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Fugitive Slave
Missouri
Law
Compromise
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Compromise
of 1850
California
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Uncle Tom's
Cabin
KansasNebraska Act
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Dred Scott
vs. Sanford
Abraham
Lincoln
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John Brown
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States' Rights
Doctrine
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Passed as part of the Compromise of
Missouri was admitted as a free state.
1850, it was meant to force northerners to
Maine was admitted as a slave state.
help southerners recapture escaped
Congress drew a line across the
slaves (their property). Many fugitive
Louisiana Territory (Mason-Dixon line).
slaves went North in search of
North (above) the line would be free
freedom, often helped by the
states. South (below) the line would be
Underground Railroad (Harriet
slave states.
Tubman).
Gained from the War with Mexico (part of California was admitted as a free state.
New Mexico and Utah were organized as
the Mexican Cession). California gold
rush (1849) brought many settlers and
territories open to slavery. The slave
miners. Became a free state under the
trade was ended in Washington, D.C. A
Compromise of 1850.
strong fugitive slave law was passed.
Left it up to settlers to vote on whether to
permit slavery in the Kansas and
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Nebraska territories. It led to "Bleeding Stowe. It turned millions of people against
Kansas" where pro-slavery & anti-slavery
slavery, strengthening the abolition
forces battled one another for control of
movement.
Kansas.
President of the U.S. when the nation Supreme Court case of a slave that sued
for freedom because his master had
was divided by slavery & the Civil War.
Member of the Republican Party. Issued brought him into free territory. Supreme
the Emancipation Proclamation (freeing Court ruled against him, saying he wasn't
a citizen (because he was black) and that
slaves in Confederate territory) & the
the Missouri Compromise was
Gettysburg Address (discussed the need
unconstitutional.
for equality).
Belief that states were not required to
Radical abolitionist who planned to seize
follow federal laws that they thought
the federal arsenal (where weapons were
violated the Constitution. Southerners
stored) at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. He
claimed it prevented the federal
wanted to use the weapons to arm slaves
government from deciding whether states
for a rebellion. He and his men were
should be slave or free. It was used to
killed or captured. He was executed.
justify secession.
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Nat Turner's
Rebellion
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Lincoln's First
Inaugural
Address
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Bleeding
Kansas
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Lincoln's "House
Divided" Speech
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Lincoln-Douglas
Debates
Wilmot
Proviso
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Election of
1860
Republican
Party
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Southern
Secession
Attack on Fort
Sumter
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Speech given by Abraham Lincoln when
he took office as President. It called the
Slave rebellion that killed many whites.
secession of the southern states wrong
Nat Turner, the leader, and his followers
and unconstitutional, asked them to rejoin
were executed. It created a lot of fear in
the Union, and stated that any future
the South.
violence would be from their side not the
Union's.
Term used to describe the armed conflict
A speech given by Abraham Lincoln
between pro-slavery and anti-slavery
where he stated that "A house divided forces in Kansas following the Kansasagainst itself cannot stand" meaning
Nebraska Act. Many people died
that the country couldn't continue to be because people on both sides settled in
Kansas to influence its future status as a
split between slave and free states.
free or slave state.
Proposed amendment to a Congressional
bill that would have made any land
gained from the Mexican-American War
(such as the Mexican Cession) free
territory. Southerners opposed it and it
was rejected in Congress.
Debates between Abraham Lincoln and
Stephen Douglas over the issue of slavery
when they ran against each other for
Senator. Douglas argued that America
could stay half-free and half-slave, but
Lincoln disagreed. The debates made
Lincoln popular.
Presidential election that resulted in
Political Party founded by those that
Abraham Lincoln being elected President.
believed slavery was wrong and should
Lincoln won because the Northern
not be allowed to extend into other
Democrats and Southern Democrats
territories. Abraham Lincoln was the first couldn't agree on a single candidate, so
Republican president.
each side picked its own candidate
splitting their votes.
South Carolina was the first state to
One month after Lincoln took office, South
secede (break away) from the Union.
Carolina (which had already seceded)
opened fire on Fort Sumter, a federal fort Ultimately, eleven states would secede.
in Charleston, South Carolina. Defenders The secessions started after Lincoln
of the fort were forced to surrender. The was elected President. States' rights
attack began the Civil War.
doctrine was used to justify secession.