Failed Compromises
This 1820 deal kept the balance between free and slave states and set a dividing line above which new states would be free
Missouri Compromise
He was elected president in 1860
This violent conflict in Kansas was a result of popular sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas
The South's economy relied heavily on this
Slavery
This side had more factories and railroads
North
This allowed majority vote in two new territories to determine if they should allow slavery
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
He sued for his freedom but was denied when the court said black people couldn't be citizens
Dred Scott
The attack on this location marked the beginning of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
The North and South had different views on this
Slavery (or the right to own slaves)
This side had a larger population
North
This compromise brought California in as a free state in 1850
The compromise of 1850
She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, helping escaped slaves reach freedom
Harriet Tubman
This event in 1860 made Southern states begin seceding
The election of Abraham Lincoln
The South feared this would happen if slavery was outlawed
Social and economic collapse
This side was fighting a defensive war and knew the terrain better
South
This was part of the Compromise of 1850 and angered Northerners
The Fugitive Slave Act
He debated Lincoln in 1858 and supported popular sovereignty. He later ran against Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election.
Stephen Douglas
South Carolina was the first state to do this
Secede (formally announce it's withdrawal from the United States)
This secret network helped enslaved people escape to the North and to freedom in Canada
The Underground Railroad
This side had better generals and more military training
South
This senator from Kentucky, whose portrait is displayed in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield bedroom, was known as the 'Great Compromiser'
Henry Clay
He was the Chief Justice in the Dred Scott case
Roger B Taney
This fight on the floor of the US Senate showed how bitter and personal the conflict had become
The Caning of Charles Sumner
Southern leaders argued that if war ever started they need only stop producing this crop and the world would beg for peace
Cotton
This man led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia after previously serving in the US Army and successfully ending John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry
Robert E Lee