Key Terms
The act of leaving the Union
What is secession
Highest level of jurisdiction this case eventually reached
What is the Supreme Court.
Immigrants primarily settled here
Southern Democratic nominee
Who was John C. Breckinridge
One of the most important advantages of the North.
What is industrial output.
Before the war
What is antebellum
How Dred Scott was viewed by Taney.
What is black and not a citizen.
Helped hundreds of slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman.
Who was Abraham Lincoln
What is well-trained and battle experienced.
The network of people who aided runaway slaves
What is the Underground Railroad
Chief justice over Dred Scott vs. Sandford.
Who was Roger B. Taney
Name of the book which captured the wide variety of American experience with slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Constitutional Union Party nominee
What is 300,000.
Labor system in which slaves worked in large groups for a set amount of time each day.
What is the gang system.
Taney ruled that the Missouri Compromise and _____________________ (2 words) were unconstitutional.
What is popular sovereignty.
Published an anti-slavery newspaper, called the North Star.
Who was Frederick Douglas.
Lincoln's view on slavery
Simple goal of the South.
What is establish and defend an independentnation.
One who distributed work among slaves and ensured they did as expected
What is an overseer.
Name of Dred Scott's master.
Who was Dr. John Emerson.
Stated that anyone convicted of helping a fugitive slave was subject to a $1,000 fine, imprisonment, or both.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Douglas insisted slavery in the territories should be handled by this
What is popular sovereignty.
Southerns would fight to protect these 2 things in a defensive war.
What is their own home and way of life.