Abolition
The belief that all slavery should end immediately
abolition
What political party was made
Republican
Southern leaders began to talk of withdrawing from the union
secession
The theory that slavery should be ended gradually
gradualism
Said it was unconstitutional for the federal government to prohibit slavery in territories
The Dred Scott Decision
Railroad from East to West of the USA
Transcontinental Railroad
all currently enslaved people should be freed immediately
emancipation
Congress said states had the ability to vote on if the state would be free or a slave state through an act called
The Kansas- Nebraska Act
Nickname Kansas got after Northerners and Southerners both fled there to try and vote for or against slavery
Bleeding Kansas
people that felt slavery was immoral and believed in emancipation (freedom) for all enslaved people
abolitionist
Required citizens and officials in free states to help return escaped enslaved people to the South.
Fugitive Slave Act
Who did Lincoln debate for his Senate seat and the President?
Stephen Douglas
List 3 Abolitionists
Examples:
Fredrick Douglas
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
compromise that
Prohibited slavery north of Missouri’s southern border
This would allow slavery to still exist in states south, like Arkansas
Missouri Compromise
John Brown led an abolitionist raid on the federal armory where?
Harper's Ferry