Events and Acts
This law forced Northerners to return runaway slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Act
He was elected president in 1860.
Abraham Lincoln
The southern economy relied heavily on this type of labor.
Slavery
This Compromise kept the number of slave and free states equal in 1820.
The Missouri Compromise
This is a formal withdrawal from a nation.
Secession
This novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe helped turn public opinion against slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
He led a raid on Harpers Ferry to try to start a slave rebellion.
John Brown
These people wanted to end slavery in the United States
Abolitionists
This state entered the Union as a free state as part of the Compromise of 1850.
California
Idea that people living in a territory should make their own decisions, especially dealing with slavery.
Popular sovereignty
Violence broke out in this territory as people fought over slavery.
Kansas, or Bleeding Kansas
Known as the Great Compromiser. This person created the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
Henry Clay
Slaves who escaped often followed this secret network to the north.
The Underground Railroad.
This 1854 act led to violence in Kansas over slavery.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Location of federal arsenal that John Brown raided.
This act allowed settlers in certain territories to decide on slavery themselves.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
This person debated Lincoln in 1858 and supported popular sovereignty.
Stephen Douglas
She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
This line, established by the Missouri Compromise, was used to determine where slavery would be permitted.
The 36 30 line.
Idea that any territory could ban slavery by simply refusing to pass laws supporting it.
The Freeport Doctrine
This Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans could not be citizens.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
President that first dealt with the issue of California applying for statehood (died before the Compromise of 1850 passed)
Zachary Taylor
This political party formed in the 1850s to oppose the spread of slavery.
The Republican Party
With the Compromise of 1850, these two new territories were allowed to vote on whether or not if they wanted slavery or not.
Utah and New Mexico Territories
Political Party opposing the expansion of slavery into the territories.
Free-Soil Party