Vocabulary
A war fought between people of the same country.
Civil War
A slave who sued in the Supreme Court for his freedom.
Dred Scott
Created the 36'30" line to decide on the issue of slavery.
Missouri Compromise
The Civil War officially began with this battle.
Fort Sumter
This political party was a combination of northern Democrats, Whigs, and Free Soilers.
Republican Party
Loyalty to a state or section, rather than the country as a whole.
Sectionalism
President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
This compromise was based on the idea of popular sovereignty (letting the people vote).
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Fugitive Slave Law was part of this compromise.
Compromise of 1850
This novel turned many northerners against slavery.
A person who is willing to die for their beliefs.
Martyr
Created the Kansas-Nebraska Act to gain support for a railroad.
Stephen Douglas
This compromise banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
Compromise of 1850
The goal of this political party was to ban slavery in the Western territories.
Free Soil Party/Republican Party
The northern states believed that secession was wrong because according to this document, you need permission from Congress to secede.
The Constitution
A gun warehouse.
Arsenal
Abolitionist senator, who was attacked in the Senate by Preston Brooks.
Charles Sumner
This act would ban slavery in any land won during the Mexican War.
Wilmot Proviso
The southern states believed they could secede because according to this document, they had the right to "alter or abolish" any government that denied them of their rights.
Declaration of Independence
This man was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who declared that African Americans were not citizens and the Missouri Compromise line was unconstitutional.
Roger Taney
To remove yourself from the United States.
Secede
The "Compromise Candidate" in the Election of 1856.
James Buchanan
This person created a compromise to extend the Missouri Compromise line all the way to the Pacific. Also wanted to add an "unamendable clause" to the Constitution.
John Crittenden
This is a term for proslavery forces who rode across the border to exercise popular sovereignty in Kansas.
Border Ruffians
John Brown attempted to raid an arsenal and lead a slave rebellion at this location.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia