Fugitive Slave Act
Helping runaway slaves became this type of crime
Federal Crime
The political party of Lincoln.
Republican
Guns smuggled into Kansas in crates were referred to by this name.
Beecher Bibles
The full name of the nation formed by slave states who had seceded.
The Confederate States of America
She wrote the famous anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This was the jail sentence for helping a runaway slave.
1 year
Opponent of Abe Lincoln who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Stephen Douglas
The name given to Kansas after violence over slavery had erupted there.
Bleeding Kansas
The first state to secede from the union.
South Carolina
This senator was nearly beaten to death in congress over a speech condemning slavery.
Charles Sumner
This was the fine for helping a runaway slave.
$1000
Douglas's comments about slavery during the senate race 2 years prior, caused this to happen to the democratic party.
Split
John Brown and his followers hacked 5 men to death in retaliation for the burning of this city in Kansas.
Lawrence
The number of states in the confederacy.
11
This law included banning slavery above the 36° 30' line.
Missouri Compromise
This was the amount judges earned for sending slaves back south.
$10
The number of southern states won by Lincoln.
Zero
John Brown and his followers hacked 5 men to death with broadswords as part of this massacre.
Pottawatomie
The president of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
The fort where the first attack of the civil war occurred.
Fort Sumter
The fugitive slave act became law along with four other bills as part of this package deal.
Compromise of 1850
The percentage Lincoln won in Virginia.
1.1%
The 3 crimes John Brown was tried for.
Murder, Treason, and trying to start a slave rebellion
The name of the first Confederate flag.
Stars and Bars
This failed bill proposed banning slavery in the territories of the Mexican Cession.
Wilmot Proviso