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uncle toms cabin
Written by Harriet Beacher Stowe, this book depicted life as a slave in graphic, realistic detail, it was true and it opened the eyes of many. Northerners felt it advocated the cause and the South absolutely hated it. -
Republican party
After the split of the Whig party, those who wanted to abolish slavery joined together, this was mainly northerners. -
Kansas Nebraska act
the attempt to balance slave and non-slave states. Douglas devised a bill, the Nebraska bill, that basically allowed for the ability of them to decide whether they wanted to be slave states or not. -
Election of 1856
3 candidates. James Buchanan was elected president. The country before the election was extremely divided among themselves the 3 candidates. last time a Democrat would be elected to succeed a fellow Democrat. -
Bloody/Bleeding Kansas
A period of conflict between the South and North over the determining of whether Kansas would be a slave or free state would foreshadow a much larger conflict. -
LeCompton Constitution
This was a pro-slavery constitution proposed for the Kansas territory, it was to commit Kansas as a slave state. this was criticized and led to ongoing tensions. Help lead to the civil war. -
Dred scott
Dred Scott was. at the time, a slave who sued for his freedom in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case known as Dred Scott v. Sandford. The court ruled against him, stating that because he was a slave he was not entitled to citizenship or freedom under the U.S. Constitution. -
Lincoln-Douglas debates.
7 meetings over time between the two candidates, mainly met to discuss problems throughout the states. slavery, the yearning for the lack of, and others like popular sovereignty. -
harpers ferry
this was significant during the Civil War due to its location, the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, and its role as a vital transportation. the control of the town meant the control of the railroad transportation, this was why it was so important to both sides. -
John Brown
An abolitionist leader who would be hanged for "failed incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry preceding the American Civil War." he gave weapons to the slaves to help. -
Election of 1860
4 candidates. Lincoln won despite winning less than 40% of the popular vote, he won the majority in the electoral congress. Stephen Douglas, John Breckenridge, and John Bell were the other 3 he was against.