Grade 10 U.S. History Study Guide: Antebellum Terms

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Abolition

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Movement to end slavery in the U.S.

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Abolitionist who published *The Liberator* and demanded immediate end to slavery. Recruited Frederick Douglass to help the abolitionist cause.

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Frederick Douglass

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Formerly enslaved man who became a powerful speaker and leader for abolition.

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Underground Railroad

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Secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.

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Harriet Tubman

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Formerly enslaved woman who led many to freedom via the Underground Railroad.

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin / Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Novel by Stowe that showed the cruelty of slavery and inspired abolitionists.

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Compromise of 1850

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5 parts: California free state, Utah/NM use popular sovereignty (let the people decide whether to be a free state or a slave state), slave trade banned in D.C., stronger Fugitive Slave Act, Texas was paid to give up land to create New Mexico.

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

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Law that forced people to help capture runaway slaves, angered many in the North.

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Zachary Taylor

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U.S. president who tried to keep the country united over slavery but died early. Former hero of the Mexican American war.

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Millard Fillmore

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Became president after Taylor's death; supported the Compromise of 1850.