Antebellum
The focus of the southern economy
Farming/agriculture
The book that influenced many to oppose slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This party was formed by anti-slavery northern Democrats, Whigs and Free Soil party members
Republican Party
Texas fought a war of independence against this country
Mexico
This was the part of the Compromise of 1850 that Northerners hated.
The Fugitive Slave Law
The institution that directly led to the Civil War
slavery
The conflict in the Kansas-Nebraska territory after the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Bleeding Kansas
The first major candidate to run for president on the Republican ticket
Abraham Lincoln
The belief that the US should expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Manifest Destiny
A compromise of Congress that allowed by Missouri (a slave state) and Maine (a free state) to be admitted to the Union.
Missouri Compromise of 1820
The "moses" of her people
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The first state to secede
South Carolina
This is the main reason that Texas was not admitted to the US for 9 years after their independence
Northerners did not want to admit a slave state to the Union
California entered the Union after this Congressional compromise
Compromise of 1850
One of the ways that the North excelled in manufacturing and industry was due to the presence of thousands of miles of:
Rail/Railroad lines
The raid on Harpers Ferry Arsenal was led by this abolitionist
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
This was the battle for Texas Independence that showed their dedication to the war.
Battle of the Alamo
This was abolished as a part of the Compromise of 1850
The Slave Trade in DC
The Know-Nothing political party was based on its belief in this policy supporting Americans first.
Nativism
This Supreme Court decision declared that black Americans could not be citizens of the United States
Dred-Scott vs. Sanford (1857)
This was a series of discussions between two Illinois Senate Candidates that put a future president on the map, although he lost the Senate election
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Name 3 territories/states gained from the Mexican Cession
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and California
This repealed the Missouri Compromise line and allowed for popular sovereignty
Kansas-Nebraska Act