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Uncle Tom's Cabin
A famous/important book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This book made many northerners sympathetic to slaves and made them aware of it's brutality. It angered many southerners who thought slavery was misrepresented by the book. -
Republican Party
The republican party emerged to battle the expansion of slavery and it replaced the Whig party. -
Bloody Kansas
A series of violent fights and confrontations between pro and anti slavery forces in Kansas, they arrived to support one cause or the other and ensure the victory of one or the other in the election deciding slavery. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The act repealed the Missouri compromise and allowed for popular sovereignty to decide whether or not slavery should prevail in the the Kansas/Nebraska territories. It led to many pro slavery and anti slavery advocates going to Kansas and subsequently fighting. -
Brooks-Sumner incident
When representative Preston Brooks, a pro slavery South Carolinian beat senator Charles Sumner. Charles Sumner was an abolitionist from Massachusetts. Brooks severely beat Sumner with his cane after Sumner gave a two day speech against slavery. -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott was an African American slave who resided in a free state. He was in an important court case in which his goal of American citizenship was rejected. -
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Series of debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. These debates were widely published and led to an increase in popularity of Lincoln, making him the front of the republican party. -
Harper's Ferry
Abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the arsenal at the Virginian town, Harper's Ferry. The revolt was a failure and a prelude to the civil war. -
John Brown
He was a famous and divisive abolitionist. Many saw him as either a hero or a madman. He was known for fighting in bloody Kansas and for his final and most renown act, his raid of Harper's Ferry in modern West Virginia. -
Election 1860
The critical election in which Abraham Lincoln was elected president, the south subsequently succeeded after the election. -
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Secession
The secession of 11 Southern states from the union. They did this because Abraham Lincoln was elected president and they were afraid of slavery being abolished. This started with South Carolina. This immediately led to the start of the civil war.