People
Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860, what party did he belong to?
The Republican Party (GOP)
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
Balance power of free and slave states by adding Maine as a free state, Missouri as a slave state. Additionally dividing the nation by prohibiting slavery in the North and allowing it in the South (36°30′).
This radical abolitionist attempted to raid Harpers Ferry, VA to incite a slave rebellion, but was quickly suppressed.
John Brown
People living in US territories could vote on whether or not they wanted slavery in their territory.
Popular sovereignty
What was the "happy slave" myth?
Propaganda created by Southern States to put a positive spin on slavery
This slave fought for their freedom in the Supreme Court after living in free territory with their owner.
Dred Scott
This was a series of 5 measures aimed at resolving disputes over slavery in new territories
The Compromise of 1850
Ruled that African Americans, whether free or enslaved were not US citizens. Also declaring the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
The Dred Scott Decision (Scott v Sandford)
A state's formal withdrawal from the Union.
Secession
About 1.5 million of people immigrated to the US because of a famine. Who are they?
Irish Immigrants
This man is largely responsible for the South Carolina Nullification Crisis
John C Calhoun
Aimed to expose the harsh realities of slavery and shock the abolitionist movement by showing the moral and human cost of slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What major event occurred after the election of 1860?
7 states seceded from the Union and created the Confederate States of America.
Someone who is opposed to slavery or the movement to end slavery
Abolitionist or abolition
This new invention was a point to text messaging system that could instantly sent messages over long distances.
The Telegraph
This man was elected President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
This was a confrontation between a Southern state and the federal government over the state's attempt to nullify federal tariffs.
The South Carolina Nullification Crisis
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
Laws that provided for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory.
Fugitive Slave laws
This was the movement that attempted to ban alcohol, it is not prohibition
The Temperance Movement
This person wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
An unsuccessful proposal to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
This Act in 1854 allowed slavery to be decided in two specific territories through popular sovereignty, effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Powers held by the individual states rather than the federal government
States' Rights
These people invest and bring new inventions and products to market, they take major risks by investing with their own money.
Entrepreneurs