EVENTS
THIS IS THE TERM GIVEN TO THE TERRITORY IN THE MIDWEST THAT EXPERIENCED A "MINI CIVIL WAR"
BLEEDING KANSAS
This man filed a lawsuit to gain freedom because he traveled from Missouri to a free state and territory
Dred Scott
A RADICAL ABOLITIONIST WHO WAS SEEN AS A MARTYR FOR THE NORTH BUT A TERRORIST BY THE SOUTH
JOHN BROWN
This book was used to spread the horrors of slavery and grew abolitionist support
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
A series of open air debates in Illinois over a seat in the senate
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Secession/secede
BECAME PRESIDENT IN 1860
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The term for someone who wants to end slavery
abolitionist
Describe popular sovereignty
State gets to decide on whether or not they allow slavery
This was a series of trails and paths that led escaped slaves to freedom in the north and sometimes to the south
The Underground Railroad
These laws in the North protected anyone accused of being an escaped slave and allowed them to go to trial.
personal liberty laws
THIS SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS DEBATED ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN A SERIES OF OPEN AIR DEBTATES ACROSS ILLINOIS
STEPHEN DOUGLAS
What was John Brown charged with?
High Treason
What was the significance of the Dred Scott Court Case?
Taney (S.C. Chief Justice) asserted that no black person, slave, or free, could possibly be a citizen.
JOHN BROWN LED THIS RAID AT THE ARSENAL IN WHAT TOWN IN VIRGINIA?
HARPERS FERRY
This piece of legislation DID NOT pass but was set to make slavery illegal in any new territory that was claimed by means of war
Wilmot Proviso
This group of people rode from Missouri over to Kansas to vote in an election on whether or not Kansas would be a slave or free state
Border Ruffians
This state was the first to secede from the union on December 20th 1860
South Carolina
Describe the term Bleeding Kansas and how it got that name.
Popular sovereignty, people moved to Kansas, border ruffians, Sack of Lawrence, Pottawatomie Massacre, 200+ killed in the next couple of year
The attack on this Kansas city by pro slavery supporters played a role in Bleeding Kansas. Pro slavery supporters destroyed printing presses and raided homes.
The Sack of Lawrence
When did the Republican party form?
1854
This Massachusetts Senator was caned in the Senate for talking poorly about another senator
Charles Sumner
Name 3 candidates from the Election of 1860
Lincoln, Breckenridge, John Bell, Stephen Douglas
Name all 5 components of the Compromise of 1850
1. No slave trade D.C.
2. California becomes a free state
3. Popular Sovereignty
4. Fugitive Slave Law 1850
5. Settled border dispute between Texas and Mexico (10 million to Texas)