Key People
This person was the senator of Illinois who advocated for popular sovereignty.
Stephen A. Douglas
This party was an anti-slavery party formed to protect the interests of the North
Republican Party
This vocabulary term means to withdraw or "part ways".
secede
This was the site in which abolitionist John Brown was captured.
Harpers Ferry
This abolitionist wrote the influential novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This person was an extremist who killed many in Kansas and at Harpers Ferry in the name of abolition.
John Brown
This party became the pro-slavery party.
Democratic Party
This vocabulary term means to agree to end a dispute with both sides making concessions; also known as meeting in the middle.
compromise
This is the state where Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln held many debates.
This abolitionist was a father of many and was executed for treason after attacking a United States armory.
John Brown
This person was elected "president" of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
This party was an anti-immigrant party.
Know-Nothing Party
This vocabulary term is historically used to refer to someone who is against slavery.
abolitionist
This is the name of the new "nation" formed by South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
Confederate States of America
This abolitionist was our 16th president of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln
This person was president before Abraham Lincoln.
James Buchanan
This party was formed to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson.
Whig Party
This vocabulary term means, in simplest of ways, to allow the people of a state to vote on their political wants.
popular sovereignty
This territory became a "miniature civil war" of sorts as they decided whether to be a slave state or a free state.
Kansas-Nebraska
This abolitionist was a slave who sought his freedom through the legal system but Roger B. Taney ruled against it.
Dredd Scott
This person was Dred Scott's legal owner while he was appealing for freedom.
John Sanford
This political party was dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery.
Free-Soil Party
This vocabulary term means to betray your country... in which John Brown was sentenced to death for.
treason
This state was a slave state that didn't join the Confederate States of American and is where both Roger B. Taney and Frederick Douglass were born.
Maryland
This abolitionist was a well-known freed black who was known for his popular speeches and anti-slavery writings. He was a friend of both John Brown and Abraham Lincoln.
Frederick Douglass