The Human Element
Dred Scott lived here during his years in court.
What is Saint Louis?
The Raid on Harpers Ferry took place in this state.
What is Virginia?
This occurred when Charles Sumner gave a speech on the floor of Congress denouncing the Kansas/Nebraska Act.
What is he was beaten?
This party believed that new states should vote on the slavery issue.
What is the Democratic Party?
This Abolitionist used violence against slave owners in an attempt to end slavery.
Who is John Brown?
This was the site of a Federal arsenal.
What is Harpers Ferry?
John Brown famously massacred pro slavery people on the banks of a creek. This event later became known as this.
What is the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre?
This officially repealed the Missouri Compromise.
What is the Kansas/Nebraska Act?
This was the party that believed in stronger state government.
What is the Democratic Party?
This was the president of the Confederate States of America
Who was Jefferson Davis?
This was the first state to secede.
What is South Carolina?
John Brown attempted to stop this state from voting for slavery.
What is Kansas?
This angered a lot in the North because it forced them to be a part of a system they disagreed with.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Abraham Lincoln ran for this part in 1860.
What is the Republican Party?
The most famous Abolitionist who escaped from slavery and spent the rest of his life working for equality.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
This town was destroyed at the beginning of Bleeding Kansas.
What is Lawrence, KS?
These two future famous southern generals showed up at Harpers Ferry.
Who are Robert E. Lee and JEB Stuart?
This act outlawed the slave trade in Washington DC.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Stephen Douglas, who ran against Lincoln twice, was known by this nickname.
What is Little Giant?
This man printed an Abolitionist newspaper in Boston.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
After the Southern States seceded, this became the first capital of the Confederate States of America.
What is Montgomery, AL?
This rebellion was started in the South and it scared a lot of slave owners into passing harsher laws aimed at slaves.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
Charles Sumner, the congressman who was savagely beaten, represented this northern state.e
What is Massachusetts?