Growing Tensions Over Slavery
People in a territory or state vote directly on issues
popular sovereignty
Writer of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Slave who sued for his freedom all the way up to the Supreme Court
Dred Scott
First state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
runaway enslaved person
fugitive
to withdraw
secede
State admitted as a free state to please the North in the Compromise of 1850
California
Northerner who spoke out against the Dred Scott decision
Abraham Lincoln
A war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country
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Party whose goal was to abolish slavery
Free-Soil party
The Great Compromiser
Henry Clay
propaganda
false or misleading info to spread a cause
Douglas' position on slavery
Voters should decide whether their state should be free or not
Event that marked the start of the war between the North and the South
What is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
Police were allowed to accuse any African-Americans of being a former slave and arrest that person back to the South.
Wilmot Proviso
Law that banned slavery in the lands gained from the Mexican-American War
Senator who pushed for the Kansas-Nebraska act to happen
Stephen Douglas
Groups that formed the Republican Party?
Northern Democrats and Free-Soil party members
Reason why southern states seceded from the union
They felt they had no voice in the government
Justice Roger B. Taney's decision about the Dred Scott case
Dred Scott did not have the right to sue because he was not a citizen.
Senator from South Carolina who was AGAINST the great compromise AND Senator from Massachusetts who was IN FAVOR of the compromise
John C. Calhoun AND Daniel Webster
Outcome of the election to select a legislature in the Kansas territory
First election resulted in a legislature that favored slavery. People who opposed slavery did not accept it and elected their own legislature.
John Brown's goal in launching the raid on Harper's Ferry
End slavery by seizing US Army guns so he could supply an army of African-Americans
What happened at Fort Sumter?
Held hostage by the south - they cut off supplies by blocking the ports. Lincoln sent battleships with food and supplies but NO Army or weapons
What was unusual about the results of the election of 1860?
Lincoln received only 40% of the popular votes, but he won the election by winning in the electoral college.