Events
Maintain the balance of power between free and slave states in the U.S. Senate. Missouri admitted as a slave state while Maine was admitted as a free state.
Missouri Compromise
President elected in 1860
Abraham Lincoln
to solve a disagreement
compromise
Term used by states that allowed slavery
The South
The most significant cause of the Civil War
slavery
Open new territories for settlement and encourage construction of a transcontinental railroad. Created two new territories: Kansas Territory &Nebraska Territory
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Martyr for the abolitionist cause
John Brown
to leave or disband from something
secede
Term used by states that were free states
The North
Two territories established under the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas and Nebraska
Living in a free territory did not make an enslaved person free.
Dred Scott Decision
Crushed John Brown's Raid
Robert E. Lee
the idea that the people of a state could vote as to whether or not they wanted to allow slavery
popular sovereignty
The first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860
South Carolina
What is something you should do tonight to prepare for the test?
STUDY
An attempt to start a slave uprising by seizing a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
John Brown's Raid
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Advocated strict interpretation of the Constitution.
State's Rights
John Brown attacked the federal arsenal here
Harpers Ferry, VA
Overturned the Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Lead to Southern states secession from the Union starting with South Carolina on December 20, 1860 and the formation of the Confederacy.
Election of 1860
Enslaved man who sued for his freedom
Dred Scott
the tendency to be more concerned with the interests of your particular region (states) than with the problems and interest of the larger group or country
sectionalism
Under the Missouri Compromise, the two states that were admitted to the Union (one free and one slave).
Missouri and Maine (BONUS Q)
Established California as a free state
Compromise of 1850