American Pageant Chapter 16 Vocab Flashcards

Key terms, people, and events from Chapter 16 of the 13th edition of the American Pageant.

1624763313	Oligarchy	Government rule by a few people	0
1624763314	William Lloyd Garrison	Staunch abolitionist, created The Liberator	1
1624763315	Harriet Beecher Stowe	Abolitionist, wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, from Cincinnati	2
1624763316	Frederick Douglass	Former slave, gained freedom at 21. Leading abolitionist, published The North Star.	3
1624763317	Stono Rebellion	1739, South Carolina slaves fled to Florida, were unsuccessful	4
1624763318	Gag Resolution	All anti-slavery appeals were forbidden to be discussed in Congress. Later repealed with help of John Quincy Adams	5
1624763319	Denmarck Vesey	Planned the largest revolt, but was foiled. He and 30 others were hanged	6
1624763320	Free Soilers	Those that opposed slavery in Western territories	7
1624763321	Nat Turner	Led rebellion in which 60 Virginians were killed, mostly women and children. As a result, the South implemented harsher laws	8