War
Lincoln on won_______ percent of the popular vote.
40
The freeing of slaves.
Abolition Movement
A network of people who arrange transportation and hiding for fugitive, or escaped slaves
Underground Railroad
Tenements
He was an abolitionist who took over an arsenal in Harpers Ferry Virginia in hopes to start a slave rebellion. His plan failed and was eventually hanged for his crime.
John Brown
Elected in 1860. Was a Republican who opposed slavery on moral grounds. Debated with Stephen Douglas over enslaved labor in the territories.
Abraham Lincoln
Invented textile mills for young women in the 1800s.
Francis Cabot Lowell
The cause of the cotton boom in the south
1793 Cottin Gin.
The nation created when the southern states seceded from the Union in 1860-61
Confederate States of America
What was the first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
A runaway slave turned abolitionist when he was educated and spoke about the hardships of enslaved labor.
Fredrick Douglas
Who did Lincoln defeat in the Election of 1860
John Breckenridge.
The most violent slave revolt in 1831. It took place in Southampton, Virginia and ended up killing 55 whites
Nat Turner's Rebellion
What crop did the south solely relay to drive their economy in 1860?
Cotton. Selling it to the North and Great Britain
He introduced the Kansas and Nebraska Act and was the northern democrat in the Election of 1860
Stehen Douglas
Population of the north vs. south
North 23,000,000
South 9,000,000 but 4,000,000 where enslaved
Confederate troops opened fired on this fort on April 12, 1861. thus starting the Civil War
Fort Sumpter
The Conductor of the Underground Railroad. Known as Moses.
Harriet Tubman
How did Lincoln win the election of 1860
The northern states had more electoral votes than the southern states
What type of economy did the north have?
Industrial in the northeast and agriculture in the northwest
The region stretching from South Carolina to Texas where most of the cotton was grown
Cotton Belt
The major drawback to the south relying on cotton
Their economy became one dimensional
How many southern states refused to put Lincoln on the ballot?
10
How the issue of slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territory was decided.
Popular Sovereignty
To formally withdraw from a Union
Secede