Review of Slavery, Resistance, and Civil War Notes

A collection of flashcards based on the key themes and events related to slavery, resistance, and the Civil War from the lecture notes.

Superiority

The belief in the superiority of one group over another, often used to justify oppression.

Slave Codes

Laws that restricted the rights of enslaved people, limiting their freedom and ability to assemble.

Punishment

Consequences imposed for disobedience, often leading to harsh treatment of slaves to maintain dominance.

Religion

Used as a tool for brainwashing and instilling hope or resistance among enslaved people.

Follow the Drinking Gourd

A song used as a code to help slaves escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad.

Turner's Rebellion

A slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in 1831 that resulted in deaths and harsher slave codes.

Peaceful Resistance

Methods of resistance including working slow and pretending to be ill as forms of protest against slavery.

Underground Railroad

A network of safe houses and routes used by enslaved people to escape to free states.

Harriet Tubman

An escaped slave who became a conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading numerous slaves to freedom.

Frederick Douglass

An influential orator and writer who advocated for abolition and civil rights.

Missouri Compromise

Legislation passed in 1820 to maintain the balance between free and slave states.

Wilmot Proviso

An unsuccessful proposal to ban slavery in territory gained from Mexico.

Compromise of 1850

A set of laws aimed at resolving tensions over slavery, including the admission of California as a free state.

Fugitive Slave Act

Legislation requiring that escaped slaves be returned to their owners, with penalties for aiding escapees.

Bleeding Kansas

A series of violent political confrontations involving anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers in Kansas.

Dred Scott Decision

A Supreme Court ruling that declared African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories.

Harpers Ferry

An attempt by John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt by raiding a federal arsenal.

Election of 1860

A pivotal election that led to the secession of several Southern states after Abraham Lincoln's victory.

Secession

The withdrawal of Southern states from the Union, leading to the Civil War.

Fort Sumter

The location of the first military engagement of the Civil War in 1861.