Chapter 5, Key Terms Review

Other antislavery groups supported the ___________ , a campaign to abolish or end slavery.

______________ was a Black abolitionist who was a former slave. He made tremendous change in the antislavery movement with his exceptional oratory skills and published works.

Under the ______________ California joined the Union as a free state. This was a part of a series of laws initiated by Senator Henry Clay

A part of the Compromise of 1850 was the ______________ , which established strict new measures concerning runaway slaves. This made assisting runaway slaves a federal crime.

In each territory, the issue of whether to allow slavery would be decided by _____________, the popular vote of the people.

The ________________ deemed that prohibiting slavery in certain territories was unconstitutional. Southern Whites viewed the outcome of the case as a victory, while abolitionist were outraged.

Shortly after it was created, the __________________ absorbed two other antislavery political parties the Liberty Party and the Free Soil Party. Abraham Lincoln soon became one of the leaders of this political party.

General Benjamin F. Butler organized the regiment into the ___________________ , also known as the Corps d'Afrique. This was the result of the U.S. Congress approving the general recruitment of Black soldiers.

________________ was born into slavery in South Carolina where he worked on steam boats as an intelligent youth. Due to his heroic deed and intelligence he became the highest ranking Black naval officer of his time.

On January 1, 1863 Lincoln issued the _______________ , this ground breaking order proclaimed all enslaved African Americans in rebel areas to be free. This applied to areas held by Confederacy.