people
the guy who made the proviso which forbid slavery in territories acquired from mexico
many went to get gold upon its discovery at Sutters mill very dangerous
california gold rush
cass's idea that voters in each territory had the right to regulate their own internal concerns in their own way
popular sovereignty
required federal government and north states to help capture and return runaway slaves to south
fugitive slave act
a novel written by harriet beecher that detailed how slavery affected everybody and became a classic
the president after zachary taylor that wasnt elected but supported compromise
a series of publicised debates between thw two contenders for representing illinois in senate
lincoln-douglass debates
first state to secede from Union
south carolina
opened up millions of fertile land to slaveholders and outraged abolitionists, proposed by stephen douglas
kansas-nebraska act
a political organization focused on stopping the spread of slacvery rather than abolition
free soil party
a chief justice that supported the south and ruled since dred scott couldnt become a citizen he lacked legal standing
roger b taney
a massacre of 5 pro slavery men by john brown and others that ignited guerilla war in kansas
pottawatomie massacre
the site where john brown raided the federal arsenal but failed
harpers ferry
a proviso that would forbid slavery in any new territories except for mexico
wilmot proviso
confederacy fired at unarmed ships arriving to give assistance to soldiers at this fort, provoked civil war
fort sumter
a republican senator that made a scathing speech and was later almost killed by preston brooks
charles sumner
a territorial civil war in kansas
bleeding kansas
a name given to sumner in order to make him a martyr
suggested that slavery would be allowed to expand westward and remain in south, rejected
crittenden compromise
husband and wife cabinet makers, escaped to great britain after abolitionitsts protected them from slave catchers
the territorial governor of michigan that founded the idea of popular sovereignty
a mob rampaged through kansas destroying the newspaper printing process, burning homes, ransacking shops
sack of lawrence
a scalding speech delivered by charles sumner that caused senate bloodshed and showered slave owner with insults
the crime against kansas
made New mexico a separate territory and set texas state boundary at it present location
texas-new mexico act
an armed band of african americans created to capture runaway slaves
league of gileadites