GED Social Studies › Slavery
The Wilmot Proviso __________.
tried to ban the extension of slavery into any territory acquired in the Mexican-American War
succeeded in establishing the policy of popular sovereignty regarding the extension of slavery into new territories
provided relief and economic assistance to freed slaves in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War
was supported heavily in the South, but could not pass Congress due to Northern opposition
provided funding to help African Americans attend higher education in the twentieth century
The system of routes and safe houses used by slaves escaping from the South to the North was called the __________.
Underground Railroad
Escape to Liberty
Emancipation Station
Highway to Heaven
The Cotton Road
Who was the commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Jefferson Davis