Causes of the Civil War I
The North and the South could not agree with each other about the spread and practice of this.
What is slavery?
This was the first state to secede from the Union after Lincoln won the election of 1860.
What is South Carolina
The line drawn in the Missouri Compromise stating that slavery would be illegal above it.
36'30
Political party that grew out of the Whig and Free-Soil Parties.
Republican Party
This act required people to return escaped slaves to their owners. It also forced northern abolitionists to help in the process.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This organization helped slaves escape to the North or Canada. It was run by a secret network of abolitionists.
What is the Underground Railroad?
The idea that the people/citizens of a state vote on the issue of slavery in their state rather than the elected officials.
Popular Sovereignty
Eventual leader of the Republican Party and 16th president of the U.S.
Abraham Lincoln
A slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court in 1856 because he had been taken to live in a territory where slavery was illegal.
Who is Dred Scott?
Abraham Lincoln won this election which pushed the South toward secession.
What was the Election of 1860?
Party that did not want to see the expansion of slavery into the western territories. Ran with the motto: Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men
Free Soil Party
The belief that states, not the federal government should make final decisions on things that affect them
What are states' rights?
Idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states
What is states' rights?
A person who dies for a cause, often sacrificing their own life for the sake of a belief or pinciple.
What is a martyr?
This was a radical abolitionist leader who led a raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
Who was John Brown?
This man was challenged by Abraham Lincoln to a series of debates during the 1858 Illinois Senate race with the main topic being slavery
Who is Stephen Douglas
Nickname for violence in a certain territory over whether or not it was going to be a slave state.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
When part of a country leaves or breaks off from the rest of the country
What is secession?
This was a raid led by a radical abolitionist which resulted in his and his followers' executions. It greatly scared the South but encouraged Northern abolitionists.
John's Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry
This is when the North and South met in the middle, adding 2 new states. Missouri was added as a slave state, Miane as a free, and slavery was banned above the 36'30 latitude.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
This included the following:
California enters the union as a free state
The Slave Trade is banned in Washington D.C.
Harsher Fugitive Slave Act laws
What is the Compromise of 1850
This was created by Henry Clay in 1850, calling for the North and South to meet in the middle.
Compromise of 1850
A pro-slavery supporter who crossed the border to Kansas from Missouri to vote in an election to settle the slavery issue.
What are border ruffians
Kansas-Nebraska Act