Things to know before KL#4
The Cotton Gin was invented by this man
Who is Eli Whitney?
This is when the Southern States started to secede from the Union
What is when Lincoln won the presidency in 1860?
This Compromise brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
He was an important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor, and Vice President of the Confederate States of America
Who is Alexander Stephens?
This is the year in which the Cotton Gin was invented?
What is 1793?
This is what states were slavery was illegal were called
What is free states?
This Compromise banned slavery north of the 36*20* line of latitude
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This is what C.S.A. stands for
What is Confederate States of America?
This was a compromise between the North and the South that allowed California to enter the Union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This Act required runaway enslaved people to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States
What is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
This is the act of making legally null and void
What is nullification?
This was a national political party originally formed in opposition to Andrew Jackson's policies
What is the Whig Party?
This Supreme Court ruling declared enslaved people were not citizens of the United States
What is the Dred Scot Case of 1857?
This was a position that was supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the Compromise of 1850
What is the Georgia Platform?
This is what secession is
What is the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent?
This was an influential second party in Georgia until the Civil War
What is the Whig Party?
This was what the Election of 1860 was about
What is when Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency?
He was the 16th president and he brought about the emancipation of enslaved people
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The withdrawal of 11 states from the Union in 1860 led to this
What is the Civil War?
This important Georgian politician was originally opposed to secession but then took on a very important role in the Confederacy
Who is Alexander Stephens?