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lincoln's first inaugural address
This was his first address in office he gave to the people. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
This novel was an anti slavery novel it came out and shook the USA as it gave a perspective into a slaves life and how there treated when it was released it was very controversial. -
Bloody Kansas
This was a period of repeated battles between slavery and anti slavery forces in Kansas. -
Republican party
The publican party in 1854 combated the fight for slavery. They where fighting for the north. -
Kansas Nebraska act
This act replied the Missouri compromise and was the start to the bleeding Kansas battles as it let popular sonverty choose if slavery was allowed. -
Election 1856
This was the election before Lincoln where John Buchanan one. -
Lecompton Constitution
This was a new constitution protecting slave holding. -
dread Scott
He sued for his freedom as he was a slave who was in free land. He failed as he was not considered a citizen but property. -
Brooke summers incident
This is when brook beat summers with a sick for disrespecting his family name. -
house divided speech
This is a speech Lincoln gave in Springfield where he acc[ted being the senator. -
Lincoln Douglas debates
These where a series of debates of Lincoln and Douglass for the up and coming election. -
Harpers ferry
This is when John brown tired to raise a slavery revolution by taking the towns federal armory down. -
Election 1860
This was the election in where Lincoln won his first term as president. -
Secession
They fired guns on a fort and they choose between the union and the confederacy which cause the begging of the civl war