Sectionalism & Economics
This term describes the loyalty to the interests of one's own region (North, South, or West) rather than to the country as a whole.
Sectionalism
This invention by Eli Whitney accidentally increased the demand for slave labor in the South.
Cotton Gin
This Amendment to the Constitution is often cited by supporters of states' rights, as it grants all powers not given to the federal government to the states.
The 10th Amendment
He was a former slave who became a leading abolitionist, famous for his incredible oratory skills and his newspaper, The North Star.
Frederick Douglass
This man won the Election of 1860 without receiving a single electoral vote from the South.
Abraham Lincoln
The North's economy was based largely on manufacturing and trade, while the South's economy relied on this.
Agriculture. (Plantations, cash crops)
This 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe "wrote the book" on the cruelties of slavery, fueling the Abolitionist movement.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
South Carolina threatened to secede during this 1832 event because they refused to pay federal tariffs.
The Nullification Crisis
This "conductor" of the Underground Railroad led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom
Harriet Tubman
The Election of 1860 was the "final straw" for this state, which became the first to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
This 1828 tax on imported goods was so hated by Southerners they called it the "Tariff of Abominations."
Tariff of 1828
This Supreme Court case ruled that slaves were property, not citizens, and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
This 1820 agreement kept the balance of power in the Senate by admitting Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
Missouri Compromise
This radical abolitionist led a failed raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, hoping to start a slave revolt.
John Brown
This political party was formed in the 1850s with the primary goal of stopping the spread of slavery into the territories.
The Republican Party
This region of the U.S. generally supported high tariffs because they protected nascent industries from foreign competition.
The North
This term refers to the movement to end slavery immediately.
Abolition
This concept, championed by Stephen A. Douglas, allowed residents of a territory to vote on whether to allow slavery.
Popular Sovereignty
He was the Kentucky Senator known as the "Great Compromiser" for his work on the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
Henry Clay
Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in this territory gave it a "bloody" nickname.
Bleeding Kansas
Henry Clay's "American System" aimed to connect the different sections of the country using these two types of transportation.
Roads, canals, or railroads
Under the Compromise of 1850, this law was passed to satisfy the South, requiring Northerners to help capture runaway slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Act
This Vice President from South Carolina was the leading voice for "Nullification" and states' rights.
John C. Calhoun
This Massachusetts Senator was famously beaten with a cane on the Senate floor after giving an anti-slavery speech.
Charles Sumner
Before the war, the South's economy was often described by this two-word phrase, highlighting its reliance on a single crop.
King Cotton