Political Figures
Known as the "Little Giant"
Who is Stephen Douglass?
Guarantees the protection of private property
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
Led a slave rebellion by which about 60 people died
Who is Nat Turner?
Achieved a temporary peace in the Union
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Elected Franklin Pierce as candidate.
Who is the Democratic Party?
Mexican War Hero elected as President
Who is Zachary Taylor?
Slavery nor servitude should exist in Mexican Territory. Proposal passed the House but failed in the Senate.
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
Occurred as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is Bleeding Kansas?
What is John Brown's raid?
Candidate of this party won the election of 1848
Who is the Whig Party?
The idea that a new Fugitive Slave Law be passed was an idea of this elderly congressman
Who is Henry Clay?
declared that only people of a territory could exclude slavery from that territory.
What is the Freeport Doctrine?
Demanded immediate and unconditional release of all salves.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
In this year, Southern states began to secede from the union
What is 1860?
Who is Zachary Taylor?
Stated the the 36 30 line of the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Author of a very confrontational book that called out slavery in the South
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Left around 60 people, including women and children dead
Made up of Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers
What is the Republican Party?
Known for his honesty
First state to secede from the union
What is South Carolina?
What is 1854?
Abe Lincoln was selected to be the representative for this political party
What is the Republican Party?