Vocabulary
the belief that one race is better than others
Racism
Elected President in 1860
Abraham Lincoln
the separation of people based on race
Segregation
The key issue dividing American society in the mid 1800's
Slavery
Lincoln's trade, his profession, was
A lawyer
the 11 Southern States that seceded to form their own nation
The Confederacy
Led violent episodes in Kansas and at Harper's Ferry, was hanged
John Brown
Founded in 1854 by antislavery leaders, the party of Lincoln
Republican Party
The first state to secede
South Carolina
Electoral College
to formally withdraw from a nation or government
Secede
Proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act to solve issues related to the railroad, beat Lincoln in Senate race
Stephen Douglas
A Supreme Court decision that had consequences for African Americans
Dred Scott Decision
Law passed in 1850 to help keep the country together
The Compromise of 1850
By 1860, the last census before the Civil War, there were this many slaves in the South
4 Million
The idea that residents of a place solve issues by voting
Popular Sovereignty
The subject of a Supreme Court decision in 1857
Dred Scott
a defense force of soldiers
Garrison
Created harsh legal penalties for escaped slaves and those helping them
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Dred Scott decision said that African Americans were not
Citizens
A law enforcement officer who works for the US government
Federal Marshall
The author of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriett Beecher Stowe
a member of the Constitutional Union party
Unionist
The Kansas-Nebraska Act said the issue of slavery in the new territories would be decided in this way
Popular Sovereignty
The Dred Scott decision declared this previous law unconstitutional
The Missouri Compromise