Identification Early America 3rd Midterm KSU

Early America Identifications for 3rd midterm

Trickster Tales

Stories from Native American oral traditions featuring clever characters who use wit and deception. Reflect cultural values and survival tactics; influenced American folklore.

Frederick Douglass

An escaped enslaved person who became a leading abolitionist, writer, and speaker. 1818-1895. his writing and literature became pivotal in advancing the abolitionist movement

Prudence Crandall

An educator who opened a school for African American girls in Connecticut despite intense local opposition. 1830s

Sarah Fossett

An African American businesswoman who successfully sued a segregated streetcar company in Cincinnati. 1860, civil rights activist born into slavery

Bloody Kansas

Refers to violent conflicts between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas during 1854-1859. shown more of a light on how slavery was becoming more of a divisive issue

1860 Election

The presidential election that resulted in Abraham Lincoln's victory and triggered Southern secession and the civil war

Fire-Eaters

Radical pro-slavery Southern politicians who promoted secession in the 1850s.

Seneca Falls Convention

The first women's rights convention in the U.S., held in 1848, advocating for equal rights for women. where the Declaration of Sentiments was issued, launching the women’s suffrage movement.

Exodusters

African Americans who migrated from the South to Kansas after Reconstruction seeking better opportunities. 1878, showed Black Americans’ determination to escape oppression in the South.

Republicans

A political party formed in the 1850s to oppose the expansion of slavery into new U.S. territories. became party of Abraham Lincoln.

Dred Scott Decision

A controversial Supreme Court ruling in 1857 that denied African Americans legal standing as U.S. citizens. intensified national debate over the issue of slavery.

Crop Lien System

A post-Civil War credit system that trapped sharecroppers in debt and perpetuated economic dependency.