Key Figures
He won the presidential election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln
This law required northern law enforcement to capture and return escaped slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Act
This term means to come to an agreement between two or more groups. The country was able to this in 1820 & 1850.
Compromise
This was a period of violence in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Bleeding Kansas
She made 19 trips on the underground railroad freeing hundreds of enslaved people
Harriet Tubman
This political party was formed in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Republican Party
This is the term for someone who fought to end slavery
Abolitionist
The supreme court ruled that African-Americans were not citizens in this 1857 case
Dred Scott v. Sandford
He is known for his raid on a federal armory to start a revolt
John Brown
The legislation organized two new territories and gave settlers "popular sovereignty"
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The nickname for pro-slavery Missourians during the events of bleeding kansas
Border Ruffians
A set of trails and safe houses that led runaway slaves to freedom.
The Underground Railroad
He wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act to bring popular sovereignty to the west
Stephen Douglas
This early compromise helped to keep the balance of power in the government by adding one new free and one new slave state.
The Missouri Compromise
If citizens have this, they are able to vote on how their state/territory is run (i.e. to allow slavery or not)
Popular sovereignty
This book grew tensions in the country by showing the horrors of slavery in the south
Uncle Tom's Cabin
His home was usually the last safe house on the underground railroad.
Fredrick Douglass
The Compromise of 1850
South Carolina was the first state to do this in 1860.
Secede
This series of events in Illinois helped make Abraham Lincoln more well known around the country
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates