Causes
This invention led to an increase in Cotton production
Cotton Gin
Blocking Habeas Corpus
A journey led by a "conductor" who navigated escaped slaves through "station to station" to freedom in Canada.
Underground Railroad
The President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
The amendment that abolished slavery
13th Amendment
This divided the Nation the at the 36, 30 line
Missouri Compromise
This freed slaves in the Confederacy, and allowed African Americans to join the military.
Emancipation Proclamation
These were what union soldiers referred to the bending of railroad tracks around trees to make them unusable
Sherman Neck Ties
This was the person responsible for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Amendment that states, that both states and the federal government cannot deny citizens equal protection of the law.
14th Amendment
the people have the ability to choose between having a free or slave state
Popular Sovereignty
Event in which a Federal Armory was taken over in attempt to cause a nationwide slave rebellion
Harper's Ferry Raid
Having an abundance of pride in a particular region of your country
Sectionalism
This person proposed the that all new territory acquired from the Mexican American war must remain free from slavery
David Wilmot
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
15th Amendment
Allowed California to be admitted as a free state in exchange for stricter fugitive slave laws
Compromise of 1850
Supreme Court decision that ruled that slaves could not sue because the are not citizens. Also ruled that government could not take away personal property from citizens including slaves
Dred Scott
Following the Civil War, this was the attempt to rebuild the Southern economy and reacclimate former Confederate states back into the Union.
Reconstruction
This person came up with the Anaconda Plan during the Civil War
Winfield Scott
Confederate Prison in which about 12,000 Union soldiers died of malnutrition and disease
Andersonville
Forcing Northerners to help capture and return runaway slaves to their plantations
Fugitive Slave Act
Battle in which 180 Texans fought for almost 2 weeks against a Mexican Army of over 4,000. Became a rallying cry for Texans
Battle of the Alamo
This discriminatory law required voters to pay a fee before voting
Poll Taxes
This person is known as the Great Compromiser, for orchestrating both the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
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