Drag each tile to the correct box. Match the leaders with the actions or steps each took in the years before the Civil War.

John Brown
Henry Clay
Harriet Tubman
Stephen Douglas

wrote the five bills of the Compromise of 1850 in an attempt to settle sectional
divisions

raided Harpers Ferry to provide enslaved people with weapons so they could start
a rebellion

introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which ended the banning of slavery north of the latitude 36°30

participated in the Underground Railroad, which helped enslaved people escape
to freedom

regarding the law, the 15th amendment was specifically designed thinking in the rights of black free men.

even though ratified on february 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th amendment would not be fully applied for a long time.poll taxes and literacy tests would allow southern states disenfranchise african americans. only in 1965 the voting rights for african americans would be actually able to vote in the south.

in 1965, president johnson signed the voting rights act, which aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented african americans from voting as it was guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the u.s. constitution.

the national congress's powers over the states were specific and definite: it had the sole power to negotiate treaties, declare war, and make peace. all powers not granted to congress were reserved for state governments. congress had no power to levy taxes, for example.

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