Expanding West
These are the latitudinal lines of the Missouri Compromise
36 30
John Brown led a raid on what federal arsenal
Harper's Ferry
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in this year
1860
This was the first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
These were advantages for the North
Population, industry, technology...etc
This compromise was created to bring California into the Union
Compromise of 1850
This technology increased the need for slaves ten-fold
Cotton Gin
This was the political party of Abraham Lincoln that was formed in the 1850s
The Republican Party
The shots fired on this fort are considered the first of the civil war
Ft. Sumter
This court case reduced slaves to property
Dredd Scott
He was president during the Mexican American- War
James K. Polk
He was the most outspoken black abolitionist that forged a relationship with Lincoln
Fredrick Douglass
The majority of immigrants who arrived in the US pre-civil war immigrated to this area
North East
He was the Union General responsinble for the "March to the sea"
William Sherman
These two men brawled on the floor of the Senate
Brooks and Sumner
Bleeding Kansas was the result of this policy that allowed the people to vote for slavery
Popular Sovereignty
This state was created in 1863 as a result of its attitude toward slavery
West Virginia
This treaty ended the Mexican- American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This was the single bloodiest day in American History
The southern states were granted this benefit from the Compromise of 1850
Strong fugitive slave law, popular sovereignty
Texas's independence movement gained momentum after the siege of this building
The Alamo
The Wilmot Proviso prohibited what actions, but was unsuccessful
Slavery in the Western Territories
This political party was all about non-extension of slavery into the new territories
Free- Soil Party
This was the name of the new bullet that was used for the first time
minie ball
Abraham Lincoln said that she started the Civil War
Harriet Beecher Stowe