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Uncle Tom's Cabin
A novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. He writes about slavery, and its negative effects. The novel became a big deal because it was a whit women talking about anti-slavery. -
Bloody Kansas
It was a word used when Kansas was being settled. Things where being settled out by determining if it was a free or slave state and things got rough, -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act gave the new states, Kansas and Nebraska the ability to vote whether it would be a free or slave state. -
Election of 1856
It was an election with 3 candidates, James Buchanan, John C. Fremont, and Millard Fillmore. James Buchanan won. -
Dread Scott
Scott had moved to a free state but was still a salve so he sued his master and then the court decided that African Americans are not citizens, denying his sue. -
LeCompton Constitution
this was the second constitution of the Kansas Territory and which was written by pro-slavery people. The constitution said that only men could vote and slavery was permitted. -
House Divided Speech
This was the speech Lincoln before he was elected president. -
Harpers Ferry
This is when Brown would save slaves and make them free. -
John Brown
He was a person who freed slaves to Canada before being caught. -
Election of 1860
Lincoln wins the election. -
Secession
Lincoln winning cause tension to rise in the south causing for the establishment of the confederacy. -
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
Lincoln gave his address and listed the many things he would do. This is where he took his first oath.