-
John Brown
He wanted to end slavery and took the law in his own hands, when he attacked Harpers Ferry, many abolitionist admired him, and other thought of him as a criminal. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This was an anti-slavery book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, this contributed to the civil war and changed opinions to slavery. -
Republican Party
This party was formed to combat the Kansas Nebraska act and opposed the new states in the west becoming slave states. This is one of the two major political parties we have today. -
Bloody Kansas
This was a series of violent events between pro slavery and anti slavery forces who fought over Kansas being a free state or a slave state, which led to the civil war. -
Election of 1856
Buchanan won this election, and defeated republicans. This was the only time a political party denied renomination and won. -
Brooks-Sumner Incident
Brooks attacked Sumner with a cane, brooks became a hero in the South, and Sumner was lauded a martyr in the North. This drove the North and South further apart, and northerners believed this proved how brutal slaveowners were. -
Dred Scott
The case Dred Scott vs Sandford ruled that black people couldn't be citizens of the US. This heightened tensions and became an issue within the contest for the Illinois senate seat. -
House Divided Speech
This was Lincolns acceptance speech that followed the Illinois convention. He was telling citizen that being divided wouldn't last long and that the US would be a union again. He stated the divide wouldn't stop until a crisis was reached. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This act repealed the Missouri Compromise, which angered people who wanted to end slavery and led to people killing each other in Kansas over the slave issue, and brought the US closer to the civil war. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
This was for the election of the Senator in Illinois, they held seven debates to decide whether slavery should be allowed in new states in the west. This caused the democratic party to split. -
Lecompton Constitution
This was one of the four proposed Kansas Constitutions. It supported existence of slavery and protected slaveholders. And allowed voters to the choice of allowing more slaves in a area. It was rejected by Kansas and Kansas became a free state. -
Harper's Ferry
Brown planned a raid on Harpers Ferry and captured the arsenal and planned to free the slaves, this heightened the tensions between the North and South. -
Secession
11 states seceded after Lincoln became president and established their own government, this led to the civil war. -
Election of 1860
The U.S was divided because of slavery so electing Lincoln led to the civil war. Which broke the democratic party in three factions. Lincoln won the electoral votes but didn't have any Southern States. -
Lincolns First Inaugural Address
Lincoln focused on sustaining support in the North, while attempting to allay fears in the South, where he was wildly unpopular. In his inaugural address, he denied any plan to interfere in states where slavery already existed. But Lincoln flatly rejected the right of any state to secede from the Union.