Vocabulary
Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state
Missouri Compromise
Southerners who remained loyal to the union during the Civil War
Unionists
South Carolina's reaction to the election of Abraham Lincoln
Secession
repealed by allowing popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska
Missouri Compromise
Slave trade abolished in Washington DC
Compromise of 1850
Law that provided the return of escaped slaves with the help of the government
Fugitive Slave Law
President who ran on the Free Soil platform and signed the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry increased sectionalism by
southerners fearing abolitionists and freed slaves were a danger to them
The result of the Dred Scott decision
Slaves were property, and could be taken anywhere, even free states
Anti-slavery book that depicted slave owners as mean and cruel
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Belief that if a law is unconstitutional then a state may nullify it
States' rights
President of the US who objected to the ideas of nullification and states' rights
Andrew Jackson
Result of the Mexican- American War
US acquires land from Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Slaves were property, and could be taken anywhere, even free states
Nullify a federal law they believe is unconstitutional
Conflict over popular sovereignty between the slave owners and anti-slavery citizens that turned violent
Bleeding Kansas
A new political party that was based on the idea of free soil and stop the expansion of slavery
Republicans
SC party that wanted to nullify the tariff
Nullifiers
Bleeding Kansas was...
conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery elements over the state of slavery in Kansas
The result of the admission of Maine and Missouri as states in the Missouri Compromise
Balance of power between free and slave states was maintained
Led SC to secede from the Union
Election of 1860
Document adopted by SC during a special convention called after the election of Lincoln.
Articles (Ordinance of Secession)
SC Senator- who advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification
John C. Calhoun
"I hold that...the Constitution (states), the union of these states is (forever)...It follows...that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union" - Lincoln refers to what theory
Theory of Secession
Reason SC opposed a protective tariff
it would cause manufactured goods to be more expensive
South Carolinians who favored secession only as a last resort and if other states joined SC
Cooperationists