Many Causes
author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
State that Harpers Ferry is located
Virginia
1860
When Missouri entered as a slave state, this state entered the Union as free
Maine
First state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
name of slave who sued for his freedom after living in free states for years
Dred Scott
Name of place that Brown raided
Harpers Ferry
this compromise repealed the Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
the seceding southern states formed this nation in 1861
The Confederate States of America
the year Uncle Tom's Cabin was published
1852
people that want to end slavery
abolitionists
State that Abraham Lincoln was a Senator
Illinois
This state entered the Union as a free state as part of the Compromise of 1850
California
Name of Union leader that defended Fort Sumter
Robert Anderson
this law was passed to appease the South and stated that all runaway slaves had to be returned to their owner
The Fugitive Slave Law
term referring to someone willing to die for their cause
martyr
Political party that Lincoln was nominated to
Republican
Kansas received this nickname when pro and anti-slavery settlers fought
"Bleeding Kansas"
the first battle of the Civil War
Battle of Fort Sumter
Washington D.C.
He had this many children
20
Name of Lincoln's opponent in the Senate debates
Stephen Douglas
the compromise that split the Louisiana territory at the 36/30 parallel
Missouri Compromise
the president of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis