Antebellum
The focus of the southern economy
Farming/agriculture
The book that influenced many to oppose slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This political party was formed anti-slavery northers, and was the party Lincoln ran for.
Republican Party
Secession (to secede) means...
To formally withdraw (leave)
The institution that directly led to the Civil War
slavery
The conflict in the Kansas-Nebraska territory after the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Bleeding Kansas
The first major candidate to run for president on the Republican ticket
Abraham Lincoln
Confederate general who led the Army of Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee
A compromise of Congress that allowed by Missouri (a slave state) and Maine (a free state) to be admitted to the Union.
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The name of the newspaper published by abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison
What is The Liberator?
The Union general credited with defeating the Confederacy
Ulysses S. Grant
California entered the Union after this Congressional compromise
Compromise of 1850
The raid on Harpers Ferry Arsenal was led by this abolitionist
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
Made it the government’s responsibility to catch and return escaped slaves.
What is the The Fugitive Slave Law?
One of the ways that the North excelled in manufacturing and industry was due to the presence of thousands of miles of:
Rail/Railroad lines
This Supreme Court decision declared that black Americans could not be citizens of the United States
Dred-Scott vs. Sanford (1857)
Was an abolitionist, writer and political leader who advocated for the official use of Black soldiers in the Civil War.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The TWO results of the 1860 election
Lincoln became president and southern states began seceding from the union