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Dred Scott was a slave who rebelled his freedom through the American legal system. The 1857 the United States Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case denied his plea, saying that no Negro, the term then used to describe anyone with African blood, was or could ever be a citizen.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Actallowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´.

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John Brown was an American abolitionist who gave slaves weapons (guns) and thought that was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States.

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A reform movement is distinguished from more radical social movements such as revolutionary movements.

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The slave owners didnt want slaves to attend public school  to get an education.

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economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories

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the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

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The Erie Canal is a canal in New York that is part of the east-west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System.

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a person who is typically a Northerner, who held view that slavery should not  be allowed  to spread to new states or territories

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a path led by Harriet Tubman and many others to help slaves escape from their slave owners. The Underground Railroad is not an actual railroad, I repeat it is not an actual railroad.

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held a slave rebellion in Virginia, Southern opponents of slavery became less vocal

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from 1820 to 1850, sectionalism increased due to the differences in regional economies and the use of slavery, Westward expansion and the entry of new states to the Union, Growing abolitionism in the north. But, each a dispute threatened the nation, a Compromise was reached

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allowed runaway slaves and sometimes free runaway slaves to be recaptured and enslaved

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called all women’s rights, met and determined to advocate for women’s rights when they were denied the right to participate at an abolitionist convention. There were many other issues that caused women to protest their second class citizenship including limited access to education and limited the rights to own and control property. It was very hard for women to obtain a divorce

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revealed that some Southerners opposed slavery.

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formed vigilante committees to protect runaways.

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published North Star. It gave an insight of the life of a slave

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Their goals was to have slavery abolished throughout America. Founded by the Quakers. Abolitionists included whites and even blacks. Nat Turner, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman. William Lloyd Garrison, Grimke Sisters, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown.   Abolitionists published newspapers and organized anti-slavery conventions. The Underground Railroad was a major action which of course to rebellions

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practiced throughout the North. This was segregation by culture not law

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Geography:
North- Safe harbors and fast moving rivers for trade
South- large stretches of fertile land for strong agriculture
West- large agricultural lands and areas of large mineral deposits