13 | |
| 973071783 | Charles Grandison Finney | American clergyman and educator, he became influential in the Second Great Awakening after a dramatic religious experience and conversion. Advocated opposition to alcohol, public prayer by women, a perfect Christian kingdom on earth, and opposition to slavery. | 14 | |
| 973071784 | Lyman Beecher | Was a Presbyterian minister, American Temperance Society co-founder and leader, and the father of 13 children, many of whom became noted figures, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Catherine Beecher and Thomas K. Beecher. He is credited as a leader of the Second Great Awakening of the United States. | 15 | |
| 973071785 | Henry Ward Beecher | Preacher, reformer and abolitionist, he was the son of famed evangelist Lyman Beecher and brother of author Harriet Beecher Stowe. | 16 | |
| 973071786 | Charles Dwight Weld | Was one of the leading architects of the American abolitionist movement during its formative years, from 1830 through 1844. | 17 | |
| 973071787 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | ..., Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1853 that highly influenced England's view on the American Deep South and slavery. A novel promoting abolition. intensified sectional conflict. | 18 | |
| 973071788 | The Liberator | A militant abolitionist weekly, edited by William Garrison from 1831 to 1865. Despite having a relatively small circulation, it achieved national notoriety due to Garrison's strong arguments. | 19 | |
| 973071789 | William Llyod Garrison | White Boston publisher who founded an abolitionist newspaper, the LIBERATOR, in 1834, which supported abolitionism, demanded an immediate and no-compromise end to slavery; founded the American Antislavery Society in 1835. | 20 | |
| 973071790 | Second Great Awakening | An evangelical religious movement that began in Kentucky in 1801 and peaked in the 1830s. its basic message was that anybody could achieve salvation by eradicating individual sin and accepting faith in God's grace. | 21 | |
| 973071791 | American Anti-Slavery Society | Founded in 1833 by William Lloyd Garrison and other abolitionists. Garrison burned the Constitution as a pro-slavery document. Argued for "no Union with slaveholders" until they repented for their sins by freeing their slaves. | 22 | |
| 973071792 | Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World | Written by David Walker, a free black man originally from the south. It is arguably the most radical of all anti-slavery documents, caused a great stir when it was published in September of 1829 with its call for slaves to revolt against their masters. | 23 | |
| 973071793 | Sojourner Truth | American abolitionist and feminist. Born into slavery, she escaped in 1827 and became a leading preacher against slavery and for the rights of women. | 24 | |
| 973071794 | Martin Delany | Black abolitionist who visited West Africa in 1859 to examine sites where African-Americans might relocate. | 25 | |
| 973071795 | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass | Published in 1845, Douglass' autobiography depicted his remarkable origins as the son of a black slave woman and a white father, his struggle to learn to read and write, and his eventual escape to the North. | 26 | |
| 973071796 | Mason-Dixon Line | Boundary (imaginary line) between Pennsylvania and Maryland that divided the Middle Colonies from the Southern Colonies. | 27 | |
| 973071797 | Gag Resolution | Prohibited debate or action on antislavery appeals. Driven through the House by pro-slavery Southerners, the gag resolution passed every year for eight years, eventually overturned with the help of John Quincy Adams. | 28 | |
| 973071798 | Gabriel Slave Rebllebion | A literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800. Information regarding the revolt was leaked prior to its execution, and he and twenty-five followers were taken captive and hanged in punishment. In reaction, Virginia and other state legislatures passed restrictions on free blacks, as well as prohibiting the education, assembly, and hiring out of slaves, to restrict their chances to learn and to plan similar rebellions. | 29 | |
| 973071799 | 1808 | Congress outlaws slave trade | 30 | |
| 973071800 | Missouri Compromise | "Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states north of the 36th parallel were free states and all south were slave states. | 31 | |
| 973071801 | Denmark Vessey | Slave who purchased his freedom then planned one of largest slave rebellions in Charleston; rebellion failed but it increased southerners fear of their slaves (1822). | 32 | |
| 973071802 | Broadcloth Mob | Northerners against abolitionism. They almost killed Garrison and although they weren't strong slavery supporters, they believed the Constitution allowed it, and ending slavery would cut off a vital supply and bring unemployment. | 33 | |
| 973071803 | Elijah Lovejoy | Former Presbyterian minister; established a reform paper: St. Louis Observer; moved to Alton, IL. (Alton Observer); against slavery and injustices inflicted against blacks; is a martyr for the anti-slavery movement for he was killed by a mob in 1835. | 34 | |
| 973071804 | Free Soil Party | Formed in 1847 - 1848, dedicated to opposing slavery in newly acquired territories such as Oregon and ceded Mexican territory. | 35 | |
| 973071805 | Angelina and Sarah Grimké | Sisters who were American political activist, abolitionist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. | 36 | |
| 973071806 | Lane Rebels | In 1832 Theodore Dwight Weld went to the Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Seminary was presided over by Lyman Beecher. Weld and some of his comrades were kicked out for their actions of anti-slavery. The young men were known as the "Lane Rebels." They helped lead and continue the preaching of anti-slavery ideas. | 37 |
