Important People
The Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Political Party of the South
Democrats
The main topic at the Lincoln Douglas debate was this
Slavery
To formally withdraw from the Union
Secede
Labor unions were most popular in this region of the United States
The North
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
New Political Party in the North
Republicans
The intended purpose of this book was to speak out against slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Someone who opposes slavery is known as what
Abolitionist
This state entered the Union as a free state under the Compromise of 1850
California
President of the Confederate States of America (The Confederacy)
Jefferson Davis
The issue of slavery was responsible for this political party falling apart
Whig Party
This act made it a crime to help runaway slaves
Fugitive Slave Act
People in each territory are allowed to vote on the issue of slavery
Popular Sovereignty
The first state to secede from the Union
Led the raid at Harpers Ferry
John Brown
Winner of the Illinois Senate election in 1858
Stephen Douglas
The Supreme Court case that involved a slave who sued for his freedom
The Dred Scott Case
When the anti-slavery capital city of Lawrence was attacked by pro slavery men and burnt to the ground
Sack of Lawrence
State where rival proslavery and antislavery governments existed
Kansas
Helped create both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
Was a Republican who won the election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln
A series of laws that were passed in order to control slaves lives (including them not being allowed to read or write)
Slave Codes
The result of this Compromise was that Missouri entered the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state
Missouri Compromise
Senator from Illinois who supported popular sovereignty and came up with the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas