Why War
political party that was formed in 1856, was against the spread of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be a member of this party
Republican
slavery
Abraham Lincoln
This major outcome of the Civil War ensured the United States remained one nation instead of splitting in two.
Union Preservation
name of the slave who was brought to a free state temporarily, and later sued for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled against him.
Dred Scott
Created in 1856, law required that all citizens were obligated to return runaway slaves, which caused outrage among northerners
2nd Fugitive Slave Act
Sectionalism is defined as loyalty to one's ______________ instead of the country
region/section
Radical abolitionist who led the storming of a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Later executed for his crime.
John Brown
After the Civil War, this region’s economy was left in ruins due to destroyed infrastructure and the end of enslaved labor.
the Southern economy
a network of people, African American as well as white, offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people.
Underground Railroad
nickname that refers to the bloody fighting that took place in Kansas between freesoilers (people against slavery) and border ruffians (people in favor of slavery). A direct result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854.
Bleeding Kansas
these taxes on imported goods angered the South, which relied on foreign trade
Tariff
This South Carolina senator argued that states could nullify federal laws they believed were unconstitutional
John C Calhoun
This period from 1865 to 1877 focused on rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into American society.
Reconstruction
The bombing of this Union fort located in South Carolina in 1861 marked the beginning of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
An anti-slavery book that exposed readers to the horrors of slavery and angered southerners. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852
Uncle Tom's Cabin
people vote to decide whether a state is a slave or free state.
popular sovereignty
He proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Stephen A Douglas
Ratified in 1865, this amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States
13th Amendment
in a powerful 1852 address, this former enslaved man declared that the Fourth of July revealed America’s contradiction between its ideals and the reality of slavery.
Fredrick Douglass
legislative compromise authored by Henry Clay, included the admittance of California as a free state, the banning of the slave trade in Washington DC, Popular sovereignty for territories in the American southwest, and a strict fugitive slave law.
withdraw formally from membership of a federal union
secede
She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Ratified in 1870, this amendment prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
15th Admendment
1820 agreement kept the balance of free and slave states but later fell apart as the nation expanded westward.
Missouri Compromise