North Star
Frederick Douglass
Union victory that geographically divided the Confederacy
Vicksburg
Congressional action that prohibited any legislation or bill regarding abolition to be heard by congress during the 1830's and early 1840's
Gag Rule
54 40 or Fight is associated with the acquisition of this territory
Oregon
This massacre made John Brown a fugitive and gave definition to Bleeding Kansas
Pottawatamie
The Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison
Last northern advancement by the Confederacy
Gettysburg
Essentially the final Straw, this failed rebellion brought tensions to a boiling point between the North and South in 1859
Raid on Harpers Ferry
The Mexican Cession ceded parts of Texas Utah Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and this State
California
Charles Sumner nearly died "by cane" as a result of his anti slavery sentiment and criticism of this congressmen's relative
Preston Brooks
Anaconda Plan
Winfield Scott
Battle associated with being the concrete factor to help push the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
The four components of the 1850 compromise were pop sovereignty for Utah & NM, abolish slave trade in DC, California a free state, and __________
Strengthening Fugitive Slave Act
Santa Fe, Mormon, Oregon, California, Overland ______
Trail
Prompting swift backlash, this rebellion succeeded in being violent but ultimately failed in freeing slaves in the 1830's
Nat Turner Rebellion
The Great Compromiser
Henry Clay
Also known as Manassas
Bull Run
This proposal suggested that all territory gained by the Mexican Cession be "free soil" or free from slavery
Wilmot Proviso
The Lecompton constitution legislated the future of slavery in this state
Kansas
Technically the first white casualty over slavery. He died as a martyr trying to protect his printing press used for abolitionist material
Elijah P Lovejoy
Popular Sovereignty
Stephen Douglass or Lewis Cass
The bloodiest day of the war occurred at this battle site
Antietam
The crisis technically can be traced all the way back to this decision in 1820 involving slave and free states
Missouri Compromise
Besides Texas, the only other state that was a republic before being annexed to the US
California
His resolution criticized the justification of war with Mexico, questioning whether Americans were killed in the US or Mexico.
Lincoln