part 1
Settlers in each territory decided whether to allow slavery or not through popular sovereignty.
Kansas Nebraska act
Bad acts against one’s country.
treason
Slave states that did not secede from the Union (Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware, and Maryland; later West Virginia).
border state
men who battled anti-slavery forces in Kansas.
border ruffians
You sacrifice your life for your beliefs.
martyr
The first president of the Confederacy.
jefferson davis
Small military groups that used surprise tactics in combat.
guerilla warfare
Supreme court case where it was ruled that a black man had no rights a white man was bound to respect, and it also outlawed the Missouri Compromise. C.J. Roger Tanney wrote the opinion.
dred. v Scott
Ruled by the army not the government, army takes over for police.
martial law
Legal case brought to settle between groups.
lawsuit
Founded on the idea of limiting slavery’s expansion westward.
republican party
Commanded all Confederate forces in the Civil War. A Virginian born 1808, dad was in Rev. War.
robert e lee
Gun warehouse (Harpers Ferry)
arsenal
A constitutional amendment that cannot be changed.
unamendable
Why was John Brown called a martyr by some northerners?
sacrificed life for beliefs