North and South Tensions
a law made in 1850 to help slave owners go North and recapture escaped slaves
Fugitive Slave Act
federal arsenal of weapons in Virginia; which was captured by anti-slavery rebellion
Harpers Ferry
idea that the STATES have certain RIGHTS that cannot be overruled by the government
states' rights
led the attack on Harpers Ferry and got himself hung for attacking slavery supporters
John Brown
Representative Brooks beat Senator Sumner with this blunt item.
a cane
This political party wanted to stop the expansion of slavery on American SOIL.
Free-Soil Party
political party made in 1854 by opponents of slavery
Republican Party
otherwise known as the C.S.A, this combination of slaves states seceded from the Union and formed their own nation
Confederate States of America
Illinois Republican who ran against Stephen A. Douglas in 1858, became president in 1860
Abraham Lincoln
to withdraw
secede
law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery
Kansas-Nebraska Act
court case where a previous slave (whose owner died) tried to sue for his freedom, but was denied due to him being "property", not actually a human citizen
Dred Scott vs Stanford
The first president of the C.S.A was...
Jefferson Davis
Illinois senator who backed the compromise of 1850, Democrat candidate
Stephen A. Douglas
The book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to show slavery as brutal and immoral.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The series of laws intended to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states.
Compromise of 1850
anti-immigrant party formed in 1850's
Know-Nothing Party
The first slave state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
Presidential candidate of 1856 for the Democrats, usually the "middleman" in politics
James Buchanan
After John Brown and his family attacked slavery owners in Kanas, the state received the following nickname...
the 1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico
Wilmot Proviso
the party organized in 1834 to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson
Whig Party
compromise introduced in 1861 that might have prevented secession
The Crittenden Compromise
Name all four candidates in the 1860 election (last names are acceptable)
Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, Breckinridge
a system in which issues are decided by the citizenry or voters
popular sovereignty