Places
This state was "Bleeding" as popular sovereignty turned to violence.
Kansas
This machine quickly made cotton clean
Cotton Gin
The Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act both "allowed" popular sovereignty to decide whether or not new Western land would allow slavery.
What is popular sovereignty?
Voting, Democracy
(People have the power)
The term meaning "unavoidable" or "certain to happen."
Given all these Antebellum (pre-war) tensions, was the Civil War _____?
Inevitable
True or False
The United States conquered vast lands in the East during the Antebellum (Pre-war) Era.
The United States grew West during the Antebellum (Pre-war) Era.
In 1820, _____ became a state allowing slavery, and ______ became a state that did not allow slavery. This kept a balance of power in the Senate.
Missouri (allowed) and Maine (did not allow)
Provide one reason slaves were fearful of rebelling against their owners.
Punishment
Family Separation
Being sold to a worse plantation
Which House of Congress stayed balanced thanks to the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri Compromise keep a balance in of power in the Senate by admitting 1 state that did allow slavery (MO) and 1 state that did not allow slavery (ME).
The term meaning "to break away from." South Carolina's government threatened to do this in 1832, 30 years before the actual Civil War.
Secede (secession)
South Carolina threatened to secede from the United States over the election of Stephen Douglas
South Carolina threatened to secede from the United States over the Election of Abraham Lincoln
This act caused issues in a certain state over the idea of "popular sovereignty"
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This event led to Southern states seceding from the Union because they felt they had no more political power
The Election of 1860
Compromise of 1850:
In this city one powerful symbol of Antebellum (pre-war) division was how the slave trade was abolished, but the legal protection of slavery was NOT.
Washington, D.C.
The term meaning you value your local/regional identity more than your loyalty to the whole group.
Sectionalism
Abraham Lincoln was a well-known abolitionist.
While Abraham Lincoln did not support slavery, he was NOT an Abolitionist. He prioritized keeping the Union together no matter what, and wanted to stop it from spreading to new territories.
One big division in America among different regions was different types of economic activity. This region was home to the majority of industrial cities.
The North (i.e. textile mills)
This man led a slave rebellion in the South that took the lives of 60 people
Nat Turner
This federal law was part of the compromise package in 1850. As a result, a person of African heritage could be claimed as property in any state, no matter if that state had outlawed slavery.
Fugitive Slave Law
The term meaning the dominant economic activity in the Southern states during the Antebellum years.
aka farming
Agriculture
As he ran for President in 1860, Lincoln said he would abolish slavery everywhere.
Lincoln said he would not allow slavery in new states, but that he would not abolish it where it already existed.
This location is where John Brown led a raid to free slaves.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
In 1850, this important western state joined the USA as a free state
California
This person was responsible for drafting the Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
The Latin term meaning "before the war."
Antebellum
The name of the journey that African slaves took to come to America was The Trail of Tears
The Middle passage