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Uncle Tom's Cabin
This was an anti slavery book showing the harsh reality of what it is like to live as a slave and was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Republican Party
This party was created to halt the expansion of slavery across the United States. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This repealed the missouri compromise which was controversial because they were repealing something that was already in place. -
Bloody Kansas
This was a period when pro slave and anti slave people where fighting against each other because of their alternate beliefs. -
John Brown
This is when John Brown led other people on the pottawatomie creek attack. -
Brooks Sumner incident
This is when brooks caned sumner while he was a representative. -
House Divided Speech
This was a speech from lincoln about trying to be united and that we can not prosper divided. -
Election of 1856
This is where Democrat James Buchanan won the election. -
Dred Scott
This is where Dred Scott was arguing for if he could sue but he was unable to due to his descent of ethnicity. -
Licoln-Douglas Debate
This was a sequence of seven debates where lincoln won due to the controversial question that he asked douglas. -
LeCompton Constitution
This was the second of four constitution that was for Kansas which occured in LeCompton. -
Harper's ferry
This is where John Brown raided the Harpers ferry arsenal with some people and about 16 people died. -
Election of 1860
This is an election in which Abraham lincoln won and helped show the divide in the country before the civil war. -
Lincoln's first inaugural address
This is where lincoln talked of not messing with slave institutions but said he would not allow it in hostile areas. -
Secession
This is where confederate guns where shot and this was the beginning of the Civil War.
