Vocab #1
Political Party created to oppose slavery
Republican Party
Person who was elected as president in 1860
Abraham Lincoln
Act that was created to allow Missouri to be a slave state and Maine a free state
Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott
The main industry in the south that relied upon slave labor
Agriculture
Law that was created to allow Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether or not they could be free or slave states
Kansas-Nebraska Act
President directly before Lincoln that did nothing to stop the expansion of slavery
James Buchanan
When fighting and violence erupted in Kansas and Missouri between pro and anti-slavery forces and the first blood had been shed over slavery
Bleeding Kansas
Abolitionist who led the raid at Harpers Ferry
John Brown
The main industry in the North that did not rely on slave labor
Manufacturing
Series of 5 laws including the fugitive slave law, California becoming a free state, outlawing the slave trade in Washington D.C. and more
Compromise of 1850
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beacher Stowe
Enslaved man who sued for his freedom?
Dred Scott
Northern Democratic opponent of Lincoln during the election of 1860
Stephen Douglas
The largest product produced in the south. We supplied 75% of the world's supply of this
Cotton
People who crossed the Kansas - Missouri border to cause problems related to slavery
Border Ruffians
Former slave that led violent rebellion killing over 50 pro-slavery whites in hopes of creating a larger uprising. Ultimately he failed
Nat Turner
The idea of allowing people of the state to vote and decide on issues themselves
Popular Sovereignty
Female abolitionists who escaped from slavery, fought for freedom and women's rights
Nat Turner
Book that exposed the atrocities of slavery to the north
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Extreme abolitionist how believed slavery would only be ended through violence
John Brown
Was democratic opponent of Lincoln in the south in the election of 1860
John Breckenridge
When Lincoln was elected as president and it led to the secession of southern states from the union.
Election of 1860
Supreme Court Justice who ruled against Dred Scott and said that African Americans could never be citizens.
Justice Roger B. Taney
Secret network that slaves used to escape slavery
Underground Railroad