Election of 1860
The winner of the election of 1860.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This compromise split the country in half at the 36*30 parallel with free states in the North and Slave states in the South
What is the Missouri Compromise
I joined the antislavery movement at 25. You may have heard of me, because I was the editor of the newspaper, The Liberator
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
When a group of states break off from the rest of the country.
What does secede mean?
A movement to get rid of and permanently end slavery
What is the abolition movement?
This was the central debate of the election of 1860.
What is slavery?
This act enacted popular sovereignty in two states above the line set by the Missouri Compromise
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
I freed myself from slavey in 1849. My nickname is Moses for leading people through the underground railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The name of the country the southern states created when they seceded from the United States.
What are the Confederate States of America?
The outcome of the election of 1860 led to this state being the first to secede from the United States.
What is South Carolina?
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
My book store was burnt down 3 times. I was beat up many times, and slave catchers attempted to kidnap me.
Who is David Ruggles?
This is the term that allows states decide whether they will allow slavery in the state.
What is popular sovereignty?
This Supreme Court decision declared that Black Americans could not be U.S. citizens
What is the Dred Scott decision?
This candidate in the election of 1860 ran on a single issue -- Keeping the country together, as is.
Who is John Bell?
This movement was angered by the compromise of 1850 and the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Abolition Movement?
I grew up in poverty but rose to become a lawyer and abolitionist. I was elected as a representative to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
This word described the movement to end slavery.
What is abolition?
This network helped people escape slavery.
What is the underground railroad?
This candidate was personally against slavery. Did not want it to expand into U.S. territories, but was OK with it staying in the South. He wanted to see slavery slowly die out over the next hundred years.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
In 1850, this comprise admitted California into the U.S. as a free state in exchange for a stronger Fugitive Slave Act.
This man was was born in South Carolina to a free mother and an enslaved father. He participated in the abolitionist movement because of horrors he witnessed associated with his father's treatment.
Who is David Walker?
This word means being set free from enslavement.
What is emancipation?
This act enraged Northern abolitionists because it allowed slave catchers into Free states to hunt people who escaped slavery.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?